Four Peaks Oktoberfest presented by BETMGM is back for its milestone 50th year at Tempe Town Lake! The three-day outdoor Bavarian themed festival kicks off Friday, October 13 through Sunday, October 15, 2023. It is open to all ages and features live music, food and drinks, games, carnival rides, dancing and more. This year, there will be thrilling rides, new food items including gourmet pretzels and strudels, and the return of the hilarious and energetic local celebrity bratwurst eating contest. The annual fundraiser benefits Tempe Sister Cities, an internationally recognized non-profit founded in 1970. The proceeds from Oktoberfest are used to send Tempe high school students to nine of Tempe’s sister cities. For more information, visit www.fourpeaksoktoberfest.com.
Category
🛠️
LifestyleTranscript
00:00 And they just started the race.
00:07 Oh yes you guys we are out here at the Four Peaks Oktoberfest.
00:13 The race just started.
00:15 We have beautiful wiener dogs.
00:17 Hey guys but I'm going to come over here and talk with Bobby.
00:19 Bobby good morning.
00:21 It's so great to see you.
00:23 Yeah let's scooch a little bit back so we're not you're not blinded.
00:27 But this is such an exciting event.
00:29 First of all we have beer.
00:31 Tell me a little bit about the Four Peaks beer that everybody can get while they're
00:34 here.
00:35 Well it will where there's no no one should go home thirsty.
00:38 We have our golden lager, garden lager and our traditional kilt lifter.
00:45 But we also have an IPA haze and we also have the wow wheat beer.
00:50 And that is really we have a whole tent just dedicated to that.
00:54 There's lots of tents lots of places to get all the beer you want.
00:59 And I would suggest trying the Oktoberfest beer.
01:02 Okay.
01:03 Yeah.
01:04 And you know what these guys will not be ignored.
01:06 So we have the cutest little wiener dogs over here.
01:09 We have Gwenny and Georgie.
01:10 Why are they here today?
01:12 They're here to do the running of the brats as well as and wiener dog races.
01:18 And we they you can donate or bet on the wiener dogs for charity.
01:24 And they are hysterical to watch.
01:27 They are hysterical.
01:28 They come out running and this one is ready to go.
01:31 I was going to say they will they will not be ignored.
01:35 They are telling us that they are going to be the winners today.
01:38 And they're both rescues which is also really really cool.
01:40 I love that.
01:41 Put their charity they used to do it for the Greyhound Rescue but now they do it for the
01:44 Dachshund and we pair Tempe Sister Cities pairs with a few of the charities local charities
01:51 and that's how impactful we can be.
01:53 I was just going to say tell me a little bit more about the partnership with Tempe Sister
01:56 Cities.
01:57 Tempe Sister Cities has partnered with 11 international cities around the country.
02:02 We do a student teacher and professional exchange and they also come back here and learn about
02:09 the American culture for six weeks.
02:11 It's all the proceeds from the Oktoberfest pay for the transportation and expenses to
02:16 do this cultural exchange.
02:18 And so many young kids from Tempe have benefited and consequently our community has benefited.
02:26 My daughter went in 2006 and it changed her life and she's now a pediatrician.
02:30 We have foreign affairs correspondents.
02:33 We have people doing all sorts of humanitarian work all across the world of these kids who
02:39 have gone on their cultural exchanges.
02:41 That's so cool.
02:42 It definitely does change your worldview when you get to go and experience a different culture
02:46 like that.
02:47 But let's get back to Oktoberfest itself.
02:49 What people are going to experience today.
02:50 Tell me a little bit more about what makes this event so awesome.
02:54 Well this is a rare event because it started off as a small backyard carnival and now it
02:58 has grown into this very big community event.
03:02 It's all volunteer based and run.
03:05 Everybody you run into is a volunteer.
03:08 They're dedicated for a single purpose to help the world learn each friend one friendship
03:13 at a time.
03:15 You can do yoga.
03:16 You can watch the wiener dog races.
03:18 There's a brat eating contest.
03:20 There's a Stein holding contest.
03:23 And we're seeing the runners start to go off right now.
03:26 Yes I love this.
03:28 This is the run for Frank Cush.
03:30 Absolutely amazing.
03:31 And every single person who runs, correct me if I'm wrong, they get a free Stein and
03:35 a free beer.
03:36 Is that right?
03:37 Yes and a brat and free admission into the festival today all day Saturday.
03:42 Well that is worth the run right there.
03:45 So it's a one mile 5k or a 10k.
03:48 That's really really awesome.
03:49 Okay well we're out here.
03:50 We're going to be hanging out a little bit more.
03:52 I know we're going to go find Brad and just enjoy some of the rides, hang out and I hope
03:59 I can find a brat at some point.
04:00 What do we think?
04:01 Can we find one?
04:02 They are grilling as we speak.
04:03 They are grilling as we speak.
04:05 Alright Bobby.
04:06 Well I can smell it in the air so I'm going to go find myself a brat but stick around.
04:09 We have a little bit more coming up after this.
04:11 We'll be right back.
04:12 Alright.
04:12 Alright.
04:17 Alright.
04:23 [BLANK_AUDIO]