Spielmannszug - Mardi Gras Maskenball

Date & Time
January 210, 2012 - Time: Doors open at (details forthcoming)

Ticket Info


Ticket Cost: $12.00 per person
Purchase tickets at the door


Description
Get ready to celebrate with the Spielmannszug Milwaukee's Mardi Gras by dressing up in your favorite costume. There will be fabulous prizes for the best costume and you will have a lot more fun when you dress up in a costume.
School groups are welcome.
Music: Talisman

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

Location
Mt. Mary College (Map)
Caroline Hall, 2900 N Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597

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.

Spielmannszug - Lumpenhball (Hobo Dance)

Date & Time
February 27, 2010 - Time: Doors open at 6 p.m.

Ticket Info
Ticket Cost: $5.00
Call: (details forthcoming)


Description
The Spielmannszug Milwaukee presents their annual Lumpenball or Hobo Dance. This is a fun dance that depicts that you spent all your money during the Mardi Gras season and now you are so poor you can only dress in rags. So you do not have to dress up for this one, in fact, the worse your clothes are the better. There will be prizes for the WORST dressed person.

There will be food available for purchase. As mentioned below, Robert Deglau, host of Continental Showcase will be playing some geat German Music for your listening & dancing pleasure. This is the first time this dance will have a DJ, so come on out to see something new.

Music: Continental Showcase's Robert Deglau will be the DJ

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

Croatian Sacred Heart Church Hall (Map)
917 N. 49th St. (just 2 blocks north of Wisconsin Ave),
Milwaukee, WI 53208

Spielmannszug - Mardi Gras Milwaukee Style

Date & Time
January 23, 2010 - Time: Doors open at 6:00 pm

Ticket Info
Ticket Cost: $5.00 at the door



Description
Celebrate with the Spielmannszug Milwaukee a brand new event: Mardi Gras Milwaukee Style. This event promises many surprises so don't miss it. Last year was so much fun, that they decided to have this event again this year, so if you missed it last year come out this year.

There will be food available for purchase.
(prepared by the DCS)

Music: Austrian Express

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

Location
Croatian Sacred Heart Church Hall (Map)
917 N. 49th St. (just 2 blocks north of Wisconsin Ave),
Milwaukee, WI 53208

Spielmannszug - Crowning

Date & Time
November 7, 2009 - Time: Doors open at 6 pm, Crowning festivities begin at 7 pm

Ticket Info
Ticket Cost: $12 in advance and $15 at the door
Call: 414-476-2806
Be sure to call for advance tickets and save $3.00. This is a popular event so get your tickets soon.

Description

Who will be the next royal couple presiding over the 2009 – 2010 Karnival season. Come to this annual event and join in the fun.

Music : Johnny Hoffmann & his Herzbuben

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

Location
Mt. Mary College (Map)
2900 N Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597

Milwaukee German Community Events

Click on the flag to get more details about Events around Milwaukee in the Germany Community. Below is a brief listing of Events.

September 12, 13, 14 - Bavarian Inn Oktoberfest
September 13 - Lake Villa Oktoberfest
September 19, 20, 21 - Bavarian Oktoberfest
September 19-21 - Oktoberfest in Chippewa Falls
September 20 - Lake Villa Oktoberfest
September 21 - Croatian Sacred Heart Church - Palacsinta Breakfast
September 26 - Croatian Sacred Heart Church - Fish Fry
September 27 - Lake Villa Oktoberfest
Oct 4 - Danube Cultural Society (DCS)- Kirchweih
October 10-11 - Croatian Sacred Heart Church - Sarma Sale
October 18 - D'Oberlandler - Kirchweihfest (80th)
October 24 - Croatian Sacred Heart Church - Fish Fry
November 8 - Milwaukee Spielmannszug - Crowning of the Royal Couple
November 11 - Rheinischer Verein - Hoppeditz Erwachen
November 15 - Rheinischer Verein - Prinzenkroenung
December 31 - Rheinischer Verein - Gala New Year's Eve Dinner Dance
January 10 - Milwaukee Spielmannszug - Gala Maskenball
Feb 1 - Rheinischer Verein - Kappensitzung
Feb 14 - Milwaukee Spielmannszug - Mardi Gras Milwaukee Style
Feb 19 - Rheinischer Verein - Weiberfastnacht
Feb 21 - Rheinischer Verein - Maskenball
Feb 28 - Rheinischer Verein - Kehraus
March 7 - Milwaukee Spielmannszug - Lumpenball (Hobo Dance)
April 25 - Milwaukee Spielmannszug - Bockbierfest

July 24, 25, 26, 27 - German Fest Yes, those dates are correct!

Yes, German Fest starts tomorrow in Milwaukee. We have all been waiting for this event all year. I have it on good authority that all the entertainers from Germany landed safely yesterday and they can hardley wait to get up on those stages to entertain the crowds.