Announcement: Bay City Oktoberfest, Sunday October 5

 

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CONTACT:
Marianne McCann
Bay City Alliance
marianne.mccann@gmail.com

OKTOBERFEST RETURNS TO BAY CITY

Autumnal carnival and party offers music, merriment, and fun

BAY CITY, SL -  Oktoberfest is a beloved folk festival honored in Germany and elsewhere around the world. 

The Bay City Alliance is joining in as well, and is once again honoring Oktoberfest from the 19th of September to the 5th of October, 2025, at the Bay City Fairgrounds in North Channel ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/North%20Channel/128/128/24/ ).  

Oktoberfest occurs annually from the end of September until the first Sunday in October. Heralding the harvest and all it provides, Oktoberfest features a beer festival, numerous traditional German foods, and a carnival. 

With the carnival and biergarten available for the full two week fun, the event will culminate in a party in the Biergarten from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. SLT on the 5th of October.  Providing themed music is DJ GoSpeed of KONA Stream.

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab® and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest group for Residents of Bay City.

For more information, please contact Marianne McCann. 

 

Classic Cartoon: St. Patrick's Day Fun

 

 

Originally posted March 16, 2016. St. Patrick's Day is associated with not only with wearing green, but also drinking. For some, falling into enough beer to swim wouldn't be a nuisance, but a dream come true.

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Classic SLN Cartoons: The New Cubicle

 

 

 Originally published in the Second Life Newspaper on July 21, 2009. I forget exactly where I took this picture, possibly at the Second Life Birthday. But it fit my Luskwood "Bunkies" mouse avatar just fine. 

We sometimes joke that Linden Lab servers run on hamster wheels. If they did, maybe they'd use energy drinks instead.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of the Day: Tipsy Tips

 

 

 Taken at the Happy Vixen. One girl was going around carrying two platters of suds. Not sure what inspired her, but I could think of one reason some girls put up with the cat-calls at the bars.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day: Drinking Skunk

 

 

 Taken at Andrea's Pub in Caledon Oxbridge Village. Not sure how many ales the skunk had. But too many would get him, well, you know.

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Announcement: CDS Oktoberfest Event Fri Oct 1 to Sun Oct 3

 

Come hear new and familiar performers, celebrating out 17th year as the oldest democratic estate in Second Life.

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DJ Bea Tucker-McMahon swings the 40s at The Venus Cafe
Friday, October 1, 2021
11am-12 noon
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Colonia%20Nova/62/162/36

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Singer Britt Trafalgar at The Venus Cafe, CDS Oktoberfest 2021
Friday, October 1, 2021
12 noon-1pm
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Colonia%20Nova/62/162/36

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CDS Oktoberfest: Day 2
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Russell Eponym singing and playing at The LA Beach
Saturday, October 2, 2021
11am-12 noon'
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Locus%20Amoenus/20/94/22                                                 

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Singer Zoree Jupiter singing her native "Fado" and other favorites
Saturday, October 2, 2021
12 noon-1pm
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Locus%20Amoenus/20/94/22

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DAY 3: ""Party on the 'Platz" CDS Oktoberfest 2021's Closing Event.
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CDS' own, DJ Callipygian Christensen will work her magic
October 3, 2021
12 noon-2pm

Come join us for 'The Party on the 'Platz', the closing event of the CDS Oktoberfest 2021. DJ (and CDS citizen) Callipygian Christensen will orivde the music for is. There will be oompah, dancing, beer, brats and yodeling. Wear your best dirndl or lederhosen and come join the festivities!

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Preceded by a Oktoberfest Parade from The NFS horse rezzer to the  Marktplatz, circling the 'platz  then dismounting to 'party on the platz'.
 

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Club Cutlass. For those who don't know, March 2020 was full of news about the Corona virus. It was also full of news about panicky people reacting in funny ways, such as refusing to drink Corona brand beer.

By Bixyl Shuftan

St. Patrick's Town

This upcoming Sunday, it'll be "th' day o th' wearin' o' th' green" : St. Patricks Day. For those who can't wait to have a little fun on the day everyone is a little bit Irish, or you want to grab a few outfits and other things to get ready for when it is, one place to go is St. Patrick's Town. Set in Laura Liberty's Townies sim, Gemma Cleanslate recently gave the place a look. While some of the sim is for shopping areas to buy things, there's fun to be had for free from Celtic music to dancing, beer-themed dunking booths, and a gold mine mining cart game.

Read Gemma's story in Places.

St. Patrick's Town

With Valentines Day and Mardi Gras over, it's time for another holiday: St. Patrick's Day. And so, the Townies sim owned by Laura Liberty has once again changed it's look. It is now the home of "St. Patrick's Town.

The shops are the main thing here. But there's free hats one can pick up, a rainbow slide ride, coins one can fly around on, danSt. Patricks, Celtic, and beer-themed music over the radio, and lots and lots of beer. There's even a dunking booth in which the dunkee ends up not in water, but swimming in beer.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Townies/105/25/22

Cartoon of the Day: Toga Party

Taken at the toga party at Club Cutlass

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at "St. Patrick's Town." Among the goodies Laura Liberty had up was this Saint Patrick's themed dunking booth. With the love of beer some friends have, it didn't take long for the punch line to come to mind.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Fototrix.com is back, and so are new cartoons, like this one of my skunk av stopping by a St Patty's Day party.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Areo Pines Park near the setup for today's Superbowl Tailgate party at Equus (119/245/22). Yep, those are breedable Clydesdales. And they've brought just enough "Lagweiser" for the party.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Steelhead's Oktoberfest 2013

Last Friday on Friday Oct 4, the Steelhead Community held their Oktoberfest party.

DJ Fuzzball played the music for the event, in which Bavarian wear was clearly the most popular among those dancing.

There was also plenty to eat and drink, with carts offering sausages and pretzels, and a table offering a number of beverages, with three varieties of beer available.

Prominent Steelheaders from TotalLunar Eclipse to Willow Leafstorm to Baron Wulffenback took part in the festivities.

More pictures of the event can be found on Sidonie Ancelin's Flickr (Click Here).

Tomorrow's Friday Night Dance at Steelhead is "Swords and Sorcery." The party is from 7-10 PM SL time, at Steelhead Port Harbor (130/221/29)

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Beer Break"

This video from Pookmedia in 2009 was made to show the potential of machinima, but it was fun too, with a tiny surfer demonstrating size doesn't always matter with the babes on the beach.

"A concept in the making, taking place at the great surfing location, Tsunami Beach. We crafted around the location with some typical surfers, some not so typical surfers, the lifestyle and the beer they would drink. Made for a targeted demographic."

Cartoon of the Day: Happy St. Patrick's Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day: Superbowl Tailgate Party

Don't forget to check out the Tailgate Party at Area Pines Park for a few free goodies, plus broadcasting of the Superbowl as it happens today: Aero Pines Park (126, 21, 23)

By Bixyl Shuftan