The 14th Annual Palm Beach Draughtsmen Oktoberfest will be held at: Okeeheelee Park on Saturday, October 13th, 2007. The park is located at:

7715 Forest Hill Blvd in West Palm

Tickets can only be purchased in advance below via PayPal, or at the BX Beer Depot in Lake Worth. A $20 donation for members and $25 for guests is all that's required, for all of the food, many taps, games and fun! We'll have the requisite German Brats, chicken, ribs and various side dishes of all ethnicities! The taps this year will feature Palm Beach Draughtsmen club-brewed Alt, Kolsch and IPA. We'll also have Pale Ale, Pumpkin Ale, Octoberfest and other kegs, generously donated by PBD members. Octoberfest again this year will be at the Tuskeegee Pavilion in beautiful Okeeheelee Park.

DRAUGHTSMEN MEMBER ADMISSION:

GUEST ADMISSION:

Originally, Oktoberfest was the celebration of the marriage between Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810. The citizens of Munich (Munchen) were invited to the royal event, which took place on the very same fields where Oktoberfest is celebrated today.

The purpose of the celebration was two-fold:

• First, to give thanks to the Lord for the past years crops and other blessings.
• Second, to share in the joy of the occasion with the family in the spirit of true love.

Such was the success of the party given after the wedding that the meadow was named the Theresien-Wiese in honor of the princess. Even today, the meadow retains its name and is kept as a large open clearing within the heart of a city grown far beyond it. Today, the festival comes alive at noon on opening when, as the clock of St. Paul's Church in Munich strikes 12 noon, the Burgermeister enters one of the beer tents and taps the first cask and quaffs the first stein during a 12 canon salute. One of the highlights of the fest is the Trachtenfest parade, one in which thousands of participants from all over Germany dress in their native costume. Bands, floats and decorated beer wagons drawn by beautiful horses wind their way through the downtown streets and out to the Wies'n, short for festival grounds. While Munich remains the original home for Oktoberfest, La Crosse, Wisconsin has become the home of Oktoberfest, USA.

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Last modified: 09/07/07