Highlights from German American Club of Santa Monica's annual Oktoberfest on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Performing on stage is the Blue Bird Band.  @German in Venice  was in attendance at the Oktoberfest celebration. The German American Club of Santa Monica, founded in 1951, is an apolitical, secular, social club, located in the city of Santa Monica, open to persons interested in German-American relations and its people. Its purpose is to preserve, maintain and to promote German heritage, customs, culture and language, emphasizing and supporting the contributions German-Americans have been making to the development of the United States of America.