My thoughts on WagenFest

  Just this past Saturday was the third annual WagenFest, held by an organization called WOLFSGART. A little meetup of a collection of some of the most easily identifiable vehicles ever made! On Saturday, October 12,I had just woken up and today was laundry day, but on the way to the laundromat, a sign caught my eye! That sign said, “Wagen-Fest 2024” with the date stated as today. While I’m not the hugest car guy, I still knew I had to check it out, since Hudson Crossing park is so close by. So on the way back into Schuylerville after laundry I walked down the little gulch, and headed into the event. At the opening there was a setup of small tables, with merchandise such as shirts, stickers, and keychains (I bought a sticker, pictured below), and beyond that were the main attractions! The most memorable of which being the classic vans, as well as the cute little beetles! Generally I would see maybe 1 VW van every few months, but here there were 10+, and that was only when I was there. Nearly all of the participants were friendly and excited to have someone to talk to about their beautiful vehicles, and towards the latter half of the event I was able to speak with the event organizers Anthony, Lasey, and Stella Fitzsimmons. Who brought their very own car to the event for display too, a 1961 all original pastel blue beetle, shown front and center below. 

    From friendly vendors to cool cars, I’d say I had a pretty good time, but I really don’t feel like the event had nearly any promotion prior to the day of; living close by, and passing by the venue nearly every day, I would’ve expected to have know this was going on prior to the day of, but there was no signage, and no notice freely available to me. So in future iterations I’d like to see a little more effort go into generating hype around the event, as well as maybe a few more vendors there. Which seems entirely possible given the size of the main field in the park. If you’d like to find more on them, and their events you can search up either Wolfsgart, or WagenFest on social media.