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Looking for ways to celebrate? Hofbrauhaus is ready!

By Amber Healy “This is the original Haus Band and German “It’s just the perfect time stage and dance around, they
hort of traveling to Hofbrauhaus Oktoberfest dance lessons. to get together with a group love it,” Arnold says. “It’s
SMunich for the real deal, beer,” he says. “People love Just like in Munich, of friends, or to get together not quite as formal as some
Hofbrauhaus is preparing for it. They come out for it. It’s Arnold says it’s very with your family. No matter restaurants where you have
its own three-week celebra- kind of a treat. We have our common to see people come what age you are, if you have to worry about staying in one
tion of German beer, food, own Oktoberfest beer, called to Hofbrauhaus in their tradi- little kids, the Hofbrauhaus place. It’s just a great time to
music and fun. Fest Beer, and that one we tional German clothes – not is the place to go. Kids hear come out and enjoy the beer
Every year, Hofbrauhaus brew in-house. It’s one of the just for Oktoberfest but all the music and they go up on hall environment.”
imports barrels of the official best beers of the year.” year, especially on week-
Oktoberfest beer from the There will be music ends.
original Hofbrauhaus loca- throughout the celebration, It’s one of Arnold’s favor-
tion in Munich – while the which runs officially from ite times of the year, as
beers brewed in Buffalo Sept. 19 through Oct. 31, people start to come back
utilize the same recipes, this including keg tappings every inside for food and drinks
is the one that’s not shared Friday and Saturday, perfor- and enjoy time together. It’s
and kept top secret, Arnold mances from El Scorcho and also the start of the busy
says. Instead, the Buffalo The Strictly Hip on October season for his business,
location will host a keg 2, the German American beginning with Oktoberfest
tapping celebration to kick Musicians on October 3 and and running through the
off the local festivities on the October tapping with Kristkindlemarket, which
Sept. 19, featuring the Berg- honorary Burgermeister will open the weekend after
holz German Band from 5:30 Eddy Tabone, a musician Thanksgiving.
- 8:30 p.m. and a DJ to with Nerds Gone Wild, Die
follow.