Oktoberfest in Massachusetts 2024
Are you ready to enjoy good German beer and cuisine? In September and October 2024, there will be a number of places to enjoy Oktoberfest in Massachusetts. Unsurprisingly, many of these fall German festivals are centered around Boston. If you are looking for a good Boston Oktoberfest, look no further than the Samuel Adams brewery, home to one of America’s most popular Octoberfest beers.
2024 was a great year for Oktoberfest! We'll be back with more next year.
Looks like plenty of great Oktoberfest parties running all the way up to November to enjoy, so Prost!
All events showing current dates need to be verified to confirm that changes to the schedule were not made by the organizers after publication here. We do not run these events, and would hate for anyone to go out of their way only to find the event had been canceled after releasing a date. Please click through to the event website to confirm! Be safe and have a great fall!
2024 Events
BSV Oktoberfest - Walpole, MA - Sep 7 to Sep 8, 2024
Several thousand attend this two day Oktoberfest with German food, beer, games and even a full-contact medieval fighting exhibition. Location: 8 County St, Walpole, MA 02081
Oktoberfest at DBco - Dorchester, MA - Sep 14 to Sep 21, 2024
Kick off Oktoberfest with fresh Oktoberfest beers in traditional German liter steins, traditional food, live German band and more!
Oktoberfest Weekend at Cape Cod Beer - Hyannis, MA - Sep 21, 2024
German food, Cape Cod Beer and live music at this family friendly event. Free admission on Sunday
Harpoon Octoberfest - Boston, MA - Oct 4 to Oct 5, 2024
Octoberfest has been going strong in fall at Harpoon in Boston for more than two decades. It includes Harpoon beer, German food, Oompah bands, chicken dancing, keg bowling game, and German chocolate cake-eating contest. Check out Dogtoberfest with your pup that weekend too! Location: 306 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210
OktoberFest at Wachusett Mountain - Princeton, MA - Oct 5 to Oct 6, 2024
This is the season for beautiful foliage, tasty beer and camaraderie among friends! Raise your steins and toss the empty kegs as you eat, drink and celebrate with live German music, contests, shows, craft and farmers’ market vendors, and activities for the whole family.
Douglas Octoberfest - Douglas, MA - Oct 5, 2024
Douglas’ most popular local event is its Octoberfest street fair. There’s lots of entertainment, rides and games. Proceeds from many food booths, games, and childrens’ activities go to support local community groups. Main St, Douglas
NB Oktoberfest - New Bedford, MA - Oct 5, 2024
It’s a local fundraiser sponsored by the South Coast Business Alliance, featuring local, seasonal craft brews and live music. It runs from 3:00 pm to 12:00 am. Almost 50 total brews including 35 regional beers, sangria, cider & gluten free beer as well. Location: Pier 3, New Bedford
Mashpee Oktoberfest - Mashpee, MA - Oct 5, 2024
Annual Oktoberfest held at Mashpee Commons and hosted by the city’s recreation department.
Harpoon Dogtoberfest - Boston, MA - Oct 6, 2024
This fundraising event welcomes dog lovers and their furry friends to the Harpoon Brewery to celebrate Octoberfest! Stretch those legs with a 1-mile fun run/walk with your pup, then join our “barking lot†party with the freshest Harpoon beer, food trucks and music. We’ll even have a Harpoon Dog Beer made from a 100% malted barley mash with powdered peanut butter directly to the kettle boil! This “beer†contains no alcohol or hops (which is poisonous to dogs), and it is non-carbonated. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kenary Brain Tumor Research Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as well as the MSPCA.
Oktoberfest in Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA - Oct 6, 2024
Annual Oktoberfest attended by 200,000 includes legendary HONK parade, Sam Adams Beer Garden, 50+ international food vendors, multiple stages of live entertainment and sidewalk vendors along with family friendly
Oktoberfest Amherst - Hadley, MA - Oct 19, 2024
The event will take place 12 – 5 PM at the nonprofit Young Men’s Club in Hadley, MA. Proceeds will create two college funds for low income families in the area.
Chatham Oktoberfest - Chatham, MA - Oct 19, 2024
Held at Kate Gould Park is this Oktoberfest with great beers, bratwurst, cupcake contests, kid’s games, and Pumpkin People in the Park. Event takes place between 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. The huge pumpkin people will remain on display through Halloween.
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Past Events
Ipswich Ale Oktoberfest - Ipswich, MA - Sep 23, 2023
Held at the Brewer’s Table at Ipswich Ale, with a pay-as-you-go Oktoberfest, with their Chucktoberfest and more on tap, German food, live music, and stein-hoisting competition.
Duxbury Oktoberfest - Marshfield, MA - Sep 23, 2023
Participants will enjoy beers provided by local craft brewers, including special fall seasonal releases, plus German red and white wines. They’ll serve up a dinner of hearty, traditional, Bavarian fare, and celebrate the season dancing to lively music! Join in the fun and enter contests for the Best Dirndl and Lederhosen costumes, hefty stein-holding, and yodeling! 21+
Notch Oktoberfest - Salem, MA - Sep 18, 2022
Classic German fare, desserts, and cold session beer for sale will greet you at this Oktoberfest, along with the musical talents of an authentic German band
Newburyport Oktoberfest - Newburyport, MA - Oct 16, 2021
Night Shift Oktoberfest - Everett, MA - Sep 25 to Sep 26, 2021
Prost to lagers, pretzels, and all things fall. Night Shift Brewing is offering up new beer releases, Oktoberfest flights, German food and music, stein hoisting competition and more.
German American Business Council of Boston Oktoberfest! - Boston, MA - Sep 25, 2019
Celebrate this year’s Oktoberfest at Democracy Brewery, a cool new brewery reminiscent of a German-style beerhall right in the heart of Downtown Boston. They’ll have their own private room, Democracy Brewing’s beer will be flowing and they’ll will have German-style food to accompany the festivities!
Oktoberfest at Olde Magoun’s Saloon - Somerville, MA -
We hope you enjoy these celebrations of Oktoberfest. Let us know below which one you've headed to and which one you like the best!
We have added maps with the locations of each Oktoberfest. We may not have had the exact location for each Oktoberfest so in some instances we have placed the marker in the general vicinity of the Oktoberfest. Be sure to get specific directions from another source and do not solely rely on our map at the moment. We have also noticed that the markers may not show up on some mobile browsers. We will work to sort out this bug in the future.
Please confirm dates, locations and activities available at the Oktoberfest before going. That's one reason that we provide a website address when we find one. We attempt to ensure that the information for each Oktoberfest is accurate but there are bound to be a few errors. If you let us know when you find one, we will fix it. In some cases, we may link to last year's event when information for this year is not yet available. Do not be fooled.
The festivals listed range in size. Some events may have hundreds of thousands of attendees. Others may have only a handful. We're sorry that we don't have more information about attendance numbers at the moment. We will do our best to add this information as time goes on.
Professionalism varies as well. Some Oktoberfests are professional operations with large budgets. Others are local operations run by volunteers. Do your due diligence before making plans to attend so that you know what to expect. We will happily publish information about your experience with any Oktoberfest so that our visitors will be better informed in the future.
Some Oktoberfests are more family friendly than others. If you have small children, look for an Oktoberfest that has activities for kids. Other events start out with family friendly activities and become more adult oriented as it becomes later in the evening.
Not all Oktoberfest celebrations will be authentic German festival experiences. Some may simply be an excuse to drink rather than celebrate German heritage. Some may call themselves Oktoberfest but provide local or seasonal beer rather than authentic German Oktoberfest beer. Be sure to consider the type of celebration that you are looking to attend when you pick your Oktoberfest.
Activities offered at each Oktoberfest varies. Some activities that you may find are parades, keg tapping ceremony, beer gardens, Miss Oktoberfest or costume contests, stein holding contests, bratwurst eating contest, chicken dance, wiener races, keg toss, live German bands and local entertainment, polka dancing and fairground games. Some Oktoberfest events will just have beer and brats.
Please don't drink and drive. We want everyone to get home safe. Use a designated driver or take public transportation. Uber and Lyft often offer ride credits for new users.
We've got some other resources that would help you prepare for Oktoberfest as well. Read about the history of Oktoberfest. Learn about Oktoberfest beer. Find the words to Oktoberfest music. Plan your Oktoberfest outfit. And try cooking some of these Oktoberfest recipes.
Do you run one of the Oktoberfests listed? Feel free to send us additional information and we will add it. We apologize for any errors: send us corrections or updates if you find them! We also love to list new Oktoberfests, and have advertising solutions if you'd like to reach a wider audience.
Find other fun things to do in Massachusetts in fall:
Massachusetts Festivals
Massachusetts Corn Mazes
Massachusetts Ghost Tours
Haunted Houses in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Pumpkin Patches
OKTOBERFEST
Turner Hall Pavilion
60 Branch St, Clinton
Saturday Sept. 28, 2013
12-5 pm
FUN FOR ALL AGES!
German music provided by “The Mad Bavarian Brass Band”
German Food & Burgers/Dogs/German Beer/Bake sale table
Many Activities, Including
Face Painting~Moonwalk ~Games~Races –All day…Money Wheel ~
Horseshoe Tournament—1 pm sharp! $5 entry fee, sign up at 12:30 pm, draw for partner, cash prize
SHOP TIL YOU DROP !! INSIDE OUR BUILDING
Pampered Chef-Mary Kay-Pink Papaya-PartyLite-Thirty One-Tastefully Simple-J & J Enterprises
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-FREE ADMISSION
OKTOBERFEST
Turner Hall Pavilion
60 Branch St, Clinton
Saturday Sept. 20, 2014
12-5 pm
FUN FOR ALL AGES!
German music provided by “The Mad Bavarian Brass Band”
German Food & Burgers/Dogs/German Beer/Bake sale table
Many Activities, Including
Face Painting~Moonwalk ~Games~Races –All day…Money Wheel ~
Horseshoe Tournament—1 pm sharp! $5 entry fee, sign up at 12:30 pm, draw for partner, cash prize
SHOP TIL YOU DROP !! INSIDE OUR BUILDING
Pampered Chef-Mary Kay-Pink Papaya-PartyLite-Thirty One-Tastefully Simple-J & J Enterprises
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-FREE ADMISSION
OKTOBERFEST
Turner Hall Pavilion
60 Branch St, Clinton
Saturday OCTOBER 3rd, 2015
12-5 pm
FUN FOR ALL AGES!
German music provided by “The Mad Bavarian Brass Band”
German Food & Burgers/Dogs/German Beer/Bake sale table
Many Activities, Including
Face Painting~Moonwalk ~Games~Races –All day…Money Wheel ~
Horseshoe Tournament—1 pm sharp! $5 entry fee, sign up at 12:30 pm, draw for partner, cash prize
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-FREE ADMISSION