With live music by Ladyhosen and Poprocks, German snacks, drinks, and activities, Oktoberfest on Front promised to be a lively afternoon on Sept. 20 — and as SF’s first officially sanctioned soiree, it was a success.
Clad in the pink floral-print dirndl my sister bought when we went on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, I arrived at the corner of California and Front ready for a pilsner. As it was just 4 p.m., there was miraculously no line. “Would you like a hat?” the ID checker asked me. It was foggy and chilly, so I declined. But once I got inside and realized that literally everyone was wearing a gray felt fedora with feathers on the side, FOMO kicked in, and I ran back to get the gift.
Revelers were a mix of old and young, costumed diehard Octoberfesters in lederhosen, fresh-faced college grads in jeans and hoodies, and little kids with pretzel necklaces. Despite the weather, the mood was jubilant, with no riff-raffery or homelessness in sight.
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