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Bend Oktoberfest @ Downtown Bend
September 16, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Food
We will offer traditional Bavarian foods including 3 types of brats from Taylor’s Sausage-(classic mild (white) with a touch of sage, smoked with garlic and onion, extra hot with onion, garlic and enough hot pepper to make your nose run!), German Sausage Pizza from The Pizza Cart, Knödel (dumplings) in 3 flavors-Keberbase-meatloaf, Potato Onion, and a veggie option from Dump City Dumplings, Philly CheeseSteak, Gyros, & Northwest Cuisine. Guilty pleasures will include tasty Kettle Korn, Ida’s Cupcakes, Bonta Gelato, and cotton candy.
Brews
18 taps of local brewed love to try!!! We will be featuring local brews from several of our Central Oregon breweries serving their best Oktoberfest brews and other ales. Breweries include Bend Brewing Company, Boneyard Beer, Crux Fermentation Project, Deschutes Brewery, GoodLife Brewing, Silver Moon Brewing, Sunriver Brewing, Three Creeks Brewing, & Worthy Brewing. The Wine Shop & Beer Tasting Bar will be serving up German and Austrian wines! European inspired cider from Atlas Cider Company.
All servings are pint pours of beer! You must purchase a Bend Oktoberfest stein to try the brews. This year we have a new design/logo for our cups. We’ll have blue steins and even more limited edition ceramic steins with our new wiener dog logo for those who like to collect each year.
Fun
The Bend Oktoberfest Games will feature absurd games of skill for prizes including yodeling, bendhamershlagen (race to hammer a nail into a custom table), a costume contest, tricycle races, and the Famous Wiener Dog Races.
Bouncy houses will be provided by Bouncing off the Wall.