🍺🌭🎸 The Four Peaks Oktoberfest – a three-day festival of food and drink, live music, games, carnival rides, dancing, and more – celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend at Tempe Town Lake.
New this year: The return of the local celebrity brat-eating contest, yoga in the park, additional categories in the weiner dog races (including Senior Saunter and Puppy Palooza), and new food vendors.
Today’s highlights
- Free one-liter replica stein for the first 500 paid admissions through the gate;
- Keg tapping and opening ceremony;
- Happy hour from 5-7 p.m. with $1 off select alcohol;
- Music from Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters, Instant Classics, and Black Bottom Lighters.
Saturday highlights
- Free gift for the first 500 paid admissions through the gate;
- Frank Kush Foundation 30th Runnin’ for the Brats;
- Yoga in the park with Southwest Institute of Healing Arts & Spirit of Yoga;
- Weiner dog races;
- Celebrity brat-eating contest;
- Amateur stein-holding competition;
- Music from Miles Nielsen & Rusted Hearts, Superhero, and 2 Tone Lizard Kings.
Sunday highlights
- WOW-mosa brunch;
- Championship weiner dog race;
- Cardinals football watch party;
- Amateur stein-holding competition;
- Reverse happy hour from 5 p.m.-close with $1 off draft beers (while supplies last);
- Music from Southern Ways and Rock Lobster.
General admission is $20 Friday and Saturday. Admission is free on Sunday, and attendees 20 and younger are free all weekend.
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