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Sheboygan Brat Days in Sheboygan
Sheboygan Bratwurst Days is a summer festival in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, celebrating the city's identity as the self-declared Bratwurst Capital of the World. Held annually since 1953, the festival features a parade, a brat-eating contest, carnival activities, and extensive bratwurst grilling and sampling, reflecting the city's deep German sausage-making heritage.
Sheboygan's identity as the Bratwurst Capital of the World traces back to the wave of German immigrants who settled the city in the nineteenth century, bringing sausage-making traditions that took root in local butcher shops and eventually became central to the city's culinary reputation.