Brat Fest volunteers working in the pre-dawn hours grill sausages and prepare for a steady stream of pickup orders on the opening day of the World's Largest Brat Fest on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.
Volunteer grillers at the World’s Largest Brat Fest, including Grace Vils, left, and Mary Conklin, work before dawn to prepare bratwursts for the festival’s popular Take Your Brat to Work Day on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteer grillers at the World’s Largest Brat Fest work before dawn Friday to prepare orders for the festival’s popular Take Your Brat to Work Day on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Brat Fest runs through Sunday.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteers at the World’s Largest Brat Fest work before dawn to prepare orders for the festival’s popular “Take Your Brat to Work Day” on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, May 22, 2026. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Larry Raab joins volunteer grillers before dawn Friday at the World’s Largest Brat Fest.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteers at the World’s Largest Brat Fest work before dawn to prepare orders for the festival’s popular “Take Your Brat to Work Day” on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, May 22, 2026. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteers deliver orders to drive-up patrons of the Brat Fest's popular Take Your Brat to Work Day on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Brat Fest organizer Tim Metcalfe greets patrons arriving for pickup orders on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Tina Muller and places a “Take Your Brat to Work Day” pickup order during a visit with her dogs, Presley and Priscilla, to the World’s Largest Brat Fest on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.
If you’re seeking guidance on how to make the perfect brat, there are few people more qualified to direct you than the ones who woke up before sunrise Friday morning to grill hundreds of them.
