UPDATE (pupdate?): The wieners will now run at 1 p.m. instead of 11 a.m., according to organizers.
If you can hardly wait to see dachshunds in hot dog outfits using their teeny, tiny legs to run as fast as they can from one side of the street to the other, good news: Your wait time just got shorter.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is hosting its annual Running of the Wieners one day early. Instead of its traditional Friday race time — the unofficial launch to the Oktoberfest festivities — the race will now take place at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.
The race will feature 100 wieners running 75 feet down Freedom Way between Walnut and Rosa Parks streets. Registration is now open ($35) if you want your wiener to race.
Oktoberfest provides a hot dog bun costume for each dog, and the race will take place in heats of 10 dogs. The winner of each heat will compete in a final race to crown the first, second and third place dog. The event is free to watch.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati takes place 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 20 and Sept. 21 and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 22 on Second and Third streets between Walnut and Elm streets downtown.
This article appears in Aug 21-28, 2019.