The smell of bratwurst, the sound of polka, and a zip line soaring above Main Street could only mean one thing, the Bavarian ...

A Coachella crowd mobbed one of the festival’s techno acts before it reached the stage. That was by design. MEUTE, an 11-piece outfit from Germany, is a marching band that plays techno music.

Gehrig said he comes every year “to see people and hear the music. It’s a little bit of German tradition, Bavarian style.” The first Oktoberfest occurred in 1810 in Bavaria to celebrate the ...