By Staff Report
Wausau’s iconic Possum Festival and Fun Day will return this Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5.
Here is the schedule of events:
FRIDAY – August 4
Grace & Grit concert – 6 p.m.
Possum King and Queen contest – 7 p.m.
SATURDAY – August 5
Pancake breakfast at Masonic Hall – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Parade – 10 a.m.
Welcome, invocation and introduction of scholarship winners – 10:45 a.m.
Anthony Severson music – 11 a.m. to noon
Possum and Quilt auction – noon to 1 p.m.
Hog calling, rooster crowing and cow lowing contest – 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Anthony Severson music – 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Pregame activities – 6 p.m.
Donkey Ball game – 7 p.m.
KINSLEY COOK 
Jim Saunders