Meet your 2017 Festmeister. . . Dean Wahlund!
What’s a Festmeister, you ask? The Festmeister presides over the Oktoberfest event and appoints a Festscheister to be his sidekick. What’s a Festscheister…kinna speaks for itself, doesn’t it?!
Dean Wahlund will preside over this year’s Oktoberfest as the official Festmeister! Gates for Oktoberfest cannot open until the Festmeister declares it so!
Trent Nielsen will create all kinds of shenanigans as the official 2017 Festscheister!
All Access Oktoberfest Buttons!
Make sure you get your ALL ACCESS Oktoberfest button for only $5 from any St. Peter Ambassador or at the Festgrounds gate!
Schedule of Events
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Test the Taps
| 5:00pm | Gates Open |
| 5:30 – 8:30pm | Test the Taps featuring music by Larry Novotny “The One Man Tuba Band” |
Friday, September 29, 2017
The Festmeister’s Party
| 3:00pm | Festmeister’s Parade through town |
| 4:00pm | Festmeister officially declares the Oktoberfest gates open |
| 4:00 – 7:00pm | Kris & the Riverbend Dutchmen |
| 7:00pm | Sauerkraut Eating Contest |
| 8:00 – 11:00pm | IV Play |
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Family Day
| 12:00pm | Gates Open |
| 12:30pm | Line-up for Kidtoberfest Parade in State Farm parking lot on Third St. |
| 1:00pm | Kidtoberfest Parade down Third St. to the Festgrounds hosted by St. Peter Jaycees |
| 1:00 – 4:00pm | Music by Larry Novotny “The One Man Tuba Band” AND Concord Singers |
| 1:00 – 4:00pm | St. Peter Fire Department Open House |
| 1:00 – 4:00pm | Kids Zone Activities and Games |
| 2:30pm | Bean Bag Tournament |
| 4:00pm – 7:00pm | Bock Fest Boys |
| 5:30pm | Official Stein Hoisting Competition |
| 8:00 – 11:00pm | Martin Zellar & The Hardways |
*Schedule subject to change
