Lodi Oktoberfest

Hi, I am from the Lodi Tokay Rotary club and would like to submit information about our community event for your publication/website. 2016 will mark the 11th year that we have hosted the Lodi Oktoberfest, which was first requested by the City of Lodi to help celebrate Lodi’s German heritage during the city’s continual celebration. The Lodi Oktoberfest has continued to be one of the most favored celebrations within our city and draws people to our event from many cities outside the Lodi area. Listed below is the information about the event, with much more detailed information on our website at lodioktoberfest.com. Event Information: • Event Name: 11th Annual Lodi Oktoberfest • Event Date: October 22, 2016 • Where is the event: American Legion Building • Event time: 4:30 to 10:30 • Food – Limited to • Entrance Cost: $10.00 prior to event date/$15.00 Day of Event • Entertainment: Live music performed by the Gruber Family Band • Buy Tickets/Lots more information: lodioktoberfest.com. Lodi’s longest continuing Oktoberfest has been hosted by the Lodi Tokay Rotary every year since 2006. You’ll come for the beer and the German food and stay to enjoy the German band and join the Oktoberfest games. We pour American and German beers at Oktoberfest and cook up a storm of German-Dakota dishes such as chicken schnitzel, bratwurst, pickled red cabbage, sauerkraut, cheese buttons and hot German potato salad. The Gruber Family Band plays a raucous mix of traditional German folk music and pop tunes. The highlight of their performance is a contest to see who can hold two big steins of beer at arm’s length the longest. Herren und Damen are all welcome to show us your stuff. The winners keep the steins. If the crowd gets into it, there might even be a yodeling contest. Lodi’s Rotary Clubs banded together nine years ago to revive Oktoberfest, which had been celebrated on and off for a number of years. We were celebrating Lodi’s German heritage and the 100th year anniversary of the founding of Lodi’s city government. Now Oktoberfest is an annual tradition. And remember — you don’t have to be German to have fun at Oktoberfest.