19 Sep 2024

**🎉 Oktoberfest at Uptown VFW! 🎉**

Join us Sunday, September 29th, 2024, right after the Minnesota Vikings take on the Green Bay Packers!

Festivities kick off at 4:00 PM with live music from Winzige Hosen, contests, games, and food and drink specials.

We’ve partnered with Samuel Adams this year because it’s OK-to-beer-fest!
Bring your own stein or purchase an Uptown VFW & Samuel Adams stein on site.

Uptown VFW Steins will be $10 alone or get a fill of Samuel Adams Octoberfest and keep the stein for $20 ($15 for VFW members). Refill your stein for $10!

Commemorative Uptown VFW Oktoberfest shirts are available at https://shop.uptownvfw.org/products/oktoberfest-2024-shirt

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CONTESTS:
Think you have what it takes to be an Oktoberfest champion? Be sure to sign up at the event for the following contests!

Stein Hoisting:
An Oktoberfest classic! Test your strength and determination against your fellow fest-goers in this contest of wills! We’ll have both men’s and women’s competitions.

Beer Racing:
Think you can drink a pint the fastest? How about you and two of your friends? We’ll have both Singles and Team competitions, with the team competition being a multi-round event.

Best Dressed:
Come clad in your best Oktoberfest digs – lederhosen and dirndls encouraged! Winners of the men’s and women’s competitions will be determined by fellow fest-goers!

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GAMES:
We’ll have stump on hand, provided by Duke Cannon. If you’re looking to change up your grooming routine, check out Duke Cannon’s range of soaps, lotions, and more. There will also be cornhole on deck, as well as giant Jenga and other games.

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No entry fee, enjoy food and drink specials all night long. All proceeds go to support veterans causes.

Come for the game, stay for the party — don’t miss out!

Prost! 🍻

17 Sep 2024

We love to party, so why not throw a bash to celebrate the official kickoff of Oktoberfest in Germany along with the release of some awesome beers! We are closing down the street and will have German themed trivia, German themed food, Live music (7-10pm) and of course the release of our 2024 Oktoberfest beers (Märzen & FestBier)!

15 Sep 2024

Bring the WHOLE Family… (No, Seriously The Kids, Grandma, Everyone!)
Popular Twin Cities Oktoberfest Boasts Beer, BUT ALSO Activities For All Ages

WHAT: 3rd Annual Minnesota Oktoberfest 2024

Enjoy brews, food, live music, fall harvest vendors and countless ways for the entire family to connect in the spirit of this annual fall German festival celebrating Bavarian culture. Get ready to toe tap and twirl for an unforgettable Oktoberfest experience including a robust live entertainment schedule happening in unison with the start of Oktoberfest in Germany!

Saturday guests will also enjoy the Oktoberfest Markt featuring 40 local vendors alongside concessions, traditional German fare from St. Peter Lutheran Church and Food Trucks including: B’s on the River, Top Pierogi, Wonder Ice Cream, Deutschland Meats out of Lindstrom, Cindy’s Bavarian Nuts out of Delano and Midlife Coffee. Beer, wine, cider and mixed drinks in cans will also be available. On Saturday, the first 500 guests will also get a complimentary mug!

Enjoy FREE Kid’s Activities Area on Saturday led by the Delano High School students from the Orange Crush Robotics Team. Offerings are perfect for all ages and include canvas and watercolor painting area, bouncy houses, tug-of-war, cornhole, interaction with the Jimi the Polka Pirate and other activities for the entire family.

WHEN: Friday & Saturday, September 20 & 21
Friday: 4:30 pm to 11 pm
Saturday: 11 am – 10 pm

WHERE: Delano Central Park
650 River St N.
Delano, MN 55328

SCHEDULE:

Friday, September 20, 2024

5 pm – 11 pm – Bavarian Bingo
5 pm-6:15 pm-Alex Meixner Band
6:15 pm-6:30 pm-Keg Blessing & Tapping- National Anthem of the United States & Die Bayernhymne
6:30 pm-8 pm-Alpensterne Band
8 pm-9:30 pm-Alex Meixner Band
9:30 pm-11 pm-Alpensterne Band

Saturday, September 21, 2024

11 am – 7 pm- FREE Kids’ Activities Area
11 am – 10 pm Bavarian Bingo
11 am – 7 pm- Oktoberfest Markt
11 am-12:30 pm-The Wendinger Band
12:30 pm-1 pm-S.G. Edelweiss Schuhplattlers
1 pm-2:30 pm-The Wendinger Band
2:30 pm-3:30 pm-Dale Pexa Band
3:30 pm-4 pm–S.G. Edelweiss Schuhplattlers
4 pm-5:30 pm-Alex Meixner Band
5:30 pm-6 pm-Polka Pirate Show
6 pm-7 pm-Dale Pexa Band
7 pm-7:30 pm-Keg Blessing & Tapping-National Anthem of the United States & Die Bayernhymne
7:30 pm-8:30 pm-Dale Pexa Band
8:30 pm-10 pm-Alex Meixner Band

TICKETS: $5 over 21 Years-Old (Under 21 is FREE) AT THE GATE
MORE INFO: https://stpeterlc.org/events/minnesota-oktoberfest-2024/

14 Sep 2024

Join us at Fulton’s Oktoberfest, a Northeast Minneapolis tradition.

Enjoy the largest selection of German beer you can find under one tent in the Twin Cities this fall; including favorites like Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr in iconic styles such as Oktoberfest Bier, Hefeweizen, Festbier, Munich Dark, and more. Our brewers have you covered with Fulton’s locally produced traditional German-style Festbier.

Your kids will have a space to play and enjoy while you prost with the best of ’em. Kinderhaus will feature a tented area for families with free tabletop activities for your kinder to enjoy while you hoist a beer (or two).

Enjoy traditional German food in between beer-drinking made by our very own Taproom Kitchen team.

Dress up, and bring your own stein! If you don’t remember to grab the dusty-hand-me-down-ceramic mug you’ve had in your cupboard since last Oktoberfest, we will have you covered with steins for purchase at the event. All draft beer is served in steins, so you must have one if you’re interested in the beers on draft.

Our Oktoberfest is a token economy. What does that mean? It just means that all beer purchased at the event will be done so via tokens. This allows us to separate the bar from the POS system and is proven to speed up lines and wait times when getting and refilling your beer(s). When you arrive at Oktoberfest, simply head to the token station and exchange your money for however many tokens you plan to use. 1 token = one, .5L beer. 2 tokens = one, 1L beer. Each token will be sold at a flat rate of $10, inclusive of hefty event + sales tax.

Our event is free to the public and open to all. Compete in stein-holding contests, sausage toss competitions, polka with the Edelweiss dancers, and enjoy live music from bands of the Polish persuasion. Das ist gut!

22 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”

22 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”

22 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”

21 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”

21 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”

21 Sep 2023

Oktoberfest at Waldmann features more than twenty live musical performances, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss German dancers, games, contests, festival food and of course great Oktoberfest beers, wines and non-alcoholic beverages–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s historic Biergarten. If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, Oktoberfest at Waldmann may be the next best prost! Tickets $7.50 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Two weekends: September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Sundays are Family Days with free admission for kids and Waldmann’s home-made root beer served fresh from the keg. See website for parking and other details.”