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More beer drinkin’. Press release here:
Oktoberfest is set for Saturday, October 8 from noon to 6pm on Wall Street. Tickets are on sale now at
www.ashevilledowntown.org. Here’s the lineup for the day’s festivities:
Noon: Official Tapping of the Keg by Asheville Beer Ambassador Trevor Reis
12:30: Smoky Mountain Keg Roll
1:30: Oh Gnome You Didn’t! Pretzel Toss
2:30: Four-Legged LederHOSEn Race
3:00: Stein Hoistenbech (open to public)
3:30: Faust & Furious Bavarian Pie Race
4:30: Asheville Stein Classic
5:30: Costume Contest (open to public)
Winning Team Announced
Each participating brewery will field a team of four for the official Oktoberfest Games. The winning team gets the “Das Boot” trophy to display at the brewery, and of course, serious bragging rights as champions of the 3rd Annual Oktoberfest Games. Participating breweries are: Highland Brewing, Asheville Brewing Company, Pisgah Brewing, Green Man Brewery, Craggie Brewing and French Broad Brewing Company.
The winners of the Stein Hoistenbech and festival-wide costume contest will each receive two tickets to the Anthony Bourdain show at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on November 5, so start practicing your hoisting form and break out your lederhosen and dirndls.
“Oompah” band, The Stratton Mountain Boys, will keep the party going with traditional Bavarian tunes, yodeling songs, shoe-slapping dances and spirited Polka music. Festival-goers can satisfy their cravings for German staples like bratwurst, pretzels and traditional sides from Cucina 24, Jack of the Wood and The Market Place served with local favorite Lusty Monk Mustard and Beulah’s Bavarian Pretzels.
Find out more about Oktoberfest, the Games and buy your tickets at www.ashevilledowntown.org.
