Chicken Races

chicken races at high noon (a history)…

The Chicken Race is a semi-annual shenanigan-filled event that pops up in a Sunnyland park to provide entertainment and community connection for our many poultry-loving neighbors. The first Chicken Race happened in the 3rd or 4th year of the Stomp in Sunnyland Park, and continued in that location until 2015. When new organizers took over the event in 2016, the Chicken Race took a brief hiatus, but it made a triumphant return in 2017 and had a good run in a new location in Memorial Park until the Stomp itself took a pause during the pandemic. The chicken races were undoubtedly missed as a staple of Stomp Saturday in 2023, and we are thrilled to have the races return.