Highlighting the 2020 Oktoberfest are\u00a0\u201cOutdoor Dining with a Show\u201d\u00a0experiences Sept. 26-27 on the Air Products Town Square at SteelStacks where guests can listen to German-style music while enjoying a menu that features offerings like a loaded potato pancake covered in corned beef brisket, fried sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Rueben-style dressing, and Schweinshaxe (roasted pork shank) served over browned butter spaetzle and cabbage. Guests can finish it all off with apple strudel from Mattie\u2019s Strudel Haus and ice cream from the Bethlehem Dairy Store.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n
Seating on the Town Square is by reservation only with tables good for up to four people in the same party. Two seating sessions – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. – will be offered both days. Table reservation price is $10 and ArtsQuest Members can make reservations starting tomorrow, 10 a.m., while the public can make reservations starting Sept. 11, 10 a.m., at\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/ On Sept. 26, the Sch\u00fctzengiggles Oompah Band will perform on the Town Square\u2019s Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage. This traditional German brass oompah band performs everything from standard German Oktoberfest tunes to pop covers that everyone knows.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n The popular Polkadelphia takes the Town Square\u2019s Highmark Blue Shield Community Stage Sept. 27. Whether rocking out at the local biergarten or strolling through the bustling tents at an Oktoberfest, this band always brings the \u2018haus\u2019 down.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Oktoberfest fans looking to pick up their bratwurst, strudel and other Oktoberfest favorites to take home can do so by visiting the four food vendors taking part in the \u201cOktoberfest To-Go\u201d Food Service and Biergarten on PNC Plaza at SteelStacks. Featured vendors are Karl Ehmer, Heaven on a Bun, Waffle de Lys and Heidi\u2019s Strudel & Island Expressions. Beverages including Yuengling Oktoberfest, Hofbr\u00e4u and more will be available for guests to purchase to enjoy with their food if they opt to sit in the Biergarten.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n \u201cHaving proudly sponsored Oktoberfest in recent years, your neighborhood airport was committed to ensuring its successful takeoff in 2020. Whether\u00a0with\u00a0food, music or cultural entertainment, everyone needs an escape from present challenges, and this amazing event certainly provides that energy-driven destination for in-person or virtual attendance,\u201d says Lehigh Valley International Airport Executive Director Thomas R. Stoudt.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Other Oktoberfest highlights include:<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Dragtoberfest \u2013 Sept. 26, 8:30 p.m. (in-person)<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Tickets: $12\/$10 students & seniors\/$9.50 ArtsQuest Members<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n The Lehigh Valley’s favorite drag queens are back for some fierce and socially-distanced performances at the base of the blast furnaces. Join Elektra Fearce St. James, Georgia Versace Couture and Clan Ann (Sharron Ann Husbands and Carol Ann Carol Ann) – who many of you might recognize as our Golden Girls Drag Show actors – for a night of great fun and faces. Tickets will be available starting Sept. 10 at\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/ Virtual Hasselhoff-off \u2013 Sept. 24, 8 p.m. (live via Zoom & Facebook Live)<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n No pandemic can dampen Germany’s love for the greatest performer of all history, David Hasselhoff. We return for year five of finding the best Hoff in the land complete with the slow-motion virtual beach run!<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Virtual Weiner Dog Parade\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Everyone love the dachshunds at Oktoberfest. This year, these loveable dogs will strut their stuff in our virtual parade. Proud owners are encouraged to dress them up in their favorite costumes and create home videos, which they then submit to our Oktoberfest judging panel. The judges will review all the submissions and announce the \u2018King and Queen\u2019 via Zoom and Facebook live Sept. 27, 2 p.m. Registration opens Sept. 10 at\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/ Oktoberfest Steinholding Competition (virtual & in-person; finals Sept. 27 at SteelStacks)<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n The U.S. Steinholding Association and ArtsQuest are once again partnering on this competition where participants hold steins full of beer at arm\u2019s length for as long as they can. Preliminaries will take place virtually via Zoom starting Sept. 16, while the semi-finals are set for Sept. 26 at SteelStacks and the final competitors will battle it out at SteelStacks on Sept. 27. Winner takes home $250 and a berth in the U.S. Steinholding Association 2020 National Remote Steinholding Championship. Registration is $40 and includes an official stein; register starting Sept. 10 at\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/ Family Fun (in-person)<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Including free art kits for kids, an in-person workshop at the Banana Factory and a Chalk the Walk Coloring Contest on Sept 26, 2-5 p.m., at SteelStacks.\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Virtual Oktoberfest 5K\u00a0<\/b>presented by Yuengling<\/i><\/b> Official Oktoberfest hours for SteelStacks activities are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 11a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Oktoberfest presented by Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is also supported by D.G. Yuengling & Son, Kistler O\u2019Brien and Service Electric Cable TV & Communications. For more information, visit\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/ <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nThe popular Oktoberfest 5K goes virtual, with all proceeds from the event going to support the nonprofit ArtsQuest, which presents Oktoberfest. Register at\u00a0www.steelstacks.org\/
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