Friday October 5, 2012

• Biergarten open with 6 German Beers and Miller Lite on tap.
• 22 oz Souvenir glasses available from our Biermeister!
• Food Booth opens
• Oktoberfestpiel outdoor games area opens

Tapping of the Keg Opening Celebration:

7:00pm: Loves Park Mayor Darryl Lindberg

8:00 pm Yodeling contest

9:30 pm Chicken Dance Contest

Miss Oktoberfest:
7:00-8:00 pm Crowning of Miss Oktoberfest

Cultural Booth
Souvenir Booth

Visit our Oktoberfestspiel (game and event areas):

• Frankfurter Toss
•  Bier Barrel Race
•  Barmaid Mug Race
•  Children's activities, games and more!

Frankfurter Toss                                                                                                 5:00-6:15/ 8:30-9:15

Come test your skills at tossing the frank! Win a prize if you can toss the frank into the milk can!

Bier Barrel Race                                                                                                 6:30-7:15 / 9:30-10:15        

It’s not as easy as you think! Best time wins at end of game, so come on out and try to roll your best on our bier barrel race course.                                                                                                   

Barmaid Stein Race                                                                                         7:30-8:15 / 10:30-11:15

A favorite attraction deeply rooted in German tradition:, contestants race a short distance with with one full mug and cross a distance to another table where they'll pick up a second mug, cross again, pick up another and so on.  If you drop a mug or can't complete a "lap", you are disqualified.  Contest continues until two are left.  The winner is the one who can make a full lap carrying the most mugs (filled with the most beer)!

Strong Arm Beer Stein Lifting Contest 

Test your endurance! We will have both male and female class contests! 

For Children:

Outside Kindgerplatz games area with jumping inflatable and indoor kinderecke with facepaintnig and more!

Saturday October 6, 2012

• Biergarten open outside with 6 German Beers and Miller Lite on tap. 
• 22oz Souvenir glass available from our Biermeister!
• Food Booth opens
• Oktoberfestspiel outdoor games and events area opens

Entertainment: New: Outdoor Stage added this year!

Noon: Indoor and outdoor stages open.

Outdoor Stage: 

• Noon-2:00pm  Jim Busta Polka Band
• 2:00-4:00pm Southern Outkast
• 4:00-8:00pm Forest City Polka Band

 Indoor Stage:

• Noon-4:00 pm Tom Brusky Polka Band
• 4:00-8:00 pm Jim Busta Polka Band
• 8:00-midnight Tom Brusky Polka Band
  

D' Waldstadttänzer Traditional German Dance Troupe of the German Society of Rockford performances during festival

6:30 pm Chicken Dance Contest

Visit our Oktoberfestspiel (game and event areas):

• Frankfurter Toss
•  Bier Barrel Racing
•  Barmaid Mug Race
• Children's activities, games and more!

Frankfurter Toss                                  Noon-1:15 / 5:15-6:00 / 8:15-9:00 / 11:15-Midnight

Come test your skills at tossing the frank! Win a prize if you can toss the frank into the milk can!

Bier Barrel Race                                  2:00-4:00 (THE BIG RACE) / 6:15-7:00 / 9:15-10:00 

It’s not as easy as you think! Best time wins at end of game, so come on out and try to roll your best on our bier barrel race course.      

Running of the Wieners                                                                                 4:30pm

Watch these adorable little Dachshunds run for the gold (trophy), competing for the title of the very first top dog of the 1st Annual German Society Oktoberfest, "Running of the Wieners!"

Barmaid Stein Race                                                                      4:15-5:00 / 7:15-8:00 / 10:15-11:00

A favorite attraction deeply rooted in German tradition:, contestants race a short distance with with one full mug and cross a distance to another table where they'll pick up a second mug, cross again, pick up another and so on.  If you drop a mug or can't complete a "lap", you are disqualified.  Contest continues until two are left.  The winner is the one who can make a full lap carrying the most mugs (filled with the most beer)!

Strong Arm Beer Stein Lifting Contest