PICS: Guten Tag! Celebrating Oktoberfest in the Crescent City

‘Hold my beer,’ is easy to say but harder to hold for a long time when taking part in the Beer Stein Holding Contest or #Masskrugstemmen at Oktoberfest 2019 at the Deutsches Haus in the Bayou St. John neighborhood in New Orleans Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.

by Matthew Hinton | October 7, 2019

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Besides seeing the hunky winners of the beer holding contest there were plenty of pretzels, chicken dances, music, and cheers to go around. The event at Deutsches Haus will also be held Friday and Saturday through Oct. 19.

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.