11 Crazy Festivals You Won't Believe Actually Exist
2. The Redneck Games - USA/Canada
Another gem from the states, the Redneck Games was born when residents of Atlanta were disgusted at media reports suggesting that holding the Olympics in Atlanta would be handing over the organisation of such a prestigious event to you guessed it a bunch of rednecks. Out of that, a far more entertaining spectacle was born. With the first gathering taking place in 1996 in East Dublin, Georgia, the Games boast an array of brilliantly backwards events, everything from bobbing for pigs trotters and seed spitting to the toilet seat toss and the armpit serenade. Instead of medals, however, the contestants win mounted half-crushed beer cans. The Games proved so popular that they spread north, all the way to Ontario. Taking place in Minto, the Canadian version of the festival has proven so popular that the organisers received a grant worth $32,000 Canadian dollars and were tasked with making the event the number one Redneck gathering by the Minister of Tourism and Culture.
