Bockfest celebrates its 25th year, and you never sausage a sight
Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Colonel Mustard and Geof Garner of mustardclub.com drink bock beer near the start of the parade.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Chase Melendez rides his bicycle up Main Street with the parade.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Melissa Soluski in search of her crew.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017.Casey Coston and Jon Harmon.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Kristen Garver, Karri Owens and Mary Beth Weaver.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Colleen Austing and Ken Elbacher.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Helen Hatzis, Paula Froelich and Yolanda Shoshana.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Revelers enjoy some bock beer in the courtyard at Arnold's Bar & Grill.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. A Viking horde prepares for parade time.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Lyndsey Spatfora helps to keep Scott Nazzarine warm as he bears it all for art.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Bill Van Zant and Julie Broxic were cookie-bearing gargoyles.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Maureen Andreadis, Terry bradshaw and Susan Underwood party along Main Street after the parade.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Pam Kravetz takes the wheel of Arnold's bathtub for the parade.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The Red Hot Dancing Queens make their way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Charlie Brown watches the parade with fellow revelers as it cuts across 12th Street towards Main.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Brian and Susan Butler.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Bockfest is a family affair for Stefanie Faehnley, Lennon Collins and Archer and Andrew Faehnley.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Bockfest Bob, who has not missed a Bockfest since its inception, hangs out with Doug Poole near Arnold's before the parade begins.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. William Rinhart, Joe Carr, Christopher Zdinak and Bill Johnson of the Pipe Club of Over-the-Rhine make some smoke near Arnold's.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Rick Boyd talks with Kathy Bach, the former Sausage Queen from 2010.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Bock Zombies make their way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Stu Dingess and Anne Dysert.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Mr. Cincinnati himself, Jim Tarbell.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017.Arnold's Sausage Queen Amy Moore stands with the Bockfest Sausage Queen for 2017, Rachel Appenfelder.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. West Bernard, Steve Guenther and Ravi Kolagi do some preliminary drinking in Arnold's courtyard.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Chris and Nicole Wiedeman.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Arnold's Sausage Queen for 2017 is Amy Moore.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Steve Ballard, Joe Yearwood and Russ Mims on Main Street.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. The parade makes its way up Sycamore Ave.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Cathy Moss and Chris Roberts.
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Bockfest kicked off its 25th year with its annual parade, starting at Arnold's Bar & Grill and traveling through Over-the-Rhine, on March 3, 2017. Robert Cardusi and Nora and Tim Hageman watched the parade from the Old St. Mary's Fish Fry on Main Street.
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