Probably a long shot, but is anyone going or want to go?

9/18/2007 6:43:12 AM

I may be going. A few of my friends have a few extra seats in their tent available, all i need to do is get down there.

9/18/2007 6:54:30 AM

which Oktoberfest are you talking about

good job being informative

9/18/2007 9:05:59 AM

Oktoberfest came through here (Huntsville, AL) this past weekend. I went with my girlfriend and it wasn't what I expected in terms of Oktoberfest. When I think of Oktoberfest, I think of a bunch of German-themed stuff with bratwurst and 500 types of beer all over the place. This wasn't the case. It was more like the state fair but a lot smaller and less crowded. There were rides, carnies, funnel cakes, games, etc. I still had a good time, but the most German part I could find about it was that there was a small tent that was selling bratwurst and schnitzel. Not too German, but still fun.

9/18/2007 9:13:51 AM

^^ Um... really? Good job on being a wanker.

9/18/2007 11:26:49 AM

being a wanker?
whos the idiot that made a thread about a festival with no information about the subject matter

smart one arent ya

9/18/2007 11:32:25 AM

there is only one Oktoberfest. There's no need to qualify it.
If he was talking about some oktoberfest-themed podunk county fair party in Georgia or whatever, he would have said so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

i went in 05 when I was living in Munich. Will try to go back next year and stay with some of my friends there. Chance is in Munich on business this week, but I believe he is leaving the day it starts.
Here's pics from 3 of the tents I went to in 2005
http://joelion.com/gallery/europe/germany/munich/oktoberfest/

9/18/2007 12:16:59 PM

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-50,GGLG:en&q=Oktoberfest

Quote :

"there is only one Oktoberfest"

9/18/2007 12:21:53 PM

i don't care what Google says. There's a reason the first two links go to The Oktoberfest, though.

9/18/2007 12:26:59 PM

Aside from the real one in Germany...I've never heard of this podunk thing you speak of.

9/18/2007 12:50:31 PM

it's what the rest of the links on the Google search point to. Every church, county fair, school, radio station, etc that wants to have a party in the month of October think that it's really clever if they serve sausage and call it Oktoberfest.

I think The Daily Show did a report from an "Oktoberfest" in Georgia or Alabama a couple years ago, where they had plenty of people show up in lederhosen and dirndls, but it was a dry event..... no beer.

9/18/2007 1:36:37 PM

I'll be there Sobchak, in Bratislava on biz but going to Munich on Friday night. Let me know, first keg doesn't get tapped until noon on Saturday.

9/18/2007 1:51:25 PM

I hope to get back to Munich for Oktoberfest in a year or two, I was there in late October in 2005 so I missed out on all the fun

9/18/2007 3:04:51 PM

oktoberfest is for sheepshaggers

WELCOME TO BEERFEST!!!!

9/18/2007 3:08:18 PM

Cool, I'm going to try to make it, but it's up in the air right now. I hear that most of the hotels are booked up.

9/18/2007 3:57:21 PM

oktoberfest in charlotte?

9/18/2007 7:42:21 PM

^ill be there

9/18/2007 8:07:00 PM

im trying to find people to go with but the people i've met so far in charlotte thinks $30 is too expensive

9/18/2007 8:25:50 PM

I agree who wants to go to Beerfest???

9/18/2007 9:35:33 PM

Quote :

"there is only one Oktoberfest. There's no need to qualify it."

i went to the real one in munich in 2004, it was one of the best experiences of my life

Walt, let me know if you need any help finding a place to stay, i know a couple places that are out of the way. We ended up staying with a couple aussie sisters we met at the trainstation



[Edited on September 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM. Reason : ...]

9/18/2007 11:58:59 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2837338520070928?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

9/29/2007 3:55:52 PM

^ Damn, I thought nobody would find out.

9/30/2007 10:09:13 AM

heard about that on the radio..damn.

9/30/2007 11:50:52 AM

I went to many a Oktoberfest in Deutschland as a kid...

wish I was there with my bros. now that I'm old enough to drink

10/1/2007 12:30:42 AM