Per the City of Gaithersburg: “Experience a taste of Germany right in your own backyard with performances by the ever-popular Alte Kameraden German Band and Alt-Washingtonia Bavarian Dancers. Savor traditional festival food while enjoying selections from local breweries, including Festival Partners Lone Oak Farm Brewing Company and Saints Row Brewing, as well as Clear Skies Meadery, Waredaca, Grape Escape, Two Story Chimney Ciderworks, and Silly Yak Beer. Also available this year is non-alcoholic beer for sale by Sobar.”
Free wheelchair accessible shuttle service will run regularly during festival hours to and from satellite parking at 101 Orchard Ridge Drive, just off of Quince Orchard Road. Please note that starting at 6 a.m., City streets will be closed and will reopen at approximately 9 p.m. The following streets will be affected: Road closures :
- Kent Square
- Selby Street
- Main Street from Midtown to Market Street West
- Kentlands Boulevard (both circles), no circle traffic between 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Kentlands Boulevard (cross overs), 7-11 & Whole Foods parking lot entrances
- Firehouse Lane from Leekes Lot Way to Inspiration Lane
- Hart Road between Booth Street & Firehouse Lane
- Inspiration Lane from Main Street to Golden Ash Way; between Briscoe & Selby Streets
- Inspiration Lane from Firehouse to Briscoe Street & Golden Ash Way to Selby Street
Photo courtesy City of Gaithersburg