Top 2026 Oktoberfest Festivals in Minneapolis
Oktoberfest in Minneapolis is our time to bust out the Lederhosen and show off our secret love for polka music. Check out the absolute best places in Minneapolis to grab a apfelstrudel and sausage and celebrate Oktoberfest!
Last Updated 9/8/26
September 11 & 12, 2026
September 18 & 19, 2026
September 25 & 26, 2026
Utepils Brewing
Oktoberfest season is finally here! Join Utepils in their Taproom, Beer Garden, and parking lot for two weekends of celebrating!
September 11, 2026
3pm-11pm
La Dona Cerveceria
Prost! Or should we say, ¡para todos! We’re celebrating Oktoberfest the only way we know how—La Doña style. Join us for an evening of delicious Latin/German fusion, with our special homemade pretzels as the star of the show. AND we can’t forget our $5 Oktubrefest pint and our closest rendition of a bratwurst: the South American Salchipapa.
September 12, 2026
1pm - 8pm
Insight Brewing
Frankly, you're not going to want to miss this. This wiener wonderland kicks off on Saturday, September 12th from 1 to 8 PM, and here's what to expect:
- Three wiener trucks slingin' dogs all day
- Hot dog eating competition featuring local champs. Hot dogs raining from the sky (no joke)
- Live music from local hot dog enthusiasts
- Glizzy themed tattoo pop-up
- Super dope merch drop
- Release of "The Kraut Pleaser" sauerkraut beer
- and so much more!
September 18-20, 2026
Forgotten Star Brewing
Grab your lederhosen and dirndls — it's time to celebrate our Annual Oktoberfest! Three days of live music, German inspired eats, contests, family friendly and adult forward festivities and more.
September 18-19, 2026
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Get ready for a full day of fall fun, fresh beer, and live music in the back lot — we’re going all out for Clocktoberfest 2026 and you won’t want to miss it!
September 18 & 19, 2026
September 25 & 26, 2026
Fulton HQ (Not the Taproom)
Celebrate Oktoberfest in Minneapolis with one of the Twin Cities’ most traditional Oktoberfest experiences, featuring the area’s largest selection of German beer served under a massive festival tent inspired by the beer tents of Munich.
Live music, traditional Bavarian dancers, stein-holding competitions, wiener tossing, German food and plenty more fill the tent all weekend. All humans—small children included—are welcome! For their safety, please leave furry friends at home.
September 19, 2026
11am - 10pm
Surly Brewing
Beer, food, free live music, and beer. Yes, we know we said beer twice. It’s Oktoberfest. We don’t fest like the rest. At SurlyFest, enjoy music in the beer garden (three bands, one DJ, no accordions), stein holding competitions, German fare and so much more.
Plus, September 9-20, enjoy a special menu takeover in both the Beer Hall and Surly Pizza Upstairs. Cabbage rolls, sauerbraten, more impossibly large perogies—the perfect pairings for a stein full of Oktoberfest.
September 19 & 20, 2026
11am - 8pm
Inbound BrewCo
Barktoberfest meets Bilbo's Birthday this year and we are throwing a party the best way we know how, with beer and dogs! Featuring beer, dogs and The Shire...yes, really!
September 25 & 26, 2026
Bauhaus Brew Labs
Your annual review has been scheduled! September 25–26, Bauhaus is releasing Annual Review, their Oktoberfest lager, with two days of beer, food, DJ sets, games, and highly favorable findings. Nordic Dogs and DJ James Taylor clock in Friday. And, at long last, Animales returns Saturday with DJ Shane Kramer.
September 26, 2026
5pm - 9pm
Graze Food Hall
Raise a glass at Grazetoberfest, an Oktoberfest celebration at Graze Food Hall featuring beer and food specials, games, contests, prizes, and live polka music on the Yard Stage! Admission is FREE! Get into the Oktoberfest spirit with our All-You-Can-Drink Oktoberfest Beer Package featuring select seasonal beers. The first 100 purchases receive a 16 oz. glass stein!
September 26, 2026
Padraigs Brewing
Being Irish, we of course don't celebrate Oktoberfest! Being the Knuckleheads that we are, we have an alternative celebration that we call NOT-Oberfest. Last year's celebration was amazing and this year it promises to be EPIC!
September 26, 2026
2pm - 10pm
Brühaven Craft Company
Brühaven is throwing a SPECTACULAR Oktoberfest party! Join them for delicious Oktoberfest beer, live music, German food and more! The day will be packed with fun activities like the Hammer Whack game, a pretzel eating contest, stein holding competition, live music, a DJ and delicious food trucks.
October 3, 2026
Indeed Brewing
Come to the corner of 15th and Quincy, otherwise known as Little Munich, to celebrate beer’s history with Indeed Brewing! The beer will be German-style. The games will be German-style. The music will be German-style. The pizza will be German-inspired…We’re packing a multi-week’s worth of traditional beer celebration into a single day at the taproom, and you won’t want to miss it!
October 9 & 10, 2026
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Twin Cities Oktoberfest is excited to be back for its 16th annual event in the heart of the Twin Cities at the Historic Progress Center on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Twin Cities Oktoberfest is proud to offer an entirely local event. That includes all beer, food, music and other entertainment.
