San Miguel Oktoberfest kicked off at Parañaque’s Okada Manila recently as San Miguel Beer (SMB) celebrates its 135th year of serving great beers around the world.
More than 8,000 people went to the resort-casino’s Crystal Pavilion during the two-day event filled with an array of specially crafted beers paired with top-notch food offerings over pulse-pounding music from a powerhouse lineup of top local acts.
The festivities were opened with a toast led by SMB President Carlos M. Berba, Pale Pilsen brand ambassador and actor Coco Martin, and Okada Manila Vice Chairperson Takako Okada.
The event kicked off a series of Oktoberfest events which will happen at Laguna’s Paseo de Santa Rosa on October 18 and Cebu City’s Queensland Manor on October 31, Halloween.
SMB lit up the resort-casino as guests were treated to complimentary beer samplers curated from the brand’s global portfolio as well as exciting new brews like India Pale Ale, Fruity Wheat Ale, Summer Ale, and Specialty Lager.
Pop-ups lined the Crystal Pavilion’s walkway with gourmet restaurants Las Flores, Café Fleur by Chef Sau, Flipside Burgers, and Purefoods Deli setting up shop while the new Draft Beer Mobile Bar Truck added more to the overflowing beer at the venue.
Highlight musical acts included Rico Blanco, Lola Amour, December Avenue, Maki, Arthur Nery, Brownman Revival, The Dawn, Autotelic, The Juans, Over October, The Cohens, DWATA, and Carousel Casualties.
Also in the line-up were Paprika, It All Started in May, Magiliw Street, Sean Archer, Acapellago, DJs Chelsea and Rammy.
Outside of food, drinks, and music, San Miguel Beermen basketball players shot hoops with party goers while billiards legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante played an exhibition match and challenged some attendees.
The Santa Rosa Oktoberfest will feature Rocksteddy, Sunkissed Lola, Progeny, The Collars, and Parisukat while December Avenue will join Urbandub, Missing Filemon, Nikolay, and Kuwako at the Cebu City event.