Concordia Club Enzian Schuhplattler Verein @ Oktoberfest Concordia Club Kitchener-Berlin 2019-10-11

These are the Concordia Enzian Schuhplattler Verein dancers performing in their home club on the evening after the Oktoberfest opening ceremonies and celebration at Willkommen Platz, in the big parking lot on King and Frederick Street. Several blocks of King St. were closed off to vehicles and were filled with various kiosks and vendors on Friday and Saturday. During previous years the opening ceremonies have been in front of Kitchener City Hall - Rathaus.
In 2019 it is the 51st Annual Oktoberfest in Kitchener, formerly Berlin Ontario, lasting from 11-19 October. The Concordia Club is the German club which started Oktoberfest in the city, which has grown into a major celebration and is the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany.
Since 2018, there is Erdinger Weiss beer available as well, which makes it a much more authentic celebration, especially for those who like beer. Some festhalls also have Erdinger alcohol free beer, which tastes great as well.
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Radler is another type of low alchohol beer mixed with fruit juice, available in some festhalls.
In 2016, the Concordia Enzian Schuhplattler Verein German-Canadian Dance Group won the So You Think You Can Tanz folk dance competition, which is one of the great events of the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Kitchener/Berlin, Ontario.
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Concordia Club established/seit 1873
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Gauverband Nordamerika Inc.
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Oktoberfest Kitchener official site
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Oktoberfest website from Germany www.oktoberfes...
The settlement around Kitchener was founded by German Mennonite pioneers from Pennsylvania in 1803. The city was called Berlin up to WW1, when it was renamed due to prejudices at the time. There was a time when Toronto and the province of Ontario had German-speaking majorities.
Deutsch-Kanadische Gedachtnis Stiftung - German-Canadian Remembrance Society
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