Oktoberfest Tampa 2011

As reviews go, better late than from me as well but I really purposefully waited until I could rate the three Tampa Octoberfest events we went to this year so we could compare. In short, OCTOBERFEST TAMPA AT THE HEIGHTS was the ABSOLUTE winner this year for us!!!
While all were good in their own way, (the other two we attended were Pinellas German Society on Oct 1 and just yesterday at the Oldsmar Octoberfest 10÷29÷11 generally our favorite)
We went OCTOBERFEST TAMPA on October 15 and found it to be right in our particular key categories of focus; the food was FANTASTIC, the beer selection was right on! We particularly loved the Koning Octoberfest Spezial — that was a special treat! The events and entertainment were fun and the locale was great… by the water; very Tampa.
We attended on Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 and had so much fun that we had and unplanned return on Sunday because it was that much fun. Hats off and many thanks to the organizers, vendors and staff of Octoberfest Tampa — great job. You’ve made us friends who DEFINITELY look forward to 2012! Can’t wait !!!

I know my review is kind of late … but better late than never.
We went on Friday afternoon and it was pretty slow. It began to pick up after 8:30pm, as we were leaving. But the music was fantastic and the staff was so much fun! We loved the games, the dancing, the contests … Can’t wait for next year

Danka To All Who Threw A Great Oktoberfest in Tampa! (Including Unilocal for helping me keep my beers cold with the very awesome Unilocal Coozies) :) I attended Oktoberfest Saturday night, October 15, 2011.
I really had a great time! After a few pints I was all over the place watching and videoing all of the contests, rooting for people I didn’t know that just looked like they fit the part. Heck, I was lined up in the next heat for the women’s stein hoisting contest before stein #8 came up missing and the contest was placed on a long hold.
I was there on Saturday night — watched an amazing firey sunset over the river and drank some damn good beer. I tried it all, Warsteiner was a sponser and my top faves were the Pilsner, Sam Adams Oktoberfest, and my very most fave was the wheat one, as I called it all night, «The WEE One» :) The location was great! In the grass along the river feeling very far away from traffic and roads. Also, it was a pet friendly event, which is very cool! I originally planned on heading over to the «BLUZ & BBQ» event (that was held at Curtis Hixon park really close by) after a few hours of beer drinking fun, but never made it! I was too enamored with the olympic abilites of athletes in the keg toss and tug of war.
The costumes were great, I loved the men dressed in Lederhosens, it was a must see!
As I truly enjoyed this festival, I feel one improvement would be to work a little harder at keeping it more authentic to the real deal German Oktoberfest — When someone wins a stein holding contest, I feel it would be more appropriate to win a stein. I had a friend win the contest and was given a shirt. That isn’t terrible, but come on! It’s Oktoberfest! Also, during Sunday festivities, I heard from close friends that country music was playing instead of good old German music! However, I cannot vouch for that since Saturday night I was enjoying live german music sang and played like were were in Germany.
I can’t wait for 2012 Oktoberfest as I will come prepared and limbered up to enter the keg toss and stein hoisting competitions — and to give someone a run for their money!

Wasn’t very crowded when we went on Sunday, but I did drink about 3 liters of beer from a comically over-​sized glass. So that’s always fun.