Oktoberfest participators started their day on Saturday with the Volksmarch. The 5 and 13K non-competitive started downtown and stretched all of the way to the new Junction City High School.
Several Fort Riley soldiers compete in the tradtional Oktoberfest contest of Hammerschlagen. Contestants try to hammer nails fully into a stump on one continuous swing. Whoever hammers their nail into the stump in the least amount of whacks is the winner.
Fort Riley soldiers present the colors Saturday afternoon while the national anthem plays at the intersectino of 7th Street and North Franklin Street.
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There were multiple food vendors set up around downtown during the event including this Roasted Bavarian Nuts stand.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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A couple wearing traditional German dress during the Oktoberfest festivities on Saturday afternoon.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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One of the big food draws of the festival was a traditional German bratwurst. The one shown above were being sold by Rob’s Brats.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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The event had multiple different kinds of beer available to participants.Â
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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Oktoberfest participators started their day on Saturday with the Volksmarch. The 5 and 13K non-competitive started downtown and stretched all of the way to the new Junction City High School.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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Members of Clarabel’s Bavarian Folk Dance troop perform Saturday afternoon downtown during Oktoberfest.
Staff photo by Kate Williamson
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The 1st Infantry Division Band plays for Oktoberfest goers Saturday afternoon.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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Multiple craft shops and food stations were set up around the downtown area as an estimated 4,000 people celerated Oktoberfest on Friday and Saturday.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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The beer for Oktoberfest being kept cold for what was a nice but slightly warm fall day on Saturday.Â
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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A young Oktoberfest-goer stick her head out of a cardboard cutout during the festivities downtown on Saturday afternoon.
Staff photo by Tim Everson
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A man in lederhosen carries a whole armful of beer steins during Oktoberfest Saturday afternoon downtown.
Staff photo by Kate Williamson
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Several Fort Riley soldiers compete in the tradtional Oktoberfest contest of Hammerschlagen. Contestants try to hammer nails fully into a stump on one continuous swing. Whoever hammers their nail into the stump in the least amount of whacks is the winner.
