- September 6, 2024
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A large crowd gathers around the track as they take in the third annual wiener-dog races during Crooked Can's Oktoberfest.
Onlookers watch on as wiener dogs race — the highlight of Sunday afternoon's festivities.
Ben Treadway gets his face painted like a lion during the fifth annual Crooked Can Oktoberfest.
Sarah Kramer and her dog, Layla, took home third place in the wiener-dog races.
Wiener dogs enjoy some play time following the races Sunday afternoon.
Little Koa, who participated in the wiener dog race, takes a break from playing with other dachshunds.
Lisa Yann is seen with her two dachshunds — one of whom brought home first place in the wiener dog race.
Matt Tagliareni, left, makes a move as he plays a game of chess against John Kubica, right, in the middle of a packed Oktoberfest crowd.
Buddy Sewell enjoy a sip of beer out of his old stein.
Katelyn Samples takes a few swigs from a large beer stein, as she enjoys the day’s festivities.
Dressed in his best lederhosen and Tyrolean hat, Wes Catlett-Miller was a big hit at Oktoberfest.
Despite soaking himself in beer, Josh Raskopf keeps at it as he enjoys a complex drinking game that required participants to maneuver a glass of beer to their mouths by using a series of pulleys.
Visitors got the chance to take part in a fun drinking game that ended with most leaving covered in beer.
Visitors got the chance to take part in a fun drinking game that ended with most leaving covered in beer.
Visitors got the chance to take part in a fun drinking game that ended with most leaving covered in beer.
Artist Kristin Osterman worked on paintings of dogs out in front of Crooked Can Brewery.
It was a smorgasbord of beer, German food and celebration during the fifth annual Crooked Can Oktoberfest in downtown Winter Garden.
The three-day event — which ran from Friday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 20 — saw locals and visitors alike cram onto South Central Avenue to take in the German-inspired festivities.
While beer was poured and food was eaten, the highlights ranged as folks took in a stein-holding contest and polka on Saturday, while Sunday featured the third-annual Oktoberfest Wiener Dog Race — put on by A Cause 4 Paws Rescue.