Dragging the Gut Festival
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The Dragging the Gut Festival is an event held each year on the fourth weekend of August (August 24-25, 2012) in the historic downtown of McMinnville, Oregon
. The festival gives participants the chance to relive the classic 1950's car Cruising (driving)
on the main street that took place for decades in small towns.
The Dragging the Gut Festival was born out of a Facebook
group called "I Dragged the Gut in Downtown McMinnville" which grew rapidly and led to the creation of the festival.
McMinnville, Oregon
McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, it was named by its founder, William T. Newby , an early immigrant on the Oregon Trail, for his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee...
. The festival gives participants the chance to relive the classic 1950's car Cruising (driving)
Cruising (driving)
Cruising is a social activity that primarily consists of driving a car. Cruising can be an expression of the perceived freedom of possessing a driver's license. Cruising is distinguished from regular driving by the social and recreational nature of the activity, which characterized by an...
on the main street that took place for decades in small towns.
The Dragging the Gut Festival was born out of a Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
group called "I Dragged the Gut in Downtown McMinnville" which grew rapidly and led to the creation of the festival.