For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019
Montgomery County residents can celebrate Oktoberfest in Germantown on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Town Center.
The community fun begins with an Oktoberfest Parade that takes off at 10 a.m. from 12900 Middlebrook Road and marches down Century Boulevard to Aircraft Drive. The parade will feature 30 units, including high school marching bands, cheerleaders, historical groups, elected officials and more.
County Councilmember Craig Rice, who represents Germantown, is the grand marshal of the parade. Fox 5 news anchor Wisdom Martin will be announcing from the grandstand in front of the BlackRock Center for the Arts, located at 12901 Town Commons Drive.
Oktoberfest festivities officially begin after the parade at 11 a.m. and will include a beer garden, vendors and live music at the BlackRock Center for the Arts. The celebration will also include the following:
The following streets will be closed from 9:30 a.m. to noon:
A free shuttle will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. between the parking lot of Montgomery College’s Germantown campus and the Germantown Transit Center on Aircraft Drive.
The Germantown Oktoberfest Committee includes BlackRock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, Germantown Alliance, Germantown Historical Society, Germantown Volunteer Fire Department, Holiday Inn Express, Montgomery College, Montgomery County, Peace of Hearts and Visit Montgomery.
For more information about Germantown’s Oktoberfest, contact the Montgomery County Upcounty regional office at 240-777-8000 or email upcounty.citizen@montgomerycountymd.gov.
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Release ID: 19-330