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 18, 2025
Arkansas
Roger’s Oktoberfest– Oct 18, 2025
Cullman Oktoberfest Oct 2-4, 2025
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. 3-4, 2026
Phoenix Club Anaheim Oktoberfest– Saturdays and Sundays, 10/3/2026 through 10/27/2026
Simi Valley Oktoberfest– Simi Valley, CA Oct. 4, 2025
Sacramento Turnverein Oktoberfest Sacramento Oct 10, 2025
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 Sept. 25-27, Oct. 2-4, 2026
La Mesa Oktoberfest- Oct. TBD
Speisekammer Oktoberfest– Alameda Sept. 21, 28 & Oct 5 2025
Red Lion Tavern Oktoberfest– Los Angeles tbd
Craftoberfest– Pasadena tbd
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest– Oktoberfest kicks-off on Saturday, Sept. 7th and runs for nine consecutive weekends through Saturday, Nov. 9, 2025
Oktoberfest Monterey Oct 25, 2026
Colorado
Berthoud Oktoberfest– Berthoud Oct.4 2025
La Veta Oktoberfest– La Veta, tbd
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. 18, 2025
German American Heritage Center and Museum Oktoberfest Rock Island Oct 4, 2025
Florida
Oktoberfest Miami – Oct 10-12, 17-19, 2025
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 – October 17 – 19 and 24 – 26, 2025
Oktoberfest The Palm Beaches– Lake Worth FL October 10-12 & 17-19, 2025
Flora-Bama Oktoberfest– Perdido Key Oct 12, 2025
Oktoberfest Vero Beach– October 18-19, 2025
German American Society of Central Florida Oktoberfest- Casselberry Oct. 4 & 25, 2025
Avalon Park Oktoberfest – Orlando Oct 10-11, 2025
Oktoberfest Tampa– Oct 10-12, 2025
Oktoberfest on the Beach– Indian Rocks Oct 11, 2025
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, 2025
Atlanta Oktoberfest– Atlanta TBD
Fort OktoberMoorefest (open to the public)– Uchee Creek Oct 17, 2025
Idaho
Moscowberfest Moscow Oct. 5, 2025
Illinois
Just a Little Off… a Memoir – Book signing Countryside Saloon, Des Plains Oct 21, 2025
American Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest, Lake Villa Sept. 19, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 2026
Peoria Germans Schlachtfest– Peoria, IL Oct 5, 2025
Hauberg Estate & German American Heritage Center Oktoberfest– Rock Island Oct 4, 2025
Oktoberfest at Naper Settlement– Naperville Oct 3-4, 2025
American Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest, Lake Villa Sept. 20, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 2025
American Society of German Descendants Kirchweih- Lake Villa Oct 18, 2025
St Benedict Oktoberfest Chicago Oct 3-5 2025
Galena Oktoberfest- Oct. 4, 2025
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. 2-4, 2025
German Fest, Indianapolis Oct 4, 2025
City of Carmel Oktoberfest– Carmel Oct 3, 2025
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 2-5, 2025
Waverly Oktoberfest, Waverly Oct 3-4, 2025
Ottumwa Oktoberfest-oct 1-4, 2025
Kansas
Junction City Oktoberfest, Junction City, KS Oct 3-4, 2025
ICT Blocktoberfest– Wichita Oct 10-11, 2025
Kentucky
Volga German Oktoberfest in Hays– Oct 2-3, 2026
Louisiana
Oktoberfest New Orleans – October 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 2025
Robert’s Cove Oktoberfest- Robert’s Cove October
Nevada
Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Oktoberfest– Sept 5- Nov 1, 2025
Maryland
Oktoberfest Gaithersburg – Oct 12, 2025
Das Best Oktoberfest, Baltimore Oct 10, 2026
Berlin Oktoberfest – Oct 18, 2025
Frederick’s Oktoberfest, –Frederick Oct 2-3, 2026
Massachusetts
Douglas’s Oktoberfest- Douglas Oct 4, 2025
Oktoberfest Massachusetts– Hadley Oct 25, 2025
Michigan
Pentwater Oktoberfest- Oct 11, 2025
Minnesota
Oktoberfest New Ulm- Oct. 3-4, Oct. 10-11, 2025
Twin Cities Oktoberfest– St Paul, October 3rd and 4th, 2025
Oktoberfest at Ruttgers– Ruttgers Bay October 17 & 18, 2025
Mississippi
Oktoberfest– Cleveland october 10th & 11th, 2025
Missouri
KC Oktoberfest, Kansas City Oct. 3-4, 2025
Soulard Oktoberfest, St Louis Oct 10-11, 2025
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 4-5, 2025
Edelweiss Passaic Oktoberfest Pompton Lakes Oct 4, 2025
Morey’s Piers Oktoberfest– Wildwood, Weekends Sept 12- Oct 12, 2025
Duck Pond Oktoberfest – Demarest Oct 11, 2025
Hamilton Oktoberfest- October 19, 2025
Franklin Lakes Oktoberfest– Peterson Oct 17, 2025
New Mexico
Red River Oktoberfest Oct 10-11, 2025
New York
Bavarian Club Edelweiss Oktoberfest– Westchester, NY Oct 12, 2025
Adirondack Oktoberfest- Lake George, NY Oct 18, 2025
Thousand Islands Winery Oktoberfest– Alexandria Bay, NY Oct 4, 2025
Lake George Village Oktoberfest- Oct 10-12, 2025
Oktoberfest in Hunter Mountain,TBD
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. 3-4 2025
Sugar Mountain Resort Oktoberfest Oct 11-12, 2025
Das Beste Oktoberfest- Timonium Oct. 4 & 10 , 2025
Hickory Oktoberfest– Oct 10-12, 2025
North Dakota
Drekker Oktoberfest – Fargo Oct 3, 2026
Ohio
American Turners of Toledo 100th Anniversary Celebration– Oct. 10, 2026
German Day Cleveland– Oct 5, 2025
Dayton Liederkranz Turner Oktoberfest- Dayton OH Oct 11, 2025
Minster Oktoberfest Oct. 3-5 2025
Cincinnati Donauschwaben Oktoberfest- Oct. 3-5 2025
Lebanon Oktoberfest– Oct 10-11, 2025
Main Street Kent Oktoberfest, Kent Oct. 4, 2025
Ohio Swiss Festival- Sugarcreek OH Oct 1-3, 2026
Oklahoma
Tulsa Oktoberfest, Tulsa Oct 16-19, 2025
Vinta Oktoberfest Oct 11, 2025
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest – Sept 30, Oct 1-4, 2025
Lehigh Valley Oktoberfest– Bethlehem October 3-5 & October 10-12. 2025
MHRA Oktoberfest, Mifflinburg Oct. 3-4, 2025
Bethlehem Steel Stacks Oktoberfest – October 3-5 & October 10-12 2025
October Feast- New Hope Oct 11-12, 2025
Mechanicsburg Oktoberfest, Oct 4, 2025
Brauhaus Schmidt’s South Street Oktoberfest Philadelphia, Oct. 10-11, 2025
Downtown West Chester Oktoberfest Oct 3, 2026
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Oktoberfest Columbia Oct. 10-12, 2025
Newberry Oktoberfest, Newberry Oct 4 , 2025
NOMA Square Oktoberfest, Greenville Oct 3-4, 2025
Walhalla Oktoberfest- Oct 17-19, 2025
Greenville Oktoberfest Oct 3, 2026
South Dakota
Deadwood Oktoberfest, Deadwood SD Oct 3-4 2025
Tennessee
Chattanooga Oktoberfest – Oct 11-12, 2025
Nashville Oktoberfest- Nashville Oct 2-5, 2025
Crossville Oktoberfest- Oct 17-18, 2025
Texas
Oktoberfest– Muenster Oct 10-12 2025
Oktoberfest– Fredericksburg, TX Oct 3-5, 2025
De Kalb Oktoberfest– Oct 4, 2025
Oktoberfest Granbury Oct tbd
Southlake Oktoberfest Oct 17-19, 2025
Galveston Oktoberfest – Oct 24-25, 2025
Oktoberfest German Texas Heritage Society Austin Oct. 11, 2025
Utah
Snowbird Oktoberfest– August 1- Oct 11 2026
Virginia
Richmond Oktoberfest– Oct 17-18, 2025
Washington
Oktoberfest Leavenworth– Leavenworth, October 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 2025
Oktoberfest German-American Society Spokane– Spokane, Oct. 4, 2025
Oktoberfest Northwest– Puyallup Oct 3-5, 2025
Washington DC
Oktoberfest at the WharfOct 4, 2025
Oktoberfest at Wunder Garten Fri, Sat, Sun , Sep 19, 2025 – Oct 12, 2025.
Palimpsest Art Exhibit Opening Reception German American Heritage Museum Oct 15, 2025
Wisconsin
The Bavarian Bierhaus Oktoberfest- Glendale, WI, Weekends Fri-Sun Sept 5 through Oct 5, 2026
Cedarburg Oktoberfest– Oct 4-5, 2025
Streets of Lake Geneva Oktoberfest Lake Geneva Oct 11-12, 2025
Elkhorn Oktoberfest- Oct 18, 2025
Milwaukee Oktoberfest Oct 3-5, 2025
Moosetoberfest- Wautoma Oct. 17, 2026
Wyoming
Casper Oktoberfest– TBD
Douglas Oktoberfest Oct 2, 2026
CANADA
Alberta
German Canadian Cultural Association Oktoberfest– Edmonton Oct. 3-4 2025
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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There’s an Oktoberfest in Vero Beach, Florida next week — October 22-23. Held at the fair grounds.
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