Oktoberfest was celebrated here in Denver this past weekend, and will also take place next weekend, too. My sister Susan and I headed down to 20th and Larimer Streets to see what this year's festival was like, and I have to say that some things were the same, and some things a lot different. It was, for the most part, a young crowd, many of whom were drinking from huge glass steins of beer, which cost God only knows how much - I could not find any prices posted either at the festival or online afterwards. There were also the usual food booths selling traditional German favorites, such as "Das Turkey Leg," as seen in the photograph on the left.
What was different was that instead of traditional German beer hall music, there was what I would describe as a heavy metal band, seen in the photograph on the right, playing music so loud it was almost unbearable. Even two blocks away, it was still very loud and horrible, and my sister, describing this as the festival from hell, demanded that we leave immediately. Of course, it is obvious that the sponsors of this kind of event are catering to the younger generation, those who will pay any price for giant steins of beer, and if they want to communicate with the person next to them, will simply send a text message instead of trying to be overheard over the "music." Of course, we might just have hit Oktoberfest 2022 at an atypical moment, and traditional German Oom-Pah music is actually the norm. However, neither Susan nor I want to go back next weekend to find out.
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