36th Annual Way Out West Oktoberfest

It’s time for Tempe’s annual Way Out West Oktoberfest, celebrating this traditional German festival Arizona-style.  Wear your lederhosen or your shorts & flip flops. Dance the polka, or do the chicken dance.  Eat some German Bratwurst, sauerkraut and strudel, or have some pizza. Drink traditional Oktoberfest beer direct from Germany or have a good American brew!

It’s all there at Tempe’s Oktoberfest from October 3rd to 5th. Three stages of entertainment – polka, mainstream contemporary and family. Plus a ton of kid’s activities in Kinderfest – arts & crafts, painting the Hansel & Gretel castle, carnival games, clowns, face painting, inflatables, rock climbing wall and carnival. It’s fun for the whole family!

And, in the tradition of Oktoberfest (it began as a wedding), we invite you to renew your wedding vows at the Polka Stage on Saturday.

Not your ordinary Oom-Pah!

October 3-5, 2008
Location: Tempe Beach Park
80 West Rio Salado Parkway,
Tempe 85281 (Rio Salado & Mill, Tempe)

FREE Admission

Hours: Friday 5 pm to midnight; Saturday 10 am to midnight; Sunday 10 am to 6 pm

For 36 years running, Way Out West Oktoberfest has been produced by Tempe Sister City volunteers to raise money for international student/teacher exchanges and humanitarian projects with Tempe’s seven sister cities. Funds raised at Oktoberfest send a group of educators and high school students abroad each year. Funds also support humanitarian projects, like water wells in Timbuktu, Mali.

For more: www.wowoktoberfest.com or call 480 491 FEST.

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