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!
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
Alabama
Tuscaloosa Oktoberfest,October 3, 2026
Arizona
Flagstaff Oktoberfest, Oct 3, 2026
Four Peaks Oktoberfest – Tempe Oct 9-11, 2026
Wickenburg Oktoberfest– October 10, 2026
Arkansas
Roger’s Oktoberfest– Oct 17, 2026
Cullman Oktoberfest Oct 1-4, 2026
Little Rocktoberfest– Little Rock Oct 10, 2026
California
Clayton Oktoberfest– Clayton CA Oct. 3-4, 2026
Phoenix Club Anaheim Oktoberfest– Saturdays and Sundays, 10/3/2026 through 10/27/2026
Simi Valley Oktoberfest– Simi Valley, CA Oct. 3, 2026
Sacramento Turnverein Oktoberfest Sacramento Oct 9, 2026
Old World Oktoberfest-Huntington Beach SEPT. 12 thru NOV. 8 Every WED. thru SUN. 2026
Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest, Lake Arrowhead Sept. 19- Oct 25, 2026
San Diego Oktoberfest– El Cajon Sept. 25-27, Oct. 2-4, 2026
La Mesa Oktoberfest- Oct. 2-4, 2026
Speisekammer Oktoberfest– Alameda Sept. 20, 27 & Oct 4 2026
Red Lion Tavern Oktoberfest– Los Angeles tbd
Craftoberfest– Pasadena October 5, 2026
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest– Oktoberfest kicks-off on Saturday, Sept. 12th and runs for nine consecutive weekends through Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
Oktoberfest Monterey Oct 25, 2026
Colorado
Berthoud Oktoberfest- Berthoud Oct.3, 2026
Pueblo German American Club Oktoberfest– Pueblo, Oct 3, 2026
Montrose Oktoberfest– Oct. 3, 2026
Connecticut
Meridan Turner Society Oktoberfest- North Haven Oct 4-5, 2026
German American Day Dinner Dance– Plantsville Oct. 17, 2026
Florida
Oktoberfest Miami – Oct 9-10, 16-18, 2026
German American Society of Pinellas County Oktoberfest Pinellas Park FL September 25-26, October 2-3, 9-10, 2026
German American Society Hollywood Oktoberfest, Hollywood Saturdays, September 26, October 10th October 24th, 2026
German American Social Club of Cape Coral Oktoberfest – Oct 16–18 & 23–25, 2026
Oktoberfest The Palm Beaches– Lake Worth FL October 9-11 & 16-18, 2026
Flora-Bama Oktoberfest– Perdido Key Oct 11, 2026
Oktoberfest Vero Beach– October 16 – 17 -18, 2026
German American Society of Central Florida Oktoberfest- Casselberry Oct. 3 & 24, 2026
Avalon Park Oktoberfest – Orlando Oct 9-10, 2026
Oktoberfest Tampa– Oct 9-11, 2026
Oktoberfest on the Beach– Indian Rocks Oct 10, 2026
Oktoberfest at Sandra’s Restaurant Punta Gorda- Sep.25-26, Oct 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2026
Georgia
Helen Oktoberfest– Helen GA Sept. – Nov. 2, 2026
Atlanta Oktoberfest– Atlanta Saturdays Sept 21- Oct 26, 202
Fort OktoberMoorefest (open to the public)– Uchee Creek Oct 12-18, 2026
Idaho
Moscowberfest Moscow Oct. 10, 2026
Illinois
American Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest, Lake Villa Sept. 19, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 2026
Peoria Germans Schlachtfest– Peoria, IL Oct 4, 2026
Oktoberfest at Naper Settlement– Naperville Oct 2-3, 2026
American Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest, Lake Villa Sept. 19, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 2026
American Society of German Descendants Kirchweih- Lake Villa Oct 17, 2026
St Benedict Oktoberfest Chicago Oct2-4, 2026
Galena Oktoberfest- Oct. 3, 2026
Indiana
German American Day – A celebration of German Heritage with Speaker Don Heinrich Tolzmann Hanover Oct 1, 2026
St John Oktoberfest Saint John Oct 2-4, 2026
Moser’s Austrian Cafe Oktoberfest- Carlisle- Saturday, September 26, Sunday, September 27, and Saturday, October 3, 2026
Seymour Oktoberfest- Seymour Oct. 1-3, 2026
German Fest, Indianapolis Oct 3, 2026
City of Carmel Oktoberfest– Carmel Oct 2, 2026
Salzeider Family Charity Oktoberfest Wicker Memorial Park, Oct. 10, 2026
Iowa
Amana Colonies Oktoberfest- Amana Oct 1-4, 2026
Waverly Oktoberfest, Waverly Oct 2-3, 2026
Ottumwa Oktoberfest-Sept 29- Oct 2, 2026
Kansas
Junction City Oktoberfest, Junction City, KS Oct 2-3, 2026
ICT Blocktoberfest– Wichita Oct 9-10, 2026
Kentucky
Volga German Oktoberfest in Hays– Oct 2-3, 2026
Louisiana
Oktoberfest New Orleans – October 9-10th, 16-17th, 23-24th, 2026
Nevada
Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Oktoberfest– SEPT 11 – OCT 31
Maryland
Oktoberfest Gaithersburg – Oct 11, 2026
Das Best Oktoberfest, Baltimore Oct 10, 2026
Berlin Oktoberfest – Oct 17, 2026
Frederick’s Oktoberfest, –Frederick Oct 2-3, 2026
Massachusetts
Douglas’s Oktoberfest- Douglas Oct 3, 2026
Michigan
Pentwater Oktoberfest- Oct 10, 2026
Minnesota
Oktoberfest New Ulm- Oct. 2-3, Oct. 9-10, 2026
Twin Cities Oktoberfest– St Paul, Oct. 9-10, 2026
Oktoberfest at Ruttgers– Ruttgers Bay October 16-18, 2026
Mississippi
Oktoberfest– Cleveland Oct. 9-10, 2026
Missouri
KC Oktoberfest, Kansas City Oct. 2-3, 2026
Soulard Oktoberfest, St Louis Oct. 9-10, 2026
Montana
The Great Northwest Oktoberfest- Whitefish October 1-3, 8-10, 2026
Nevada
Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Oktoberfest– Sept 11- Oct 31, 2026
German American Club of Nevada Oktoberfest, Las Vegas Oct. tbd
New Jersey
Deutscher Club of Clark Oktoberfest – Oct tbd
Edelweiss Passaic Oktoberfest Pompton Lakes Oct 3, 2026
Morey’s Piers Oktoberfest– Wildwood, Weekends Sept 18- Oct 11, 2026
Duck Pond Oktoberfest – Demarest Oct 3, 2026
Hamilton Oktoberfest- October 18, 2026
Franklin Lakes Oktoberfest– Peterson Oct 16, 2026
New Mexico
Red River Oktoberfest Oct 9-10, 2026
New York
Bavarian Club Edelweiss Oktoberfest– Westchester, NY Oct 11, 2026
Adirondack Oktoberfest- Lake George, NY Oct 17, 2026
Lake George Village Oktoberfest- Oct 9-10, 2026
Oktoberfest in Hunter Mountain, Oct 10-11, 2026
Oktoberfest NYC– Sept 10- Oct 31, 2026
Hofbrauhaus Buffalo Oktoberfest WEEKENDS Sept. 25- Oct 25, 2026
North Carolina
Lafayette Village Oktoberfest, Raleigh Oct 3, 2026
Triangle Oktoberfest- Cary Oct. 2-3, 2026
Sugar Mountain Resort Oktoberfest Oct 10-11, 2026
Das Beste Oktoberfest- Timonium Oct. 10, 2026
Hickory Oktoberfest– Oct 9th, 10th & 11th, 2026
North Dakota
Drekker Oktoberfest – Fargo Oct 3, 2026
Ohio
American Turners of Toledo 100th Anniversary Celebration– Oct. 10, 2026
German Day Cleveland– , First Sunday October
Dayton Liederkranz Turner Oktoberfest- Dayton OH Oct. 10, 2026
Minster Oktoberfest Oct.2-4 , 2026
Cincinnati Donauschwaben Oktoberfest- Oct.2-4, 2026
Lebanon Oktoberfest– Oct tbd
Main Street Kent Oktoberfest, Kent Oct. 10, 2026
Ohio Swiss Festival- Sugarcreek OH Oct 1-3, 2026
Oklahoma
Tulsa Oktoberfest, Tulsa Oct 22-25, 2026
Vinta Oktoberfest Oct. 10, 2026
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest – September 30, Thursday October 1, Friday October 2, Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4 – Rain or Shine 2026
Lehigh Valley Oktoberfest– Bethlehem October 2-4 & October 9-11. 2026
MHRA Oktoberfest, Mifflinburg Oct. 2-3, 2026
Bethlehem Steel Stacks Oktoberfest – October 2-4 and 9-11, 2026
October Feast- New Hope Oct 10-11, 2026
Mechanicsburg Oktoberfest, Oct 10, 2026
Downtown West Chester Oktoberfest Oct 3, 2026
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Oktoberfest Columbia Oct. 9-11, 2026
Newberry Oktoberfest, Newberry Oct 2-3, 2026
NOMA Square Oktoberfest, Greenville Oct 3-4, 2025
Walhalla Oktoberfest- Oct 2-3, 2026
Greenville Oktoberfest Oct 3, 2026
South Dakota
Deadwood Oktoberfest, Deadwood SD Oct 2-3, 2026
Tennessee
Chattanooga Oktoberfest – Oct 17-18, 2026
Nashville Oktoberfest- Nashville Oct 1-4, 2026
Crossville Oktoberfest- Oct 16-17, 2026
Texas
Oktoberfest– Muenster Oct 9-11, 2026
Oktoberfest– Fredericksburg, TX Oct 2-4, 2026
De Kalb Oktoberfest– Oct 3, 2026
Southlake Oktoberfest Oct 16-18, 2026
Galveston Oktoberfest – Oct 23-24, 2026
Oktoberfest German Texas Heritage Society Austin Oct. 10, 2026
Utah
Snowbird Oktoberfest– August 1- Oct 11 2026
Virginia
Richmond Oktoberfest– Oct 16-17, 2026
Washington
Oktoberfest Leavenworth– Leavenworth, October 2–3 · 9–10 · 16–17, 2026
Oktoberfest German-American Society Spokane– Spokane, Oct. 3, 2026
Oktoberfest Northwest– Puyallup Oct9-11, 2026
Washington DC
Oktoberfest at the Wharf Oct 3, 2026
Oktoberfest at Wunder Garten Fri, Sat, Sun , Sep 18- Oct 25, 2026
Wisconsin
The Bavarian Bierhaus Oktoberfest- Glendale, WI, Weekends Fri-Sun Sept 5 through Oct 5, 2026
Streets of Lake Geneva Oktoberfest Lake Geneva Oct 10-11, 2026
Elkhorn Oktoberfest- Oct 17, 2026
Milwaukee Oktoberfest Oct 2-4, 2026
Moosetoberfest- Wautoma Oct. 17, 2026
Wyoming
Casper Oktoberfest– TBD
Douglas Oktoberfest Oct 2, 2026
CANADA
Alberta
German Canadian Cultural Association Oktoberfest– Edmonton Oct. 23-24, 2026
Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Sept. 25- Oct 17, 2026
Heimat Windsor Oktoberfest – Sept 24-26 October 2-3, 9-10, 2026
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There’s an Oktoberfest in Vero Beach, Florida next week — October 22-23. Held at the fair grounds.
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