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EVENTS IN CALIFORNIA: Oktberfest Festivals

Southern california Festivals

September / October Big Bear Lake, CA

BIG BEAR OKTOBERFEST

BIG BEAR LAKE , Calif. --Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest is filled with exciting contests, music, dance, food and song. Try you skills when you carry 15 steins filled with beer, saw a log and limbo the lowest. Competitions at the Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest include log sawing, stein carrying, sausage eating, stein holding, O’Doul’s safe slam beer chugging, yodeling, and limbo dancing. Children’s fun and games include pretzel eating contests, kiddy mug holding matches and Midway carnival-style games. The main event of Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest is the Crowning of the Queen.

The Stein Carrying Contest is the only one of its kind in the United States . The rules are simple, yet challenging and physically demanding. Each contestant must pick-up steins filled with water, carry them a distance of 30 feet and set them back down without spilling more than three ounces out of any one stein. Each stein weighs about 5 lbs. The preliminary round begins with 13 steins and increases with each round. The one who carries the most steins wins. In the past some participants have carried more weight in beer than their own body weight. The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest queen is crowned the fifth weekend of the festival after competing in three preliminary events.

Crowd favorites are stein holding events that take place several times a day. The object is to see who can hold a full stein with an outstretched arm, chest high without dropping their arm or spilling the stein’s contents. The log sawing contest is known to get roars from the crowd! This competition is a two person team sport for both men and women that test skills of strength, speed and technique.

 Contests at Oktoberfest are just part of the fun. When contests are at a standstill, a huge dance floor is filled with revelers clucking away to the “Chicken Dance.” Continuous entertainment includes professional cloggers, polka dancers, yodelers and musicians.

The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest normally runs for seven consecutive weekends, mid-September through October 31 at The Big Bear Lake Convention Center, located at 42900 Big Bear Boulevard in Big Bear Lake . The times are Saturdays 12 noon to 12 midnight and Sundays 12 noon to 5:30 p.m. Get prices at: bigbearevents.com. Favorite hotels include Northwoods Resort.