The 69th annual Operation T-Bone begins tomorrow (Friday) in Audubon. The festival is rooted in Audubon County’s strong agricultural economy, particularly its beef producers, and dates back to 1951. According to the T-Bone Committee’s Wagon Master, Duane Sloss, it all started as an effort to promote the area’s cattle industry and grew from there.
The celebration begins at 5 p.m. Friday with an old-fashioned picnic in Albert the Bull park, followed by figure eight races at the fairgrounds at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m. Brian Bruch is one of the many people helping to organize Operation T-Bone, and he says Saturday really picks up the pace with activities from 7 a.m. through midnight.
The main portion of Operation T-Bone ends on Sunday with a breakfast fundraiser and open house at the fire station from 7 a.m. to noon, but Bruch says they do have several events left before they can consider this year’s celebration finished.
For more information on any of the events, contact the Audubon Chamber of Commerce at 712-563-3780. The full Operation T-Bone schedule, registration forms and more can be found included with this story on our website.
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69th Annual Operation T-Bone Schedule
Audubon T-Bone Committee Facebook
