"For an event that pretty much takes the worst elements you could possibly combine together," says Craig Egan, "we've had surprisingly little amount of trouble."

Egan is speaking about his annual take on Oktoberfest, called Maltoberfest. It doesn't take much detective work to figure out that Maltoberfest celebrates that most dubious of concoctions: malt liquor. Now in its eighth year - and with the ridiculous subtitle of "Maltoberfest 8: Menace II Sobriety" - the event brings together all of Tacoma's rabble-rousers for a night of punk, hip-hop, German nonsense and many dozens of forties of Old English, Mickey's, and Steel Reserve.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on Maltoberfest 8: Menace II Sobriety in Music and Culture section.

MALTOBERFEST 8: MENACE II SOBRIETY, w/ Warning: Danger!, 508 Disturbance, Ten Pole Drunk, the Fun Police, Artesian Rumble Arkestra and DJ Melodica, 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, Bob's Java Jive, 2102 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, $15, 253.475.9843

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