{"id":9585,"date":"2025-10-18T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/9585\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:21:09","slug":"49th-annual-deutschen-fest-kicks-off-in-pflugerville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/9585\/","title":{"rendered":"49th annual Deutschen Fest kicks off in Pflugerville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F9E37AF8D7C4703C47ECF37948009EEA.jpg\" alt=\"49th annual Deutschen Fest in Pflugerville\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">PFLUGERVILLE, Texas &#8211; The 49th annual Deutschen Fest kicked off in Pflugerville.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The festival promises traditional German food and drinks, as well as competitions, rides and shopping.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a really great event,&#8221; said Jonathan Hansan, with the Pflugerville Parks and Recreation Department. &#8220;The tagline is Guten Tag, y&#8217;all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Hansan said that event turnout has steadily increased over the years.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">This time around, organizers are expecting to see upwards of 7,000 guests come out for traditional German food and drinks, competitions, rides and shopping.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Hansan said what sets this event apart from other Oktoberfest celebrations is its unique mix of both German and Texas culture, something that perfectly personifies Pflugerville.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;We&#8217;re not just German, we&#8217;re also Texan. And so it&#8217;s that German Texan festival which crosses over in a really cool way,&#8221; said Hansan. &#8220;Anything can be Texas German.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He said it\u2019s also a great way to support the community.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">All the tents selling alcohol at the event are run by area nonprofits, including the Pflugerville Rotary Club, Firefighters Association and Park Foundation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Many of the vendors are also local business owners.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;For some of these organizations, it&#8217;s and for some of the vendors too, it&#8217;s their kind of one big day a year, or one big weekend a year, where they either raise the money that they&#8217;re needing to do the rest of their year&#8217;s activities, or they make their sales that allow them to continue for the rest of the day,&#8221; said Hansan.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The festival runs through Saturday, Oct. 18, and pricing for admission varies, but there are a couple of ways to get free entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Those include dressing in either your Texas or German best by incorporating items like cowboy hats or lederhosen into your outfit or by purchasing an event T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin&#8217;s Bryanna Carroll<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/pflugerville\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pflugerville<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PFLUGERVILLE, Texas &#8211; The 49th annual Deutschen Fest kicked off in Pflugerville. 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