COVID-19 shelves Wurstfest for the year
The Wurstfest Association of New Braunfels on Thursday announced the cancelation of its 2020 festival due to considerations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This will be the first time Wurstfest has canceled a festival in our 60-year history,” Randy Rust, 2020 Wurstfest president, said in a statement. “We have had our challenges in the past, including flood events and most recently a fire that destroyed the Marktplatz building.