Om-pah band, food, dancing, art, fun and drink! Join The Bluebirds danceband (From Alpine Village) and dance with authentic Alpine dancers. Yes... We will be doing �The Chicken Dance.� Join Opera singers as they perform Mozart and music from the classics. Get-out your lederhosen or your dirndl and join the Phoenix Club �The Gemuetlich Schuhplattler� dance troop in traditional polka, Austrian, and German dances. If you don't know the steps; here is the place to learn! Stroll the East Village and see the many galleries and shops offering unique treasures. An art booth displaying local artists will be open for free outside Hamburger Mary's. Bring your family and friends for a community get-together to raise money for the East Village Art Exchange and public art projects.
Entry: $5.00
(includes one drink)
Each additional beer$5
Menu:
Dine on gourmet sausage, sauerkraut, German potato Salad, pretzels, strudel, Austrian delights, soft drinks and Beck�s Beer!
All money paid for this food will go to support the arts.
Timeline:
11:30 AM: Dedication of new artistic bike rack near Hamburger Mary's Restaurant at Alamitos. Doors open to Oktoberfest
1:00 PM: -Opening ceremony. Then, let the party begin!
Dance performances, lessons, opera and merriment until sundown.
Dance along with our performers, have lunch or dinner, then view great art!
Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I, was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on 12th October 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the happy royal event. The fields have been named Theresienwiese ("Theresa's fields") in honor of the Crown Princess ever since, although the locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the "Wiesn". Horse races in the presence of the Royal Family marked the close of the event that was celebrated as a festival for the whole of Bavaria. The decision to repeat the horse races in the subsequent year gave rise to the tradition of the Oktoberfest.
The remainder of the festival site was taken up by a fun-fair with a range of carousels etc. The festival grew rapidly in the 1870s as the fairground trade continued to grow and develop in Germany. Today, the Oktoberfest is the largest festival in the world, with an international flavor characteristic of the 21th century: Some 6 million visitors from all around the world converge on the Oktoberfest each year. Along with huge carnival rides, food, dancing and beer, there is a great gathering of friends from all over the world to celebrate the the end of Summer and the wedding of a famous Bavarian king and queen. It is a tradition that small villages and company workers plan reunions at the annual Oktoberfest. For more Oktoberfest information from Germany, go to http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/home/
Hamburger Mary's, Jagermeister, Vin de Pays, Nancy Downs, EVA, & Beck's