German American Festival and Event Page- October

German American Festival and Event Page for October
Take a look at our list!

October is still Oktoberfest season! But you’ll also find some German American Day celebrations, Harvest Festivals, a Swiss Festival, and maybe a concert or lecture. And don’t forget your lantern for the St Martin celebrations!

See the whole year here

Do you know of any Events or German Festival that’s not on the list? Send me an email at [email protected]…. it would be helpful if you could include a link to the event. I’ll post the information and pass it on for everyone to see.

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October

 

Arizona

Four Peaks Oktoberfest – Tempe Oct 11-13, 2024

Wickenburg Oktoberfest– October 18, 2025

Arkansas

Roger’s Oktoberfest– Oct 12, 2024

Cullman Oktoberfest Oct 3-5, 2024

Little Rocktoberfest– Little Rock Oct 11, 2025

California

German School Campus Celebration of German Unity Day at Old Town Huntington Beach Oct. 2, 2025

Clayton Oktoberfest– Clayton CA Oct. 4-5, 2025

Phoenix Club Anaheim Oktoberfest– Sat & Sun in October (5-6, 12-13, 19-20)

Simi Valley Oktoberfest– Simi Valley, CA Oct. 5, 2024

Sacramento Turnverein Oktoberfest Sacramento Oct 11, 2024

Montrose Oktoberfest, Montrose, CA Oct 5, 2024

Old World Oktoberfest-Huntington Beach SEPT. 7 thru NOV. 9 Every WED. thru SUN. 2025

Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest, Lake Arrowhead Sept. 20- Oct 26, 2025

San Diego Oktoberfest– El Cajon 1st Weekend: Sept. 27-29, October 1. 2nd Weekend: October 4-6, 2024

La Mesa Oktoberfest- Oct. 4-6, 2024

Speisekammer Oktoberfest– Alameda Sept. 22, 29 &  Oct 6  2024

Red Lion Tavern Oktoberfest– Los Angeles tbd

Craftoberfest– Pasadena Oct. 5, 2024

Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest– Big Bear CA September 2024 (Saturdays & Sundays):
Oktoberfest kicks-off on Saturday, Sept. 7th and runs for nine consecutive weekends through Saturday, Nov. 9, 2025

 

Colorado

Pueblo German American Club Oktoberfest- Pueblo, October 5, 2024

Berthoud Oktoberfest- Berthoud Oct.5 2024

La Veta Oktoberfest– La Veta, Oct.5, 2024

 

Connecticut

Meridan Turner Society Oktoberfest- North Haven Oct 4-6, 2024

German American Day Dinner Dance– Plantsville Oct. 19, 2024

OKtoberfest of Song – German American Heritage Center and Museum Westport Oct 24, 2024

Florida

Oktoberfest Miami – Oct 10-12, 17-19, 2025

German American Society of Pinellas County Oktoberfest Pinellas Park FL  September 26-27th,  October 3-4th, 2025

German  American Social Club of Cape Coral Oktoberfest – Oct 18-20 & Oct 25-27, 2024

Oktoberfest The Palm Beaches– Lake Worth FL Oct-11-13, 18-20, 2024

German American Society Hollywood Oktoberfest, Hollywood Saturdays, September 20,   October 4th October 18th, 2025

Flora-Bama Oktoberfest– Perdido Key Oct 6, 2024

Oktoberfest Vero Beach– October 19-20, 2024

German American Society of Central Florida Oktoberfest- Casselberry Oct. 5 & 26, 2024

Avalon Park Oktoberfest – Orlando Oct 11-12, 2024

Oktoberfest Tampa– Oct 11-13, 2024

Oktoberfest on the Beach– Indian Rocks Oct 12, 2024

Oktoberfest at Sandra’s Restaurant Punta Gorda- Sep.26-27, Oct 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 2025

Georgia

Helen Oktoberfest– Helen GA Sept. – Nov. 2, 2025

Atlanta Oktoberfest– Atlanta TBD

Fort  OktoberMoorefest (open to the public)– Uchee Creek Oct 18-20, 2024

Idaho

Moscowberfest Moscow Oct. 5, 2025

Illinois

Peoria Germans Schlachtfest– Peoria, IL Oct 5, 2025

Hauberg Estate & German American Heritage Center Oktoberfest– Rock Island Oct 12, 2024

Oktoberfest at Naper Settlement– Naperville Oct 4-5, 2024

American Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest, Lake Villa Sept. 20, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 2025

American Society of German Descendants Kirchweih- Lake Villa Oct 19, 2024

DANK Haus Oktoberfest- Chicago Oct 18, 2024

St Benedict Oktoberfest Chicago Oct 4-6 2024

Galena Oktoberfest- Oct. 4, 2025

Indiana

Seymour Oktoberfest- Seymour Oct. 3-5, 2024

German Fest, Indianapolis Oct 5, 2024

City of Carmel Oktoberfest- Carmel Oct 4, 2024

Indianapolis Liederkranz Men’s Concert and Dance, Oct 5, 2025

Salzeider Family Charity Oktoberfest Wicker Memorial Park, Oct. 11, 2025

Iowa

Amana Colonies Oktoberfest- Amana Oct 4-6, 2024

Waverly Oktoberfest, Waverly Oct 4-5,2024

Ottumwa Oktoberfest-oct 2, 2024

St. Lucas German American Museum Oktoberfest Meal and Open House St Lucas, October 5, 2024

Manning Hausbarn Oktoberfest- Oct.5, 2024

 

Kansas

Junction City Oktoberfest, Junction City, KS Oct 4-5, 2024

ICT Blocktoberfest– Wichita Oct 11-12, 2024

Oktoberfest Harrodsburg  – Oct 4-5, 2024

Volga German Oktoberfest in Hays– Oct.4-5, 2024

Kentucky

Harrodsburg Oktoberfest-Harrodsburg, Oct 4-6, 2024

Louisiana

Oktoberfest New Orleans – 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, 2024

Robert’s Cove Oktoberfest- Robert’s Cove October 5, 2024

Nevada

Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Oktoberfest– Sept 5- Nov 1, 2025

Maryland

Oktoberfest Gaithersburg – Oct 13,  2024

Das Best Oktoberfest, Baltimore Oct 5, 2024

Berlin Oktoberfest – Oct 19, 2024

Massachusetts

Douglas’s Oktoberfest- Douglas Oct 5,  2024

Oktoberfest Massachusetts– Hadley Oct 19, 2024

Michigan

Carpathia Club Kirchweh– Sterling Heights, Oct. 20, 2024

Pentwater Oktoberfest- Oct 11-12, 2024

Minnesota

Oktoberfest New Ulm- Oct. 4-5, 2024

Twin Cities Oktoberfest– St Paul, Oct 4-5,2024

Oktoberfest at Ruttgers– Ruttgers Bay Oct 18-19, 2024

German Story Time- Germanic American Institute St Paul Oct 5, 2024

Mississippi

Oktoberfest– Cleveland Oct 11-12, 2024

Missouri

KC Oktoberfest, Kansas City Oct. 4-5, 2024

Soulard Oktoberfest, St Louis Oct 11-12, 2024

Oktoberfest at Saint John Hattiesburg Oct. 5, 2024

Montana

The Great Northwest Oktoberfest- Whitefish October 2, 3 & 4, October 9, 10 & 11, 2025

Nevada

Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Oktoberfest– Sept 8- Oct 31 , 2024

German American Club of Nevada Oktoberfest, Las Vegas Oct.4-5 , 2024

New Jersey

Deutscher Club of Clark Oktoberfest – Oct 5-6, 2024

Edelweiss Passaic Oktoberfest Pompton Lakes Oct 4, 2025

Morey’s Piers Oktoberfest– Wildwood, Weekends Sept 12- Oct 12, 2025

Duck Pond Oktoberfest – Demarest Oct 5, 2024

Hamilton Oktoberfest- October 20, 2024

Franklin Lakes Oktoberfest– Peterson Oct 18, 2024

New Mexico

Red River Oktoberfest  Oct 11-13, 2024

New York

Bavarian Club Edelweiss Oktoberfest– Westchester, NY Oct 13, 2024

Adirondack Oktoberfest- Lake George, NY  Oct 19, 2024

Thousand Islands Winery Oktoberfest– Alexandria Bay, NY Oct 5,  2024

Bear Mountain Oktoberfest –   Sept. 21-22, 28-29, Oct. 5-6, 12-13, 2024

Lake George Village Oktoberfest- Oct 11-13, 2024

Oktoberfest in Hunter Mountain, Sept. 28 – Oct. 13, 2024

Oktoberfest NYC– Sept 12-Oct 26, 2025

 

North Carolina

Triangle Oktoberfest- Cary Oct. 4-5, 2024

Sugar Mountain Resort Oktoberfest Oct 12-13,  2024

Das Beste Oktoberfest- Charlotte Oct. 5, 2024

Hickory Oktoberfest– Oct 11-13, 2024 2023

 

Ohio

Traubenfest Cleveland Oct. 19, 2024

German Day Cleveland- Oct 6, 2024

Dayton Liederkranz Turner Oktoberfest- Dayton OH Oct 19, 2024

Minster Oktoberfest Oct. 4-6, 2024

Cincinnati Donauschwaben Oktoberfest- Oct. 4-6,  2024

Lebanon Oktoberfest– Oct 11-12, 2024

Main Street Kent Oktoberfest, Kent Oct. 4, 2025

 

Oklahoma

Tulsa Oktoberfest, Tulsa Oct 17-20, 2024

Vinta Oktoberfest Oct 12, 2024

Oregon

 

Pennsylvania

Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest Oct. 1-5, 2025

Lehigh Valley Oktoberfest– Bethlehem Oct. 4-6 & Oct. 11-14, 2024

MHRA Oktoberfest, Mifflinburg Oct. 4-5, 2024

Bethlehem Steel Stacks Oktoberfest -Oct 4-6, 11-14, 2024

October Feast- New Hope Oct 12-13, 2024

Mechanicsburg Oktoberfest, Oct 12, 2024

23rd Street Armory Oktoberfest Oct. 11-12, 2024

Brauhaus Schmidt’s South Street Oktoberfest Philadelphia, Oct. 10-11, 2025

Rhode Island

 

South Carolina

Oktoberfest Columbia Oct. 11-13, 2024

Newberry Oktoberfest, Newberry Oct 4 , 2025

NOMA Square Oktoberfest, Greenville Oct 4-5, 2024

Walhalla Oktoberfest- Oct 17-19, 2025

Oktoberfest Downtown Aiken Oct. 5, 2024

South Dakota

Deadwood Oktoberfest, Deadwood SD Oct 4-5, 2024

Tennessee

Chattanooga Oktoberfest – Oct 12-13, 2024

Nashville Oktoberfest- Nashville Oct 3-6, 2024

Crossville Oktoberfest- Oct 18-19, 2024

 

Texas

Oktoberfest– Muenster Oct 4-6, 2024

Oktoberfest– Fredericksburg, TX Oct 4-6, 2024

De Kalb Oktoberfest–  Oct 5, 2024

Oktoberfest Granbury  Oct 4-6, 2024

Southlake Oktoberfest Oct 11-13, 2024

Galveston Oktoberfest – Oct 25-26, 2024

Oktoberfest Houston tbd

Oktoberfest German Texas Heritage Society Austin Oct. 12, 2024

 

Utah

Snowbird Oktoberfest– August 9- Oct 12, 2025

Virginia

Richmond Oktoberfest– Oct 17-18, 2025

Washington

Oktoberfest Leavenworth– Leavenworth, October 4-5,  11-12, 18-19, 2024

Oktoberfest German-American Society Spokane– Spokane, Oct. 5, 2024

Oktoberfest Northwest– Puyallup Oct 4-5, 2024

 

Washington DC

GermanAmerican Day Celebration– German American Friendship Garden on the Mall- Oct 3, 2024

The Great Oktoberfest DC- Oct 5th, 2024

Oktoberfest at Wunder Garten Fri, Sat, Sun , Sep 19, 2025 – Oct 12, 2025.

Wisconsin

The Bavarian Bierhaus Oktoberfest- Glendale, WI, Weekends Fri-Sun  Sept 5 through Oct 5, 2025

Cedarburg Oktoberfest– Oct 5-6, 2024

Streets of Lake Geneva Oktoberfest Lake Geneva Oct 12-13, 2024

Elkhorn Oktoberfest- Oct 19, 2024

Milwaukee Oktoberfest Oct 3-5, 2025

Lakewood Oktoberfest- Oct 12, 2024

Wyoming

Casper Oktoberfest– Oct. 5, 2024

Douglas Oktoberfest Oct 5, 2024

CANADA

Alberta

German Canadian Cultural Association Oktoberfest– Edmonton Oct. 4-5, 2024

Ontario

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Sept. 26- Oct 18, 2025

Heimat Windsor Oktoberfest – Sept 25-27 October 3-4, 10-11 2025

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