Oktoberfest 2010 over
Posted Oct 18, 2010 05:09:53 AM.
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The 2010 Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest party is officially over.
Closing ceremonies were held at the Transylvania Club last night, with festival organizers and guests looking on as the ceremonial keg was sealed.
Festival President Paul Buttinger says there were many successes this year.
He says the Spirit of Gemuetlichkeit came to Cambridge and Elmira with new festhallen, and there were a number of new events and initiatives.
Buttinger says in a statement, “I think we’ve been very successful in building on the momentum of the last few years, and it’s clear our Festival is heading into an era of growth.”
It’s believed there were 700,000 festival participants this year.
Buttinger says it remains to be seen how the festival will fare financially from 2010, but if satisfied customers were the measure for success, it “will be a boom year.”
Festhallen were reporting increases in ticket sales before the festival had even begun.
The 2011 Festival will run from October 7 – 15.
