The festive programme of events for the Oktoberfest

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Grand entry of the Oktoberfest landlords and breweries

Date:
Saturday, 18th September 2010, 10.45 am and lasts about 45 minutes.

Route:
Sonnenstraße-Schwanthalerstraße to the Oktoberfest grounds.

This is the official prelude to the opening of the Oktoberfest and involves about 1,000 participants, including the landlords' families in decorated carriages, the magnificent horse-drawn drays of the Munich breweries, waitresses on decorated floats and all the beer tent bands.

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Oktoberfest Costume and Riflemen's Parade

Date:
Sunday, 19th September 2010, 10 am and lasts 2 - 2 1/2 hours, about 7000 performers, 7 km distance.

Route of the parade:
Max II. Denkmal, Maximilianstraße, Residenzstraße, Odeonsplatz, Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse, Pacellistrasse, Maximiliansplatz, Karlsplatz-Stachus, Sonnenstraße, Schwanthalerstraße, Paul-Heyse-Straße, Georg-Hirth-Platz, Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz, Festwiese

World-famous procession on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest. The Costume und Riflemen's Procession gives an impressive insight into the fascinating diversity of customs rooted in the heart of Bavaria, in Franconia, Swabia, the states of Germany and in neighboring European countries. A varied succession of regional costume groups, "troops" in historical uniforms, marching bands, riflemen, thoroughbred horses, oxen, cows, goats, the decorated drays of the Munich breweries, floats displaying typical local traditions and historic carriages all pass by in a 7-kilometer-long procession through the streets of the city center. Ribboned trees, harvest garlands, craftsmen's tools from bygone days, harvest produce, dancers decorated with flowers, stars and crowns, trumpeters on horseback, flag-throwers and a host of other performers transform this traditional Munich procession into a brilliant highlight on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest. {short description of image}

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Open-Air Oktoberfest Music

Date:
Sunday, 26th September  2010, 11 am (If the weather is bad, the concert will be postponed until Sunday, 3rd October 2010.)

Venue: on the steps of the Bavaria statue

A bigband open-air concert of all Oktoberfest bands with some 400 musicians takes place on the second Sunday of the festival.

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