Grünauer's 2nd Annual Oktoberfest

 Live music, traditional food, and beer!

This past weekend was Grunauer's 2nd Annual Oktoberfest.  This year the event was sponsored by Baron BMW, Hofbrau, Stiegl, and Ink Magazine. 


The event was kicked off with a tradition keg tapping and the newly renovated biergarten was tented and operated as the food hub, which featured traditional Oktoberfest fare from bratwurst to pretzels to apple strudel and more.


During the day the music tent had live acts ranging from authentic German Dancers, polka bands and other family-friendly entertainment.  At night there was a variety of Kansas City's notable jazz and rock performers including Miles Bonny, Mark Lowery with Drums, the Beachnutz, Festhaus-Musikanten, and Nauthatch 47.

The beer was amazing and the weekend was a great success.

Both tents served a full lineup of beers from Hofbräu, including their 2011 Oktoberfest brew.

This year Grunauer even had a brand new shotski. 

What an amazing weekend.

- WGPR

Dead Poultry Society at the American Royal BBQ

As most of you may already know, this past Friday was the American Royal BBQ, and of course the place to be was at the Dead Poultry Society party benefiting Young Variety - the children's charity.

There was a buffet of amazing barbeque and other foods provided by Will Jenny's and Blanc Burgers + Bottles, a complementary full bar, a state of the art mechanical bull with flashing red eyes, 120 cases of Red Bull, and DJ Mike Scott.  We also had smoked Bourbon from The Rieger and Bombora cocktails.

This was definitely the place to be at the American Royal BBQ.

Thanks to all of our other sponsors who helped make this the biggest and best party of the year.

Thanks to Ink Magazine for providing us with such great pictures of the night.

-WGPR