Oktoberfest in Arizona 2024
Check out these festivals Oktoberfest 2024 in Arizona, including options in Phoenix and Tucson. With almost one million residents of German descent in Arizona, you can celebrate your German heritage in style at one of the many German festivals Arizona Oktoberfests listed below:
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!
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2024 Events
Sierra Vista Oktoberfest - Sierra Vista, AZ - Sep 13 to Sep 15, 2024
Get ready for Sierra Vista’s favorite fall festival! Live entertainment will enthrall you at Der Biergarten, while the whole family can enjoy a carnival in the park. Food vendors will offer delicious cuisine, including a taste of Germany. And local art and crafts will be on sale in the kuns und handwerk strasse (arts and handwork street).
Lumberyard Brewery Oktoberfest - Flagstaff, AZ - Sep 14, 2024
Beer, music, food and contests with 100% of proceeds going to charity!
Ales on the Rails - Clarkdale, AZ - Sep 17 to Oct 31, 2024
The Oktoberfest-style brews are produced in Arizona breweries. Beers may then be purchased during the railroad’s Fall Colors Tour, along with Verde Canyon Railroad’s own private-label beers from Sedona’s Oak Creek Brewing Company. $10 logo beer glass comes with five beer tastings. An optional lunch for $11 of grilled sausages, special-recipe potato salad and hot pretzels served with a variety of gourmet cheeses perfect for dipping.
SanTan Oktoberfest - Chandler, AZ - Sep 27 to Sep 28, 2024
Typically includes beer, brats, live music/polka, stein races, keg rolling, tricycle races, keg contest, bratwurst eating contests and a beer pong tournament. Attendance is approximately 10,000 according to their sponsorship packet. Held at Dr AJ Chandler Park.
Fountain Hills Oktoberfest - Fountain Hills, AZ - Sep 28 to Sep 29, 2024
2023 – organizers announced this event will take place in even numbered years going forward. Description: Fountain Hills Oktoberfest celebrates adjacent to the Nations 4th tallest fountain with a band flown in from Germany, German food including footlong brats, sauerkraut and potato salad and of course German beer. Kids can enjoy a play area with bounce houses FREE of charge. $5, 12 and under are FREE. Wear your Dirndl and Lederhosen for a free commemorative Oktoberfest pin.
Brew and Brats Oktoberfest - Kingman, AZ - Oct 4 to Oct 5, 2024
Two day Oktoberfest hosted by the Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club. Local craft beer, German food, kids games and live bands. Held at Metcalfe Park (315 W. Beale St.) in Downtown Kingman. Admission is free.
Brat Haus Oktoberfest - Scottsdale, AZ - Oct 5, 2024
Brat Haus is your full Oktoberfest headquarters! They offer a variety of different Bratwursts and European inspired food, including Haus-made pretzels. They always kick off Oktoberfest with a huge party, complete with stein holding contests, live polka bands, dancing and lots of other games and activities! All throughout Oktoberfest there will be food and drink specials including traditional German Festival Foods and all the great German Beers you can handle!
Flagstaff Oktoberfest - Flagstaff, AZ - Oct 5, 2024
Flagstaff will see its annual Arizona Oktoberfest on Saturday at Wheeler Park from 11 AM to 8 PM. The event supports the Flagstaff Sunrise Lions Club. Live polka music, German beer, and free root beer floats for kids in the root beer garden. Contests for yodeling, costume, brat eating and beer hoisting.
Four Peaks Oktoberfest @ Tempe Town Lake - Tempe, AZ - Oct 11 to Oct 13, 2024
Haus Murphy’s Oktoberfest - Glendale, AZ - Oct 11 to Oct 26, 2024
Saturday and Sunday only. German restaurant Haus Murphy’s in Glendale hosts an Oktoberfest celebration for three weekends in October.
Safford Harvest Festival - Safford, AZ - Oct 19, 2024
10 to 4 pm at Safford City Hall Lawn. Kids games and activities including pumpkin carving contest and kids fashion show. Free admission.
ASH Oktoberfest and Fall Festival - Chandler, AZ - Oct 26, 2024
The Arizona Society of Homebrewer’s annual Oktoberfest.
Once you have exhausted this list of Oktoberfest festivals, why don’t you try some of the celebrations in nearby states of California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
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Past Events
Safford Oktoberfest - Safford, AZ - Oct 20, 2023
On the lawn at City Hall, a fundraiser for United Way. Beer garden, entertainment, corn hole, food vendors and more
Red Rocks Oktoberfest - Sedona, AZ - Oct 14, 2023
2024 – cancelled. Will be back next year. Description: This Sedona Oktoberfest happens 3-8 PM on Saturday night. Local Arizona craft brewers will bring Oktoberfest beers. German style bratwurst, potato salad, and big pretzels!
Tucson Oktoberfest - Tucson, AZ - Oct 7, 2023
Enjoy German-stule craft beers, food vendors, live music, stein hoisting contest, and more. Fundraiser
Litchfield Park Oktoberfest - Litchfield Park, AZ - Oct 7, 2023
The Wigwam Resort hosts an annual Arizona Oktoberfest on its front lawn with a costume contest, dance demonstrations, live music by Denny and the Polka Dots, and more. Admission: $10 for 12 and over. Food and drink are extra.
Pedal Haus Oktoberfest – Chandler - Chandler, AZ - Sep 30 to Oct 1, 2023
A block party with live music; brats, burgers and beers; sausage eating contest; stein holding; polka bands and carnival games
Heber/Overgaard Oktoberfest - Heber-Overgaard, AZ - Sep 30 to Oct 1, 2023
Annual Oktoberfest in the Pines held at Tall Timbers County Park. Classic car show, beer garden, anvil shoots, hay rides, and kids inflatables. There will also be over 60 arts and crafts vendors.
German Fest at Westside Lilo’s Cafe - Seligman, AZ - Oct 1, 2022
They’ll be serving brats, leberkase and pretzels, as well as Oktoberfest Bier from Hofbrau Munchen! They are along Scenic Route 66 (I-40) so make a day of it.
Pedal Haus Oktoberfest – Tempe - Tempe, AZ - Oct 9, 2021
The Oktoberfest hoopla begins with a stein holding competition and fan-favorite sausage eating contest, all accompanied by a live German polka band from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and festive Oktoberfest decor. Oktoberfest attire is encouraged for the party
Dogtoberfest - Prescott, AZ - Oct 3, 2021
HUGE event with 30 rescues and animal-related vendors. Fun in the sun on the lake with 100’s of dogs. They need your help to find homes for their rescue pups.
Scottstoberfest - Scottsdale, AZ - Oct 5, 2019
Local food trucks and vendors serving classic German food will be on-site serving up delicious dishes including bratwurst, sauerkraut and spatetzle. The event will feature Samuel Adams Oktoberfest beer plus giant interactive games, a cornhole tournament and stein hoisting contests will take place throughout the day. Winner of the stein hoisting contest will win a trip to Boston for a two night stay and tour of the Sam Adams brewery. 21+ event
Rickety Cricket Oktoberfest - Lake Havasu City, AZ -
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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.
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The 2015 Fountain Hills Oktoberfest is on October 25 and 26 from 5 to 10pm. Located by the world’s 5th tallest fountain in fountain park. The event is family friendly and celebrates the 200+ year traditions of Oktoberfest in style with a band flown in from Germany, delicious foot-long Brats with homemade Sauerkraut and German potato salad, Pretzels and mouthwatering apple strudel. Audience participation in contests with prizes and complimentary bounce houses in the kids area.
The Old World Phoenix Oktoberfest has moved to Peoria! The construction of the Margret T. Hance Park closes the park for a year and the City of Peoria has invited us with open arms. It will be our tenth anniversary for the most original Oktoberfest at the Centennial Park in Peoria