Top o’ the Bay Oktoberfest brings "the best of Old Bavaria and new Florida together" with authentic German food, drinks, music, dancing, a spectacular carnival and midway, a great arts-and-crafts show, and a wild array of audience-participation contests such as stein-holding, log-sawing, and barrel-rolling.
Tonight's schedule follows. For a discount coupon toward admission and carnival-ride wristbands, click here.
5pm: Bigtop opens; all-you-can-ride carnival night for $20 wristband
5:30pm: Music by Oktoberfest Express
6:15pm: German folk dancing by Hope U Dance
6:30pm: Ladies’ Stein-Holding contests
6:45pm: Oom-pah music by Oktoberfest Express
7:00pm: Team Roll Out The Barrel Contest (Sports Arena)
7:30pm: Gulf Coast Emzianer Schuhplatter Dancers
7:45pm: Men’s Stein-Holding contests
8pm: Music by Oktoberfest Express
8:45pm: Tampa Bay Ballet Company performance
8:45pm: Men’s & Ladies’ Log-Sawing contests (Sports Arena)
9:15pm: Gulf Coast Emzianer Schuhplatter Dancers
9:45pm: Oom-pah music by Oktoberfest Express
10:30pm: Ladies’ & Men’s Stein-Holding contests
10:45pm: Last call
11pm: Oktoberfest and Carnival close