PM Justin Trudeau taps the keg at K-W Oktoberfest

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tappedthe keg to open the 48th annual K-W Oktoberfestin Kitchener, Ont. Friday.

The festival is the second-largest celebration of Bavarian culture in the world after Munich, Germany's Oktoberfest, and has been a staple of the Kitchener-Waterloo community.

Trudeau wasjoined by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic, Waterloo Regional Chair Ken Seiling and K-W Oktoberfestpresident Alfred Lowrick.

About 700,000 festival attendees are expected, according to a release from the festival.

Check out some of our photos and a video of the keg tapping below.