+- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com)
+-- Forum: Waterloo Region Life (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=12)
+--- Forum: Arts and Culture (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17)
+--- Thread: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest (/showthread.php?tid=85)
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - Drake - 09-04-2014
![[Image: oktoberfestlovethiscitytv1_zps09f42fa5.jpg]](http://s32.photobucket.com/user/DrakeofWaterloo/media/oktoberfestlovethiscitytv1_zps09f42fa5.jpg.html)
Re: Oktoberfest 2014 - Drake - 09-04-2014
This would be a good event to get WRC promoted at or perhaps acknowledged.
It's also a great event. Waterloo Region is awesome.
Re: Oktoberfest 2014 - Spokes - 09-04-2014
Drake Wrote:This would be a good event to get WRC promoted at or perhaps acknowledged.
It's also a great event. Waterloo Region is awesome.
I agree. Although I want to be fully up and running ideally before rolling out big time promotion. Do you have any connections you had in mind?
Re: Oktoberfest 2014 - Drake - 09-04-2014
Sadly no, though I could claim Hans to be my uncle, but then he is everyone's uncle.
Re: Oktoberfest 2014 - panamaniac - 09-04-2014
It probably should go into another thread, but has anybody heard anything about the "craftoberfest" that's being planned for K-W this year? I think it has the potential to be a great supplement/alternative to Oktoberfest, which, ironically, suffers in the beer department.
Re: Oktoberfest 2014 - dubya - 09-06-2014
panamaniac Wrote:It probably should go into another thread, but has anybody heard anything about the "craftoberfest" that's being planned for K-W this year? I think it has the potential to be a great supplement/alternative to Oktoberfest, which, ironically, suffers in the beer department.
Follow them on twitter. Lots of events planned.
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - The85 - 09-29-2015
Does anyone know what's with the reduction in festhalls for 2015? Namely the arenas...
Looks like The Aud, Moses Springer, and the Waterloo Memorial Rec Complex are not festhall locations this year.
Or am I missing something??
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - KevinL - 09-29-2015
The glockenspiel is on-site at Speaker's Corner, but at last check has not yet been fully installed. Here's the scene this afternoon:
![[Image: 20150929_121058.jpg]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1g4rZev3N9I/VgtJmobD9KI/AAAAAAAADpU/jJHTkDtOx1o/w1118-h629-no/20150929_121058.jpg)
![[Image: 20150929_121039.jpg]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WuMIITTUOi0/VgtJk3eNI-I/AAAAAAAADpM/Frca3zTqHUI/w1118-h629-no/20150929_121039.jpg)
![[Image: 20150929_120543.jpg]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gQ_gypEQNTU/VgtJcqFt9_I/AAAAAAAADoc/B6HmSnLq6gU/w1118-h629-no/20150929_120543.jpg)
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - KevinL - 09-30-2015
...and it's up:
![[Image: 20150930_211733.jpg]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ILuVtKuMttM/VgyOkSO8uUI/AAAAAAAADps/NQCCi3wrr2Q/w1118-h629-no/20150930_211733.jpg)
A 'bell-ringing ceremony' is planned for Monday.
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - Spokes - 10-01-2015
Is this a permanent installation?
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - KevinL - 10-01-2015
(10-01-2015, 05:55 AM)Spokes Wrote: Is this a permanent installation?
Absolutely. It's restoring a piece that had been there for decades before its removal.
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - Spokes - 10-04-2015
(10-01-2015, 11:13 AM)KevinL Wrote:(10-01-2015, 05:55 AM)Spokes Wrote: Is this a permanent installation?
Absolutely. It's restoring a piece that had been there for decades before its removal.
I remember when it used to be there from when I was a kid. Nice to see it back
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - Canard - 10-12-2015
We unfortunately couldn't make it to the parade (both sick). For anyone who attended, I'm curious - did either ion or Grandlinq have a presence in the parade?
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - KevinL - 10-12-2015
(10-12-2015, 08:12 AM)Canard Wrote: We unfortunately couldn't make it to the parade (both sick). For anyone who attended, I'm curious - did either ion or Grandlinq have a presence in the parade?
Alas, no. Even the Region - who did have a float - chose not to emphasize it this year.
RE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - The85 - 10-12-2015
There was an article in The Record this weekend as to why The Aud, Moses Springer and the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex bowed out of Oktoberfest festhallen:
Slow ticket sales and the difficulty to find volunteers. Also costs continue to rise and halls need to be massive now to make economic sense to run.