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Got Beer! Got Beethoven! Got Brats!
Cleveland POPS to join OKTOBERFEST
BEREA, Ohio (February 22, 2010) – Northeast Ohio’s traditional Labor Day festival of oompah bands, brats and beer will be augmented this year with a fifth of Beethoven.
With a performance of Beethoven’s celebrated Fifth Symphony, The Cleveland Pops Orchestra under the direction of Carl Topilow will, for the first time, join the celebration of music, dancing and traditional German food and beverages at the Sixth Annual Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest. The Pops will perform on Sunday, September 5th, at 7:15 PM.
If you're thinking Beer! Brats! and Beethoven! Then you need to look no further than Northeast Ohio’s annual end-of-the-summer party, the Oktoberfest being held Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, 2010, at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, in Berea.
The Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest is a holiday family tradition, attracting a diversity of fun-lovers from every walk of life, generation and ethnic background, offering an exciting menu of activities and entertainment to delight young and old alike.
The event is produced by Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest Inc., a not-for-profit organization that works with local and civic organizations that provide volunteers for events like the Oktoberfest, with proceeds going to those organizations.
Along with the Cleveland Pops, other highlights of this year’s Oktoberfest include:
- Chef John Roberto, Official Oktoberfest Chef, will serve up a variety of favorites from his international cuisine, including a clambake to bring in the fall season. Also featured will be the culinary specialties of Cleveland's own Der Braumeister, Seven Roses, Chef's Choice Meats Gourmet Market – which was recently voted Cleveland's Best Sausage - and the famous Schmidt's Restaurant & Sausage Haus, of Columbus.
- The Best Oktoberfest Microbrew Competition, held in the Bier Garden, will be expanded from three to four days this year due to its enormous popularity last year. Real beer lovers get to vote for the area’s best local brew.
- Contests will include the Schuhplattler Dance Competition, the "Masskrugstemmen" Contest (Bavarian Strong Man & Woman Competition) and the Hermes 5K Charity Bier Run, with awards presented in various age categories.
- Traditional German music, by local favorites such as Hank Haller, The Joe Wendel Orchestra and the Fred Ziwich International Sound Machine, will be supplemented by a whole lot a rock and roll featuring Stone Pony, the Spazmatics, Disco Inferno and the Breakfast Club. Also performing on the midway throughout the weekend are those wild and crazy guys, The Cleveland Bier Band.
- Dancers representing more than 20 countries and a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including German, Polish, Irish, Greek, Scottish and Russian, will share the pride of their heritage in dance and musical performances at this year's festival in the International Pavilion.
- Entertainment by the Cavs Scream Team, a live glockenspiel, world champion sand sculptor Carl Jara and the Sugardale Weiner Dog Races.
- The Educational Pavilion will offer an array of family activity that will once again feature the Frisch Marionette Company, along with gingerbread house displays and gingerbread house building classes, a train show and cooking demonstrations.
- Shoppers and collectors will find an authentic array of merchandise at the German Cultural Display and at the Art Market, featuring more than 40 local artists displays of artwork available for purchase. Car enthusiast will enjoy the Antique Car Show
- The Children’s Activity Area will feature an array of activity for the kids from chalk artists to inflatable bouncers to the horse-drawn hayrides surely to bring a smile to every child's face - and yours too.
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Admission to the Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest is $8 each day of the festival with children 12 and under admitted free. A $15 full weekend pass will be available on Friday evening only. Parking will be FREE throughout the event.
For complete information and updates, including information about where to obtain $2 discount vouchers and other discount passes, log on to www.clevelandoktoberfest.com.
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Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest
At a glance
What: Sixth Annual Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest
When: Labor Day Weekend, September 3-6, 2010
Where: Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.
Directions: Take I-71 to the Berea/Bagley Road Exit. Go west, less than one mile to the Fairgrounds entrance on the left.
Friday: Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and remain open until midnight.
Admission: $8 all evening; A $15 full weekend pass will be available on Friday evening only; children under 12 are free.
Highlights:
Bier Garden entertainment includes featured entertainment by Stone Pony at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: Gates open at noon and remain open until midnight.
Admission: $8 all day; children under 12 are free.
Highlights:
Bier Garden entertainment includes featured entertainment by the Spazmatics at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: Gates open at noon and remain open until midnight.
Admission: $8 all day; children under 12 are free.
Highlights:
The Cleveland Pops Orchestra performs Beethoven's Fifth Symphony at 7:15 p.m.
Bier Garden entertainment includes featured entertainment by the Breakfast Club at 9:00 p.m.
Monday: Gates open at noon and remain open until 9:00 p.m.
Admission: $8 all day; children under 12 are free.
Highlights:
Bier Garden entertainment includes featured entertainment by Disco Inferno at 6:00 p.m.
A full schedule of events and entertainment is posted at www.clevelandoktoberfest.com.
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Candyce R. Traci, All Media Design Group
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Westlake, Ohio 44145
440-250-8600
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