Cold, Dead Festival

The world probably has room for only one festival dedicated to a cryogenically frozen dead Norwegian, and it’s not in Norway. Started in 2002 to honor Grandpa Bredo, put on dry ice in a shed by relatives after he passed away back in 1989 (he’s still there, even if the relatives have moved on), Frozen Dead Guy Days heats up Nederland every March.

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This year’s festival runs through Sunday and includes all the events that have become so popular in the past: the Frozen Salmon Toss and Frozen Turkey Bowling, for example, with Frozen Rump Roast Bowling added this year. But frozen meats are just a small part of the entertaining lineup, which also includes a lot of live music, a lot of food, a parade, a coffin race (six pallbearers and one guy in the coffin take on an obstacle course) and tours of the dead guy’s shack. “There’s like a million little things going on,” says director Amanda MacDonald.

For more information, go to www.nederlandchamber.org/events_fdgd-home.html.
March 4-6, 2011