Come cheer on the contestants at Up Dog’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on the Historic Independence Square this Thursday, July 20, 2017!
Family-friendly activities will begin at 6 p.m. and the hot dog eating contest starts at 7:30 p.m. As part of Moonlight Movies, a FREE showing of Disney’s Moana will begin after the eating contest. Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets!
If you would like to enter the hot dog eating contest, register here. There are two categories: amateurs and kids. No professionals please.
Up Dog’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will take place in the parking of the Pharaoh Theatre, which is located at 117 West Maple Street in Independence, Missouri.