Item 7 - Narrative
April 10, 2019
This year will mark the 18th anniversary of the Oktoberfest celebration hosted by
Southlake's Chamber of Commerce. In 2018, it is estimated that 100,000 people visited
throughout the weekend festival.
The 2019 Event Schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 4 12 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, October 5 10 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, October 6 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The expanded hours on Friday and Sunday will provide additional opportunities for community
partners to participate as well as give attendees additional time to experience the food, unique
vendors, and entertainment of Oktoberfest.
German beer and German cuisine highlights the festival as well as many German craft
goods for sale. For the not so German there is a variety of other foods and hand crafted
arts and craft vendors. All of these activities take place in Southlake's Town Square.
There is also live entertainment on the Gazebo. There is a Family Fun Zone with things such
as inflatables, train rides, fun slide, petting zoo, and other age appropriate activities.
The annual wiener dog race will take place on Saturday.
All activities and entertainment are consistent with the 201 8 event. We request to
continue to have the ability to access the park property on the Thursday prior to the
event at 9am in order to load in and set up the large tent in the middle of the park. We
will not impact general parking or traffic flow. By allowing earlier access to the park, we
will then be able to complete the entire set up before midnight on that Thursday. In
addition, we would also like to continue having police presence until 9:30 p.m. to assist
with move out on Sunday.
Due to the many years of experience by the event organizers and the stability and maturity of the
event, we are respectfully requesting to be granted a Specific Use Permit in perpetuity. Thank you.