It’s Oktoberfest time! What? You figured Oktoberfest started in October? Well you would be wrong. The Germans decided a while back that they couldn’t wait to get trashed until October. So they moved up the Munich festival to start in September. Don’t believe everything that you red in our history of Oktoberfest – I doubt […]
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The Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival has announced the design competition for the poster that will be featured at the 43rd Annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay, California. The total prize pool for the competition is $2100. The winning artist will earn $1000. The deadline for submissions […]
Throwing a good party is expensive. The 2012 Cullman Oktoberfest recently asked the Cullman City Council for a $75,000 increase in funding to expand the event. In 2011, Cullman contributed just $6,000 to a budget of $48,000 for the 2011 Oktoberfest. In 2012, the organizers would like to work with an overall budget of $186,000 […]
It’s perfectly OK if the answer is no. You still have six months to get in the mood to party during October. But when the end of September rolls around, you had better have that frown turned upside down! If you said YES – then you should reserve space on your calendar for one of […]