Oktoberfest Guide
Prost! Late September is time for Oktoberfest (just go with it, it’s a German thing), which means giant beers, big brats and tiny lederhosen. You can play it cool the other 363 days of the year; Oktoberfest is time to polka your heart out.
Oktoberfest: Party like a burgermeister
The burgermeister is kind of the master of ceremonies
Oktoberfest: 7 things Germany has given America
Here are seven things, besides beer, we're glad came from Germany
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90 pics of Saturday's Oktoberfest action in Des Moines
Sauerbraten, polkas, lederhosen, and bier maidens: Oktoberfest 2011 had it all. Check out the Metromix pix and see who had their German on
Friday night at Des Moines Oktoberfest
We were at the opening night of Oktoberfest to catch all the festival-goers, bier madiens, and, well, beer
Oktoberfest 2010 on Court Ave
See all the polka, beir and fun on Friday evening at the rollicking German celebration
Oktoberfest 2010 Saturday
Oktoberfest 2010 was back home in the Court District and filled with lederhosen, dirndlkleid and gamsbarts
Oktoberfest 2009 at Hessen Haus
Glass-boot drinkers, accordion players and more madcap characters at Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest 2008: Nothing but Bier Maidens
Which Bier Maiden was judged queen of them all in the infamous Oktoberfest contest?
Oktoberfest 2008 Saturday
The crazy fun on Saturday at Oktoberfest included bier maidens, wet T-shirts and polka
Oktoberfest: Bier at the ballpark
The two-day fest has become a popular downtown tradition that pulls in thousands of revelers
Meet the Burgermeister
If Oktoberfest is like a giant bar, the Burgermeister is the bartender for the event
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