Oktoberfest - Charlotte's Premier Beer Festival
Forget summer's margaritas and white wine spritzers. Fall is in the air, meaning it's time for drinking beer-real beer.
Of course, there's no better way to raise our glasses to the start of a new sipping season than an Oktoberfest. To whet your palate, we're giving you a preview of the 12th-Annual Charlotte Oktoberfest, set to brew at 2 p.m. (1 p.m. for $50 premium ticket holders) on Saturday, September 25, at the Metrolina Tradeshow Expo.
A $35 general-admission ticket gets you a five-ounce sampling glass and a map at the gate; from there, you're blissfully on your own. (Note: tickets have already sold out, but there's always the aftermarket.) You'll be able to try up to 350 beers (no, that's not a challenge) from close to ninety regional and international craft brewers.
As for the food (not mandatory, but recommended at some point during the afternoon), the theme is carbs and meat: you'll find BBQ from Mac's Speed Shop, Smokey Bratts by Bob Schweikert, Funnel Cake by Diane, and Preston popcorn. While it's hardly a day to fret about calories, you can catch a little (don't worry-we mean very little) exercise at Creative Loafing's BeerLympics, complete with table tennis and corn hole.
Because food and beer would be lost without a soundtrack, there will be live music from Charlotte-based alternative rock groups Echo Code and Sugar Glyder, as well as a local eighties cover band, Blue Monday.
Tickets have sold out at the past three Oktoberfests, and there won't be any sold the day of, so buy yours
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Mike Carpino
Mike@LakeAndTown.com
704-301-9264
