German Festivals in America, Events and Celebrations

If you can’t afford a plane ticket to Germany, then journey to the Addison Oktoberfest, named one of the most authentic Oktoberfest experiences in the United States. You will get the full package on American soil with German entertainers performing Bavarian folk dances, yodeling, oompah music and other unique experiences. Then you’ll treat your taste buds to German sausage, sauerkraut, giant pretzels and many more authentic delicacies. The meaning of fun takes on a foreign twist for three straight days; that’s long enough to get over the fact that you’re too poor to travel.

Welcome to the Frankenmuth Oktoberfest September 20-23, 2018

Join us for the 48th Annual Oktoberfest in Helen, Ga. It’s Helen’s biggest celebration! Enjoy German music, food, drinks and dancing, including waltzes, polkas and the chicken dance! Oktoberfest will run from Sept. 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 2018, and then reopens daily beginning Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 28, 2018.

Food and drinks cost extra. For more information about the event, call 706-878-1908 or visit www.helenchamber.com.

Wednesday-Sunday, September 19-23, 2018
Courthouse Square (map)

FEATURING

• Happy Hour Seatings Wednesday & Thursday 9/19 & 9/20- Live Music Only
• Live Music with Deutscher Musikverein (9/19 only)
• Live Music with The Internationals (9/20 only)
  Live Music with Alpiners^USA – 5 piece Band (9/21-9/23)
• Dancing with the Bayerischer Heimat und Trachtenverein   (9/21-9/23)
• Brimming Steins of Delicious Brews on Tap
• Traditional German Oktoberfest Décor
• Tasty German Delights featuring pretzels & brats
• Games, and Singing/Dancing Competitions (Festival seating only 9/21-9/23)

For the fifth year, Redwood City celebrates Oktoberfest Downtown Redwood City, featuring a fabulous traditional German Oktoberfest setting with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating;  lots of fun and merriment; music; dancing; contests; cold beer and other beverages; food and more! Now featuring two “Happy Hour Seatings” on September 19th and 20th, followed by Festival Seatings through Sunday, Sept. 23rd, the huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent transforms Courthouse Square for revelers of all ages to enjoy.  

ABOUT OKTOBERFEST

The true tradition of Munich’s famous annual festival comes to Redwood City for Oktoberfest, with a huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent on Courthouse Square – complete with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating, lots of fun and merriment, music, dancing, contests, cold beer and other beverages, food, and more!

The entrance fee includes a commemorative stein & 1 drink ticket (beer or soda depending on ticket type), along with great German-style entertainment featuring AlpinersUSA and The Golden Gate Bavarian Club. Delicious German food and extra drink tickets will be sold separately.

Downtown Redwood City’s Oktoberfest extravaganza offers authentically delicious German food, featuring pretzels and brats, along with enticingly cold beer. Dancing, singing, and tons of audience participation will include dance contests, stein holding, yodeling contest, skits with hand gestures to select songs, etc., not to mention many variations of the “international” chicken dance.

Willkommen to the Old World Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, California. The lederhosen-clad German celebration off the Pacific coast features steins overflowing with beer, bratwurst bursting out of the bun and accordion and horn-laden German music. Weiner dog races, beer contests and chicken dances are among the featured attractions.

If you can’t afford a plane ticket to Germany, then journey to the Addison Oktoberfest, named one of the most authentic Oktoberfest experiences in the United States. You will get the full package on American soil with German entertainers performing Bavarian folk dances, yodeling, oompah music and other unique experiences. Then you’ll treat your taste buds to German sausage, sauerkraut, giant pretzels and many more authentic delicacies. The meaning of fun takes on a foreign twist for three straight days; that’s long enough to get over the fact that you’re too poor to travel.

Fred and Hertha Thomas owned two shops in Larimer Square (Cafe Promenade and Boutique Int’l). In 1969, they decided to honor their favorite tradition in front of the Cafe, and quietly tapped a keg and served some pretzels and white radishes. Until 2007, the event was held on the 14th block of Larimer St. and since it has been hosted at 20th and Larimer in historic Denver, Colorado. The Denver Oktoberfest attracts over 350,000 people during the six-day festival and it was quoted in Maxim Magazine and USA Today as “The Best Oktoberfest” in the United States and “One of the country’s biggest and longest running traditions”.  It’s also one of the largest beer festivals in the United States based on consumption because Denver drinks beer really well.

Welcome to the Frankenmuth Oktoberfest September 20-23, 2018

Join the Village of Ft. Loramie in their annual celebration of German Heritage Days! Great food, music, and fun!!

Join us for the 48th Annual Oktoberfest in Helen, Ga. It’s Helen’s biggest celebration! Enjoy German music, food, drinks and dancing, including waltzes, polkas and the chicken dance! Oktoberfest will run from Sept. 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 2018, and then reopens daily beginning Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 28, 2018.

Food and drinks cost extra. For more information about the event, call 706-878-1908 or visit www.helenchamber.com.

Join us as we celebrate the oldest and most authentic Bavarian Oktoberfest in the Midwest right here in Glendale, Wisconsin, located just minutes from downtown Milwaukee and a short distance from beautiful Lake Michigan. Oktoberfest, modeled just like the one held in Munich, Germany, is held every September on the four weekends following Labor Day. Continuous entertainment from 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday includes traditional German brass bands, Schuhplatter folk dancing, singing, yodeling, sing-alongs and dancing for everyone.

Delicious and authentic German food is available at Oktoberfest. Dinners of broiled chicken, Oktoberfest bratwurst or spanferkel (young pig spit roasted over an open pit), include potato salad, coleslaw and bread. Rollbraten (sliced pork roast on a Kaiser roll), hot dogs, pretzels and sweet roasted almonds are available. Come and see how we roast our pigs and chickens right out on an open pit, freshly seasoned and ready for you to eat right off the spit. Desserts include fruit strudel, tortes and assorted homemade cakes. Get in line early for your Bienenstich or “Bee sting cake”, which is a German dessert made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with a vanilla custard, Butter cream or cream. Of course there’s plenty of beer on tap imported and domestic – as well as wine, soft drinks and coffee. There are traditional German imported gifts and souvenirs sold at the park as well.  The main festivities take place in our Bavarian Fest Garten – an Alpine style pavilion equipped with weather curtains on the open sides. Picnic tables and benches seat up to 2000 under the trees in the Park which is situated right along the Milwaukee River. There is open green space and an area for children to play. There is something for everyone!

Willkommen und Ein Prosit!

Wednesday-Sunday, September 19-23, 2018
Courthouse Square (map)

FEATURING

• Happy Hour Seatings Wednesday & Thursday 9/19 & 9/20- Live Music Only
• Live Music with Deutscher Musikverein (9/19 only)
• Live Music with The Internationals (9/20 only)
  Live Music with Alpiners^USA – 5 piece Band (9/21-9/23)
• Dancing with the Bayerischer Heimat und Trachtenverein   (9/21-9/23)
• Brimming Steins of Delicious Brews on Tap
• Traditional German Oktoberfest Décor
• Tasty German Delights featuring pretzels & brats
• Games, and Singing/Dancing Competitions (Festival seating only 9/21-9/23)

For the fifth year, Redwood City celebrates Oktoberfest Downtown Redwood City, featuring a fabulous traditional German Oktoberfest setting with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating;  lots of fun and merriment; music; dancing; contests; cold beer and other beverages; food and more! Now featuring two “Happy Hour Seatings” on September 19th and 20th, followed by Festival Seatings through Sunday, Sept. 23rd, the huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent transforms Courthouse Square for revelers of all ages to enjoy.  

ABOUT OKTOBERFEST

The true tradition of Munich’s famous annual festival comes to Redwood City for Oktoberfest, with a huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent on Courthouse Square – complete with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating, lots of fun and merriment, music, dancing, contests, cold beer and other beverages, food, and more!

The entrance fee includes a commemorative stein & 1 drink ticket (beer or soda depending on ticket type), along with great German-style entertainment featuring AlpinersUSA and The Golden Gate Bavarian Club. Delicious German food and extra drink tickets will be sold separately.

Downtown Redwood City’s Oktoberfest extravaganza offers authentically delicious German food, featuring pretzels and brats, along with enticingly cold beer. Dancing, singing, and tons of audience participation will include dance contests, stein holding, yodeling contest, skits with hand gestures to select songs, etc., not to mention many variations of the “international” chicken dance.

Hike up your lederhosen and fill your stein at the annual Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hailed as the largest Oktoberfest gathering in the country, the three-day event features German style beers, tuba-laden live music and all the sauerkraut-covered bratwurst you can handle. The fest also has the distinction of being recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the home of the largest chicken dance recorded.

Willkommen to the Old World Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, California. The lederhosen-clad German celebration off the Pacific coast features steins overflowing with beer, bratwurst bursting out of the bun and accordion and horn-laden German music. Weiner dog races, beer contests and chicken dances are among the featured attractions.

Need an excuse to eat, drink and pretend to be German? The St. Benedict Oktoberfest will cover you on all fronts and more. There’s three days loaded with German cuisine, beer and entertainment to ensure you get the full experience without traveling far from home. Even the kiddies can get in on the action with games and activities as long as their pursuits are fueled by non-alcoholic liquids.

If you can’t afford a plane ticket to Germany, then journey to the Addison Oktoberfest, named one of the most authentic Oktoberfest experiences in the United States. You will get the full package on American soil with German entertainers performing Bavarian folk dances, yodeling, oompah music and other unique experiences. Then you’ll treat your taste buds to German sausage, sauerkraut, giant pretzels and many more authentic delicacies. The meaning of fun takes on a foreign twist for three straight days; that’s long enough to get over the fact that you’re too poor to travel.

Fred and Hertha Thomas owned two shops in Larimer Square (Cafe Promenade and Boutique Int’l). In 1969, they decided to honor their favorite tradition in front of the Cafe, and quietly tapped a keg and served some pretzels and white radishes. Until 2007, the event was held on the 14th block of Larimer St. and since it has been hosted at 20th and Larimer in historic Denver, Colorado. The Denver Oktoberfest attracts over 350,000 people during the six-day festival and it was quoted in Maxim Magazine and USA Today as “The Best Oktoberfest” in the United States and “One of the country’s biggest and longest running traditions”.  It’s also one of the largest beer festivals in the United States based on consumption because Denver drinks beer really well.

Welcome to the Frankenmuth Oktoberfest September 20-23, 2018

A weekend of food, beer, and music in celebration of a 208 year old Bavarian tradition, the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Entertainment Lineup:

Saturday
Mädel Jäger
The Tumbleweeds
80’s Undercover

Sunday 
Austrian Boys Band
GTV Almrausch
The Williamsboy

Join the Village of Ft. Loramie in their annual celebration of German Heritage Days! Great food, music, and fun!!

Join us for the 48th Annual Oktoberfest in Helen, Ga. It’s Helen’s biggest celebration! Enjoy German music, food, drinks and dancing, including waltzes, polkas and the chicken dance! Oktoberfest will run from Sept. 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 2018, and then reopens daily beginning Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 28, 2018.

Food and drinks cost extra. For more information about the event, call 706-878-1908 or visit www.helenchamber.com.

As the glasses fill with fermented wheat and laughter fills the crowd, music will be played and dances will ensue at Lake Arrowhead’s Oktoberfest. Celebrate the wild German culture and get drunk with your lederhosen on. Leave with great memories and big beer bellies.

Join us as we celebrate the oldest and most authentic Bavarian Oktoberfest in the Midwest right here in Glendale, Wisconsin, located just minutes from downtown Milwaukee and a short distance from beautiful Lake Michigan. Oktoberfest, modeled just like the one held in Munich, Germany, is held every September on the four weekends following Labor Day. Continuous entertainment from 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday includes traditional German brass bands, Schuhplatter folk dancing, singing, yodeling, sing-alongs and dancing for everyone.

Delicious and authentic German food is available at Oktoberfest. Dinners of broiled chicken, Oktoberfest bratwurst or spanferkel (young pig spit roasted over an open pit), include potato salad, coleslaw and bread. Rollbraten (sliced pork roast on a Kaiser roll), hot dogs, pretzels and sweet roasted almonds are available. Come and see how we roast our pigs and chickens right out on an open pit, freshly seasoned and ready for you to eat right off the spit. Desserts include fruit strudel, tortes and assorted homemade cakes. Get in line early for your Bienenstich or “Bee sting cake”, which is a German dessert made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with a vanilla custard, Butter cream or cream. Of course there’s plenty of beer on tap imported and domestic – as well as wine, soft drinks and coffee. There are traditional German imported gifts and souvenirs sold at the park as well.  The main festivities take place in our Bavarian Fest Garten – an Alpine style pavilion equipped with weather curtains on the open sides. Picnic tables and benches seat up to 2000 under the trees in the Park which is situated right along the Milwaukee River. There is open green space and an area for children to play. There is something for everyone!

Willkommen und Ein Prosit!

Wednesday-Sunday, September 19-23, 2018
Courthouse Square (map)

FEATURING

• Happy Hour Seatings Wednesday & Thursday 9/19 & 9/20- Live Music Only
• Live Music with Deutscher Musikverein (9/19 only)
• Live Music with The Internationals (9/20 only)
  Live Music with Alpiners^USA – 5 piece Band (9/21-9/23)
• Dancing with the Bayerischer Heimat und Trachtenverein   (9/21-9/23)
• Brimming Steins of Delicious Brews on Tap
• Traditional German Oktoberfest Décor
• Tasty German Delights featuring pretzels & brats
• Games, and Singing/Dancing Competitions (Festival seating only 9/21-9/23)

For the fifth year, Redwood City celebrates Oktoberfest Downtown Redwood City, featuring a fabulous traditional German Oktoberfest setting with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating;  lots of fun and merriment; music; dancing; contests; cold beer and other beverages; food and more! Now featuring two “Happy Hour Seatings” on September 19th and 20th, followed by Festival Seatings through Sunday, Sept. 23rd, the huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent transforms Courthouse Square for revelers of all ages to enjoy.  

ABOUT OKTOBERFEST

The true tradition of Munich’s famous annual festival comes to Redwood City for Oktoberfest, with a huge decked-out Oktoberfest tent on Courthouse Square – complete with over 1,100 feet of “family style” bench seating, lots of fun and merriment, music, dancing, contests, cold beer and other beverages, food, and more!

The entrance fee includes a commemorative stein & 1 drink ticket (beer or soda depending on ticket type), along with great German-style entertainment featuring AlpinersUSA and The Golden Gate Bavarian Club. Delicious German food and extra drink tickets will be sold separately.

Downtown Redwood City’s Oktoberfest extravaganza offers authentically delicious German food, featuring pretzels and brats, along with enticingly cold beer. Dancing, singing, and tons of audience participation will include dance contests, stein holding, yodeling contest, skits with hand gestures to select songs, etc., not to mention many variations of the “international” chicken dance.

Hike up your lederhosen and fill your stein at the annual Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hailed as the largest Oktoberfest gathering in the country, the three-day event features German style beers, tuba-laden live music and all the sauerkraut-covered bratwurst you can handle. The fest also has the distinction of being recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the home of the largest chicken dance recorded.

Willkommen to the Old World Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, California. The lederhosen-clad German celebration off the Pacific coast features steins overflowing with beer, bratwurst bursting out of the bun and accordion and horn-laden German music. Weiner dog races, beer contests and chicken dances are among the featured attractions.

Can’t make it to Munich this year for Oktoberfest? That’s okay! We are bringing an authentic German Oktoberfest to Knoxville! In true fashion, we will have our Oktoberfest September 22nd thru October 7th. We will serve our Oktoberfest Märzen in real 1 Liter mugs (34oz), serve authentic German pretzels, Schnitzel, and of course the iconic Lebkuchenherzen (gingerbread hearts)

Saturday September 22

6:00am Barrel Tapping Opening Ceremony (doors open at 5:00am)

• Live Feed from Munich
• Live Music by Knoxville Polka Kings
• Tickets will go on sale 8/1 at 7am

Need an excuse to eat, drink and pretend to be German? The St. Benedict Oktoberfest will cover you on all fronts and more. There’s three days loaded with German cuisine, beer and entertainment to ensure you get the full experience without traveling far from home. Even the kiddies can get in on the action with games and activities as long as their pursuits are fueled by non-alcoholic liquids.

If you can’t afford a plane ticket to Germany, then journey to the Addison Oktoberfest, named one of the most authentic Oktoberfest experiences in the United States. You will get the full package on American soil with German entertainers performing Bavarian folk dances, yodeling, oompah music and other unique experiences. Then you’ll treat your taste buds to German sausage, sauerkraut, giant pretzels and many more authentic delicacies. The meaning of fun takes on a foreign twist for three straight days; that’s long enough to get over the fact that you’re too poor to travel.

Fred and Hertha Thomas owned two shops in Larimer Square (Cafe Promenade and Boutique Int’l). In 1969, they decided to honor their favorite tradition in front of the Cafe, and quietly tapped a keg and served some pretzels and white radishes. Until 2007, the event was held on the 14th block of Larimer St. and since it has been hosted at 20th and Larimer in historic Denver, Colorado. The Denver Oktoberfest attracts over 350,000 people during the six-day festival and it was quoted in Maxim Magazine and USA Today as “The Best Oktoberfest” in the United States and “One of the country’s biggest and longest running traditions”.  It’s also one of the largest beer festivals in the United States based on consumption because Denver drinks beer really well.