Bigger names. More activities. Del Mar College’s second annual Viking Fest is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Windward Campus (4101 Old Brownsville Rd., 78404).
Admission is free with costs for some activities and for concessions sold by participating food trucks. More details about Viking Fest 2025, scheduling and map are available online at www.delmar.edu/vikingfest. or by contacting the DMC College Relations Office at 361-698-1247 or colrel@delmar.edu.
West Texas country artist Kat Hasty is the featured performer on the bustling Live Stage that will also include several local acts and DJs all day. Hasty, who has more than 55,000 followers and more than 172,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, released her first album, “The Time of Your Life,” in May. She and her band will headline afternoon entertainment before awards are presented as part of the college’s Fourth Annual Día de los Muertos Welding Competition.
Other highlights include a professional 5K run organized by VFit Productions. Viking 5K participants will have a chance to win prizes by showing their Viking spirit in the following categories:
- Best Beard
- Best Braids
- Longest Beard
- Longest Braids
- Best Overall Viking Costume
VFit organizers say that participants will be a “part of history with the first-ever Viking 5K Run through Del Mar College’s Windward Campus with the race beginning with the iconic blowing of the Viking Horn,” noting that the sound will reverberate through the campus streets to wake the Viking spirit and kick off Viking Fest 2025.
Runners can still register for the 5K run at v-f-productions.raceentry.com/del-mar-college-viking-5k10k/race-information. There is no fee for the run, and all participants will receive finisher medals with top runners receiving awards in categories designated by age brackets.
The festival also features the DMC Welding Applied Technology Program’s Fourth Annual Día de los Muertos Welding Competition, which organizers expect to draw more than 300 competitors who will vie for over $15,000 in scholarships. Spectators are invited to watch contestants work during each division and even quiz DMC Welding faculty about the College’s program and its offerings. And everyone’s invited to catch the Awards Ceremony at 5 p.m. where contest organizers will recognize divisional standouts with prizes and scholarships.
Activities throughout the event include over 50 guided mini tours for prospective students, family members and the general community interested in exploring selected academic programs and occupational and technical career training that Del Mar College offers.
And what community festival would be complete without inflatables for the younger set? Viking Fest 2025 attendees looking to burn some energy and calories will love spending time in the 28-foot Kraken Dual Slide, trying to keep balance on a mechanical surfboard, and hoping to be the last one standing in the Meltdown zone. In fact, this year’s event includes five activity zones.
Viking Fest 2025 is made possible by the following sponsors: Corpus Christi Medical Center, H-E-B, Steel Dynamics, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, Pepsi, Adamson & Company, Rally Credit Union, First Community Bank, ArcelorMittal, Gignac & Associates, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, Schneider Electric and In the Game Funtrackers.