And with that, the 2024 Oktoberfest season comes to an end!
We started the month with two more appearances at Albert's Schloss: another outing for our new Clubland Brass show up in Manchester, and an Oktoberfest stage show in Birmingham.
We took our Oktoberfest Experience™ show to The Subscription Rooms in Stroud for a sell-out crowd. Our brilliant German Hostess Frida Schnippl got the crowd going with our Bavarian-themed party games — the people of Stroud certainly know how to party (even if their yodelling left a bit to be desired)!
Then we took the show on the road to Wales, with an afternoon gig at DEPOT Cardiff in association with the team from Pasture steakhouses, followed by a massive show at Offgrid31, Bridgend. Two brilliant warehouse venues, and we can't wait to be back next year.
Another roaming show at LUNA Springs and a Hostess spot at Haven Burnham-on-Sea rounded out the first weekend of October.
The following weekend we began a three-week residency with WePop Events, who organise some of the highest-capacity Oktoberfests in the UK. We started the run with a weekend at Hills Meadow, Reading, performing alongside Hostess Eva Von Schnippisch. We also made our yearly appearance at Jimmy's Farm (off the TV!) alongside some TV stars...
The middle weekend of October saw us heading to Delapré Abbey, before rounding off the run on the final weekend in Richmond Park, London (plus a great outing of our two-piece lineup for a private event in Cheshire).
That rounds off Oktoberfest 2024 — in total that's 57 performances from The Oomparty Band, plus another 24 from The Party Pilots. Some more facts and figures for the numerically inclined:
🌭 861 bratwursts eaten
🍺 72 pints of beer handed out to our game-winning audience members
🎁 16 pairs of fluffy handcuffs won during 'pass the parcel' — including one by the wife of a police officer who promised to put them to good use.
We're off to hibernate for a week before next season's planning begins in earnest... time to defrost Mariah!🎅
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