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Who's The Better Chicken Dancer, Dalton or Green?

To commemorate the Bengals 50th anniversary, quarterback Andy Dalton and wide reciever A.J. Green are the grand marshals.
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To commemorate the Bengals 50th anniversary, quarterback Andy Dalton and wide reciever A.J. Green are the grand marshals.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver A.J. Green have a few days left to talk smack before leading the World's Largest Chicken Dance Sunday at 1:00 at You can hear them go back and forth in this video announcing them as grand marshals.

https://youtu.be/WlqliWWxDlg

The Sam Adams Main Stage at Second and Elm Streets is the site for the Sunday dance.

America's largest Oktoberfest also looks to draw in soccer fans by offering free pretzel glasses to the first 5,000 FC Cincinnati fans through the gates at Nippert Stadium Saturday.

The celebration, Friday through Sunday on Second and Third Streets between Walnut and Elm in downtown Cincinnati, is expected to draw 650,000 people.

Before the weekend is over people will have consumed:

  • 4 million fluid ounces of beer
  • 87,500 metts
  • 64,000 sauerkraut balls
  • 24,500 potato pancakes
  • 38,000 cream puffs
  • 1,900 lbs German potato salad

World eating champion Joey "Jaws" Chestnut will eat dozens of brats this year. He broke the world brat eating record at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in 2013 by downing 70 in 10 minutes. Chestnut will return to defend his title Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Braxton Fass Bar, Third and Walnut Streets.

New this year is an expanded Zinzinnati Craft Bier Garten featuring five regional Cincinnati breweries at Third and Walnut. Braxton Brewing Company has teamed with Greater's to create a new ice cream flavor. It will be unveiled Friday evening at 5 o'clock.

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati Hours

Friday 5-11 p.m.

Saturday 11 a.m.- 11 p.m.

Sunday 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.

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With more than 30 years of journalism experience in the Greater Cincinnati market, Ann Thompson brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her reporting. She has reported for WKRC, WCKY, WHIO-TV, Metro Networks and CBS/ABC Radio. Her work has been recognized by the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2019 and 2011 A-P named her “Best Reporter” for large market radio in Ohio. She has won awards from the Association of Women in Communications and the Alliance for Women in Media. Ann reports regularly on science and technology in Focus on Technology.