Spielmannszug - Bock Beer Fest

Date & Time
April 30, 2011 - Time: Doors open at 5:00 pm

Ticket Info
$6.00 in advance
Advance tickets available at: Ray's Liquor (8930 W North Ave) & Weissgerber's Old German Beer Hall (1009 N. Old World Third St).

$7.00 at the door

Children 16 & under Free when accompanied by an adult
Free Admission for Active Military with ID

Music
Alte Kameraden Brass Band

Description
The Spielmannszug Milwaukee is proud to present their annual Bock Beer Fest. There are beer drinking contests and a king & queen are crowned at the end of the night. But there is plenty of fun in between those contests. Take a look at the slide show below with pictures of past Bock Beer fests. There were even some surprise guests from the Klements Racing Sausages. Rumor has it that they will be appearing again this year, so be sure to bring your cameras or at least the cell phones that have a camera built in.

There will be food available for purchase. Usually some delicious sausages (like brats & knackwurst) and a lot of homemade desserts.

Of course, there will be no lack of liquid refreshment that night. After all you cannot have a beer drinking contest and not have beer, right?

For more info, go to the Milwaukee Spielmannszug website. http://www.spielmannszug.org/

Location
Hart Park (map)
7300 W. Chestnut Street, (72nd & State), Wauwatosa, WI

Bock Beer Fest - Pictures

Well, Bock Beer Fest was lots of fun again this year. Of course there was plenty of beer, but there was some great food as well. Besides the usual Bock Wurst & Bratwurst, if you were lucky you could get Russ' attention and get a Landjaeger wurst from him on his fancy wurst pole that he carries proudly every year.

Just as our friend Pete promised, the Klements racing sausages made an appearance. Or perhaps I should say the dancing sausages. The people crowded around them to get a quick photo or just a fun time with them dancing around the dance floor. However, I did not see them having a beer, although I am sure they were very thirsty after all that dancing. I think I even saw some of the DCS dancers giving the sausages a spin.

For several years now, the Danube Cultural Society (DCS) has entertained the crowd with their ethnic dancing. It might be a peppy polka or a beautiful waltz. With the geat popularity of Dancing with the Stars the last few years, dancing has gotten a lot of attention at these gatherings. The DCS were happy to see so many appreciative viewers and hope to get some help with their fund raising efforts to go to dance in Disney World later this year.

As it is custom every year, there were the beer drinking contests during the evening. Somehow they never had a lack of contestants. Well, of course the fact that the beer was free might have something to do with it. However, the Milwaukee Spielmannszug does a great job promoting that people drink responsibly and offer a designated driver program for those folks like me that do not drink (beer). I simply drank soda that evening and it was a enjoyable evening for me as well.

If you missed it this year, I am sure it will be held again next year. This event seems to be growing every year.