PHOTOS: Local's night kicks off the Great Northwest Oktoberfest
Whitefish Pilot | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Gretchen Boyer bartends at Oktoberfest, with tips going to support Land to Hand. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Baby Eliza and Connor dance with mom, Kelly, at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The return of the log sawing competition at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The keg-tapping ceremony begins the fun at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Lauren Walton holds one the past Oktoberfest mugs as potter Tom Gilfillan sells them, raising about $300 for Flathead County Animal Shelter. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A visitor from Seattle shows off his Oktoberfest pins on Friday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Log sawing at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The MAC-toberfest Band takes the stage at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Emily and Joe Boyd have top-notch steins at the Biergarten at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The MAC-toberfest Band takes the stage at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Local's night kicked off the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish's Depot Park on Oct. 2.
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Gretchen Boyer bartends at Oktoberfest, with tips going to support Land to Hand. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Baby Eliza and Connor dance with mom, Kelly, at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The return of the log sawing competition at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The keg-tapping ceremony begins the fun at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Lauren Walton holds one the past Oktoberfest mugs as potter Tom Gilfillan sells them, raising about $300 for Flathead County Animal Shelter. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
A visitor from Seattle shows off his Oktoberfest pins on Friday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Log sawing at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The MAC-toberfest Band takes the stage at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Emily and Joe Boyd have top-notch steins at the Biergarten at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
The MAC-toberfest Band takes the stage at Oktoberfest Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scenes from local's night at the Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish Thursday, Oct. 2. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)