Angelenos hoping to celebrate the German weeks-long festival of Oktoberfest have a few options, between the city’s few pockets of German culture. In Venice, Wurstküche held an Oktoberfest celebration in the classic German style this past Saturday for German Nationals as well as those simply wanting to celebrate the holiday on the Westside.

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