Attend OB Oktoberfest, Ocean Beach, California

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The Ocean Beach Oktoberfest - the uniquely Southern California salute to the celebration of German culture and fun - is back this year, for two days. Friday night’s schedule will feature the finals of the Beer Garden Band Slam, a competition to crown the best cover or tribute band at the beach, with $3,000 in cash prizes. Widmer will be on-site with fun promotions. Preliminary rounds of the competition will be held throughout the month of September at Winston’s Beach Club in Ocean Beach and 710 Beach Club in Pacific Beach. There will also be a semi-final round of the Miss Oktoberfest contest Friday night. The preliminary rounds will be taking place at 710 Beach Club (Pacific Beach) and The Local (Downtown). The festivities start on Saturday with the Annual Brat Trot Beach Run, a fundraiser with the OBCF to promote local youth sports. Registration is available online and there will be an all-ages race starting earlier in the day, and then the traditional 5k with registration beginning at 9:30am. The Saturday schedule is packed tight with theBratwurst-Eating, Stein-Holding and Other Traditional Oktoberfest Contests. Pizza Port OB will be on hand serving beer! Once again, participants will compete for a $10,000 cash prize in the infamous, one-of-a-kindSausage Toss competition. The Miss Oktoberfest finals will take place Saturday as well. In addition to the food and craft vendors and an All-Ages Stage on the grassy area at the foot of Newport Avenue, Saturday’s Oktoberfest will include performances by the traditional Ompah Band all day long, Lobster Bob and the Special Emcee Jose Sinatra in addition to many local musical acts. Admission to the beer garden is a $3 donation that goes to support the Ocean Beach community. The outdoor area is free. This year the event shuttle will run between 710 Beach Club (PB) and the festival and will deliver people to the festival all throughout the day Friday and Saturday - with the last shuttle leaving OB at 10pm. During the past decade, the OB Oktoberfest – a joint venture between Hoy Hoy Boys, the Ocean Beach Merchants Association and the Ocean Beach Community Foundation – has raised more than $150,000 for local nonprofit organizations.

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