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During the 2016 Oktoberfest parade, an estimated 150,000 people lined the streets along the route. [1] The twin cities and the surrounding areas of Waterloo Region have a long history of German roots; Kitchener was formerly named Berlin. Many of the Canadians of German ethnicity reside in or near these municipalities. Many still speak German as ...
Kitchener–Waterloo's Oktoberfest celebration is an annual nine-day event that started in 1969. [154] ... During the 2016 Oktoberfest parade, an estimated 150,000 ...
Running for nearly 50 years now, the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest has been a remembrance of the Region's German Heritage. The event includes beer halls and German entertainment, as well as a major parade, The second largest Oktoberfest in the world, the event is based on the original German Oktoberfest and is billed as Canada's Greatest ...
The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest event, with beer halls and German entertainment, and a large parade, was established in 1969 to honour the Region's German heritage. [66] The events typically attract an average of 700,000 people to the county. During the 2016 Oktoberfest parade, an estimated 150,000 people lined the streets along the route. [67]
The types of events the band performs at include the following examples: Remembrance Day events [6] Calgary Stampede [7] Police Officers Memorial Service on Parliament Hill; Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest [8] Kitchener-Waterloo Thanksgiving Day Parade (the largest parade it participates in) [9] Kitchener Santa Claus Parade [10]
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
Elizabeth Witmer taps a keg to begin 1996's KW Oktoberfest. Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest is a nine-day Oktoberfest celebration held in both Kitchener and Waterloo. [82] [83] It is the second largest Oktoberfest celebration in the world, [84] and the largest outside of Germany.
H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade, a parade held in Houston; started in 1949, originally presented by Foley's; America's Hometown Thanksgiving Parade, a parade held in Plymouth, Massachusetts; started in 1996; Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Parade, a parade held in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario; held on Canadian Thanksgiving