German Cultural Links German American Institute The German American Institute's mission is to foster appreciation and understanding of the culture, language, arts, and ongoing history of the German speaking peoples through public educational and cultural programs. Music Organizations Minnesota Community Band Resource Center An extensive listing of community bands. Very good website Alte Kameraden Band Since 1942 The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band has been entertaining audiences with their authentic German style music. Having formed from a group of eight or ten friends in the Lindenwood 4H club during the Second World War, the group called themselves "The Victory Band" to demonstrate their deep feelings of patriotism. From the Milwaukee WI area. Chico Bavarian Band Band from Chico CA Festivals Twin Cities Oktoberfest St. Paul Oktoberfest Deutsche Tage Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest New Ulm Oktoberfest Amana, Iowa Oktoberfest German Cuisine Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter Lodgelike restaurant in a pine forest in Stillwater, offers a full service bar with 12 imports on tap, cocktails, Happy Hour, apps & dining on the expanded cedar deck in the forest of pines. Also offers wedding and special event planning. Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery Named after its original owner, Anthony Waldmann, this brewery and wurstery is housed in the oldest surviving commercial building in the Twin Cities—a limestone saloon built in the fall of 1857. The Waldmann brewing team makes traditional German-style lagers with an approach to recipes and brewing processes that stay true to the building’s 1850s heritage. The wurstery kitchen carries on German-inspired cooking traditions using locally sourced ingredients, whenever possible. German On-line Stores Ernst Licht Source for German costumes and clothing Haus of Bavaria Source for German costumes and clothing German Tracht Source for Germn costumes and clothing The Bavarian Superstore German and Bavarian costumes German Specialty Imports, Llc. Authentic Traditional and Contemporary German Specialties