The 11th Annual Charlotte Oktoberfest will be held outdoors at the Metrolina Tradeshow Expo this Saturday, October 10th from 2-7 pm.

CLT Blog will be out and about, giving insights into the best brews, including video interviews with some of the local brewers.

This year Oktoberfest will be presenting donations to a set of charities on stage during the event, a cool first for the event. This year’s charities are Victory Junction and the National Kidney Foundation. Oktoberfest has donated over $160,000 to local charities in the first decade of the festival. A good reason to get your drink on.

More information is located on their website www.charlotteoktoberfest.com, unfortunately it’s already sold out, so if you can’t make it, check with us next week for all the shenanigans.

Check out some of our pictures from last year below the fold.

photos: Matthew Tyndall; view these photos on Flickr