 Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Anderson and welcome to the Fort Report. Do you remember going to Oktoberfest at the Convention Center in Fort Worth? It's been not going on for the last 10 years, but change is coming. Dust off your leader, Hosen, because we're bringing Oktoberfest back to Fort Worth here at Panther Island Pavilion this year. It's going to be held Thursday, September 25th through Saturday, September 27th, all authentic German food, music and entertainment. So we'll have bands such as Brave Combo, Wahlberg Boys, Alpine Music Contin, All Your Poca, Your Chicken Dance, all the fun things that you think about from an Oktoberfest. There will be Stein Hoisting competitions, Barrel Roll, Oktoberfest Olympics, and of course German food and beer. This space that you're looking at, this is what we call the shack. It's the old maintenance building for the subway that was here years ago in the Tandy Park in Laud. So we'll have the spotting hall that we're standing in now. This will be the main spotting hall, picnic table, stage, music, we'll have two beer gardens where you'll have your activities and your seating and where you can stand and have fun and then three really large tents. One will be your craft beer tent and the other will be your food tent and the other one just for seating. So there'll be plenty of space for everybody to sit, get something to eat, watch the activities and listen to the music. These 5,000 paid admissions receive a free commemorative Fort Worth Oktoberfest 19 ounce glass stein. Steins will be given upon admission at the gate. First come, first serve. We wanted to bring something unique to Fort Worth that would be a cultural event that would appeal to a broad demographic. We think that this event being a three day event could have people driving in to Fort Worth and staying the night and enjoying Fort Worth for the weekend so we look forward to this being an annual event here at Panther Island that not only brings people to the river but brings people to Fort Worth to hang out and enjoy the weekend. Volunteer opportunities are also available so check out the website for all the information about the Oktoberfest. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings you always can check the calendar at the city's website.