(STURGIS) – The 2019 Sturgis Fest celebration officially gets underway tonight.

This year's theme is “Plug Into Books”, and the week long celebration starts with the annual kickoff dinner. The Citizens Of The Year, Bruce Gosling and Monica Smith will be honored. In addition, Tracie Pueschel and Tom Lowry will be the keynote speakers, plus the winners of the kids short story writing contest will be announced.

The dinner is being held at the Sturges-Young Civic Center and Auditorium.

To find out more about this week's Sturgis Fest activities, you can go on line to. LINKA.