Oktoberfest 2024
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 8/26/24
September 12, 2024
Indeed Brewing
Oktoberfest will bring together traditional German traditions—stein holding competitions, lederhosen, and large vessels of long-lagered beer—with some Northeast Minneapolis twists, like a sauerbraten-style whole pig roast by Chef Thomas Boemer of Revival.
September 13-14, 2024
September 20-21, 2024
Utepils Brewing
Oktoberfest season is finally here! Join Utepils in their Taproom, Beer Garden, and parking lot for two weekends of celebrating!
September 14, 2024
1pm - 10pm
Insight Brewing
It's gonna be a glizz-stravaganza! Hot dogs, wieners, glizzys — whatever you wanna call them — we're celebrating them! Expect Angry Line Cook & Nordic Dogs slingin' franks, live music all day, a hot dog eating contest, unique limited edition merch, hot dog-centric activities and a hot dog-flavored hard seltzer.
September 20-21, 2024
Noon - 11pm
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Co-optoberfest is Fair State's annual anniversary party and Oktoberfest celebration combined featuring new and returning beer releases, specialty seltzers, food, polka, stein hoisting, and more. If you make it to the end of the night, they'll have $1 hotdogs from 10 to 11pm!
September 20-22, 2024
September 27-39, 2024
October 4-6,2024
11am – 11:59pm
Pryes Brewing Company
PryesFest is back and this free event is gonna be WUNDERBAR! Join us for steins, a petting goat pen, traditional Oktoberfest live music and plenty of awesome autumn fun for the whole family
September 20-21, 2024
September 27-28, 2024
Fulton HQ (Not the Taproom)
Northeast Minneapolis' oldest Oktoberfest tradition is back for two weekends! Fulton Brewery is inviting the community to dance in their lederhosen to classic and modern live polka bands, enjoy contests, Edelweiss dancers and rub elbows with the terrifying folklore icon Krampus, who will scare the schnitzel out of anyone. Fulton will be serving up traditional German platters, a secret recipe Kramarczuk's bratwurst, food trucks and more.
September 21, 2024
Bauhaus Brew Labs
Schwandtoberfest is back on September 21st! Expect good eats, Bavarian brews, and a whole lot of lederhosen. More to come!
September 21, 2024
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Come celebrate Clocktoberfest! We will have live music, yard games, beer releases and food from Sweet Lou's Meats and Northeast Pretzels! And don't miss BCBC's first ever Oktoberfest beer release and Oktoberfest-themed games.
September 21, 2024
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.
September 21, 2024
Dual Citizen Brewing
Join us in the Dual Citizen backyard and backlot on Saturday, September 21 for a full day of markets, music, and brews.
September 21-22, 2024
Forgotten Star Brewing
Dust off your lederhosen and empty those stomachs, because Oktoberfest is back! This year will feature great music, and MORE activities for you to get your fest on! Lederhosen contests, steinholding, wiener tosses, pretzel eating contests, face painting, vow renewals, markets, a meat raffle, a HUGE Vikings watch party and more!
September 28, 2024
2pm - 10pm
Wild Mind Ales
Get ready to don your lederhosen and dirndl for the annual Wild Mind Ales Oktoberfest! They're releasing a special festbier, a brew that embodies the true spirit of Oktoberfest with its rich, malty flavors and crisp finish. But that's not all! Look forward to an incredible lineup of live music and tasty food options! Grab your lederhosen or drindl and head to Wild Mind Ales for a day of celebration. Prost!
September 26 - October 24, 2024
Thursdays, 4pm - 7pm
Gluek's Restaurant and Bar
We will have our annual Oktoberfest celebration every Thursday from September 26th to October 24th from 4-7pm. Join us for Music Bingo with On Call Music and Events, prizes, weekly featured Oktoberfest tap beer specials, a special Oktoberfest food menu, free swag and more!
September 28 & 29, 2024
October 5 & 6, 2024
3:00pm-6:00pm
Stanley's Northeast Bar Room
Hammerschlagen and Stein Holding Contest, Outdoor Grilling: $10 Beer Brat w/Beer Sauerkraut served with chips and Oktoberfest Beers On Tap: Utepils Recreational German Festbier, Lupulin Oktoberfest, Sam Adams Oktoberfest, Summit Oktoberfest, and Pryes Oktoberfest
September 28-29, 2024
Brühaven Craft Company
Brühaven is throwing a SPECTACULAR Oktoberfest party! Join them for two days of delicious Oktoberfest beer, dress up, live music, German food and more!
September 29, 2024
1pm-5pm
The Market at Malcom Yards
Purchased ticket gets you a punch card to sample beers from 16+ breweries, a raffle ticket for fabulous prizes, a free full-size beer (from our Oktoberfest selection at the Boxcar Bar), and off menu eats on the patio (additional purchase / no ticket necessary)! Schell’s will be on hand to add to the festivities with Bock poking!
October 4-5, 2024
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Twin Cities Oktoberfest is excited to be back for its 14th 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.
October 6, 2024
11am - 4pm
Inbound BrewCo
Barktoberfest is a pawsome celebration of two of our favorite things here at Inbound BrewCo: great craft drinks and our four-legged patrons! Bring your costumed pup and yourself too if that is your vibe! Don't have a pup? Come anyway to meet some good doggos and enjoy an Oktoberfest themed Sunday. Seeing you all decked out in costumes each year is seriously a highlight.
October 10, 2024
Bachman's Floral, Home & Garden
5:00pm
Our indoor greenhouse will transform into a biergarten for one night only, and you’re invited to join us for this special twist on Oktoberfest! Enjoy a beer tastings, sample German sausage from Gerhards Brats, get your own giant pretzel, listen to live oompah music, and take part in exciting plant seminars with other passionate plant parents!
Bachman’s experts will teach you: Everything you wanted to know about green plants but were afraid to ask, Styling and staging with green plants, How to design and plant a terrarium
Celebrate the spirit of Oktoberfest at our haus with locals who love plants just as much as you do!
October 12, 2024
1pm - 5pm
Minneapolis Cider Company
Minnesota Cider Week will culminate with the region's premier cider sampling event, Minnesota Ciderfest. CiderFest will feature unlimited samples from your favorite local and regional cideries.
