Mid-Night Sun Festival Starts Friday in Lake Worth Beach

Wife-carrying race?? Don't laugh. Lake Worth Beach run might be 'the hardest minute of your life'

"Wife-carrying contest? How hard can it be? — see for yourself this Sunday at 1 p.m. in Lake Worth Beach, where the Florida Wife Carrying Championship will be run in Bryant Park as part of the annual Midnight Sun Festival.

The three-day festival starts Friday and celebrates Lake Worth Beach’s rich Finnish heritage by showcasing the music, food and traditions of Finland, including the sport of eukonkanto, as the wife-carrying competition is called in Finnish."

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