X

Get FREE Email Updates

Sign Up

Dave's Travel Corner

Seeing the World One Step at a Time

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Guides
  • Journals
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Links
  • Interviews
  • About

press releases


Big Bear, California Oktoberfest

Previous Post
Next Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  |  Contact: dave@davestravelcorner.com

August 29, 2013 by DaveLeave a Comment

Queen-Carrie-Zebi 3Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest Adds New Stage plus Bonus Friday Nights

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif./ August 26, 2013 – New at this year’s Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest is an outdoor stage in the Spaten Bier Garten plus two Friday evenings have been added to this year’s schedule. The new stage was added to give festival goers more entertainment and keep a lively atmosphere throughout the festival grounds. This means the main indoors stage and the new expanded outdoors stage will have live entertainment happening simultaneously every Saturday from September 14 to October 26. The added Friday evening events called Oktoberfest Unplugged treat patrons to an inside look at the early days of Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest and its 43-year old history through storytelling and song and dance.

The intimate Friday evening events present a fine dining experience with a five-course German dinner paired with a variety of German beers and spirits. Oktoberfest Unplugged includes traditional German polkas and sing-alongs as well as amusing storytelling by Oktoberfest founder/ Über -Burgermeister Hans Bandows and other Oktoberfest personalities. The Friday evening Oktoberfest Unplugged dates are October 11 and October 18. The cost is $95 per person, which includes a five-course pairing meal, entertainment, a commemorative one-liter dimple stein, and free admission for Saturday’s Oktoberfest celebration.

“We have more entertainment than ever before with the expanded bier garten stage and two bonus Friday celebrations,” said Monica Marini, director of The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake.

The spirit of Bavaria comes to life in Big Bear Lake for seven consecutive weekends starting Saturday, September 14 and ending October 26, 2013. The entertainment tops off with Die NEW Mainflösser (direct from Germany), they perform the second to fourth weekends, and The Express Band, Southern California’s premier German band perform the first weekend and final two and a half weekends. Both bands play a unique blend of traditional German polkas and American pop music.

'08 Fun #1Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest prides itself as the closest thing to the original celebration in Munich, Germany. Big Bear Lake is situated in an Alpine environment with evergreens trees, mountain vistas, and a town-square village that reflects the scenery and heritage of the Bavarian Alps of Germany. Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest serves Warsteiner and Spaten beer (imported from Germany), dance troupes perform customary dances, the bratwurst is from a German butcher in Los Angeles, and fresh apple strudel is delivered weekly from a German bakery in Downey!

Fun competitions and contests at Oktoberfest include log sawing, stein carrying, shoot & yodel, a version of beer pong, sausage eating, stein holding, and limbo dancing. Children’s fun and games include pretzel eating contests, kiddy mug holding matches and Midway carnival-style games. The Chicken Dance is the definitive favorite dance at Oktoberfest and always amusing. Every weekend expect to see a huge dance floor filled with hundreds of revelers clucking away to the Chicken Dance.

The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest begins Saturday, September 14 and runs for seven consecutive weekends through Saturday, October 26, 2013. The weekend festivities takes place at The Convention Center of Big Bear Lake located at 42900 Big Bear Blvd. Big Bear Oktoberfest kicks off with American’s Hero weekend on Saturday, September 14 offering free admission for all past and present military, fire fighters and law enforcement. The first three weekends (Sept. 14-15 to Sept. 28-29) general admission on Saturdays is $14 for adults, $10 for seniors (65+), and $8 for children 12 and under; Sunday admission prices are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors with children 12 and under FREE. The next four weekends (Oct. 5 to Oct. 26) general admission on Saturdays is $18 for adults, $14 for seniors (65+), and $8 for children 12 and under; Sunday admission prices $9 for adults, $5 for seniors with children 12 and under FREE. Oktoberfest Unplugged events on October 11 and 18 are $95 per person. For more details regarding online ticket savings, Burgermeister and Über Burgermeister Party Packs, Kindermeister Party Packs (kid’s fun packs) and general information, log on to www.BigBearEvents.com or call 909-585-3000.

Previous Post
Next Post

Related posts:

Los Angeles, CA – Big Bear Lake Bier Festival, Berlin The Bear Went over the Mountain Diverse Berlin Redding, CA – WaterWorks Park

About Dave's Travel Corner

Dave's Travel Corner is a travel content, resource provider and community (founded 1996) providing travel Guides written about Dave's personal travel experiences and Journals, pages that contain trip summaries and experiences written by fellow travelers. We spotlight locations and attractions with an article linked directly from our homepage including content across our blog, photo and video galleries. We use a combination of social media, written content, photography and videos to promote locations. Not only does the content appear on this site but we have direct partnerships with other well visited travel sites for placement of the content. Since 1996, we have also established hundreds of relevant link exchanges with other travel sites.

Visitors to Dave's Travel Corner will also find thousands of travel related links organized by categories on the Resources Page, a Photo Gallery containing International travel photos, Book Reviews, and Product Reviews focusing on products useful for travelers, fully automated Forums, Tour Bookings offering over 4400 unique tours around the globe, Interviews with those making news in the travel industry and Videos - specializing in International travel videos as well as home of the Dave & Jim Show.

Dave's own travel blog is Above the Clouds which focuses on International Travel & Lifestyle.

For information on advertising please choose from a variety of advertising options here.

Contributors are welcome Learn how you can contribute    About  www.davestravelcorner.com/about

Filed Under: Press Releases · Tagged: Bakeries, Beer, Big Bear, California, Cruising, Dancing, Drinking, Festival, Germany, History, Los Angeles, Music, Village

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Want an avatar to show with your comments? Get a free Gravatar

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Follow @DaveDTC

Get FREE Email Updates  I

Categories

Recent Comments

  • Barry Burbidge on Colima, Mexico – Festivals
  • Robert L. Evans on The Taste At Koi Garden Cafe
  • Camille Winslow on San Luis Obispo, CA – More Info
  • Ayon on How to find escorts in London
  • Dave on Reaching Paradise, EMBRACE Resort Staniel Cay Bahamas

Latest Posts

  • Tel Aviv – The City That Boasts the Best of …
  • Best Places to Visit in Bangladesh
  • Dig Into Comstock Caviar at Virginia City’s 32nd A…
  • Helsinki’s growing reputation as a world-class foo…
  • Reviewing International Travel Statistics of 2022

Explore

  • Above the Clouds
  • Guides
  • Highlight of the Month
  • Interviews
  • Journals
  • Press Releases
  • Videos

Prepare

  • Book Reviews
  • Pack List
  • Quiz: Geography
  • Quiz: Travel
  • Tour Booking
  • Travel Insurance
  • Travel Products

Share

  • Contribute
  • Forums
  • Links
  • Photos

About

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Contributors
  • Email Dave
  • Media Coverage
  • Media Kit
Hi I'm Dave. After a life changing trip in 1996, I began this site as a creative outlet to educate, inspire and share travel experiences. Read more...
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube

Return to top of page
Copyright © 1996–2023 Dave's Travel Corner · All Rights Reserved · Log in

7ads6x98y