GACC - Maifest - Ladies in traditional German Dress

GACC Maifest 2024

Join us for our Maifest Beer Garden on Saturday May 11, 10 am-3 pm!

Maifest! The German-American Cultural Center in Gretna is presenting its annual Maifest Beer Garden on Saturday, May 11. The festivities happen from 10 am to 3 pm at 519 Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna. Admission is free. Enjoy music from 10 am to noon by the 12 members of Bier Musikanten, the Deutsches Haus band. German beer and wine, grilled brats, homemade sauerkraut and baked pretzels will be available for purchase.

 

FRIDAY, MAY 10 … Time for May
Pole dancing! Two May Poles with colorful ribbons will be on display on the Huey P. Long neutral ground between Sixth and Seventh Streets. School children from the Ruppel Academy will gather to learn the May Pole dance from Gretna Mayor Belinda Constant. It starts at 10 a.m., with music by accordionist Eric Hahn.

 

SATURDAY, MAY 11 … Our annual Maifest Beer Garden
will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Sixth Street parking lot at the center, 519 Huey P. Long Avenue. Our team of wonderful volunteers will be making sauerkraut, grilling brats, and baking pretzels to sell, along with German beer, wine, soft drinks and water. Admission is free and there will be wonderful German music when the Beer Garden opens by Bier Musikanten, the 12-piece brass band from Deutsches Haus. So dress for the Fest and join us on May 11!

 

GACC - Oktober Fest Bier Garten 2022

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Date

May 11 2024
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Time

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Labels

Featured,
Free to members,
Public

Location

German-America Cultural Center & Museum
German-America Cultural Center & Museum
519 Huey P. Long Ave, Gretna, LA 70053

Organizer

GACC Coordinator
Phone
504-363-4202
Email
germanamerican@bellsouth.net
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