Oktoberfest in Texas 2024

There are 2.5 million residents of the Lone Star State claiming German heritage and many will head to a Texas Oktoberfest in September or October 2024.

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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

Walburg German Restaurant Oktoberfest - Walburg, TX - Aug 30 to Sep 1, 2024
Live entertainment, family friendly, and beer garden

Rahr Oktoberfest 5K - Fort Worth, TX - Sep 14, 2024
5k run/walk and 10k run, followed by live German polka and beer garden to benefit Fort Worth Police Officers’ Foundation. Location: 701 Galveston, Fort Worth, Texas

Addison Oktoberfest - Addison, TX - Sep 19 to Sep 22, 2024
You can find a Dallas Oktoberfest in Addison, located just north of Dallas. They transform the Addison Conference Centre into an authentic Munich beer hall with a Texas twist. It is considered one of the most authentic Oktoberfest celebrations in the United States. More than 70,000 will enjoy German food, Paulaner beer, live music, polka, folk dancing, and children’s entertainment. Admission cost varies by day. There is also a three course tasting dinner served by Chamerlain’s Brau Haus for $49 per person.

Fort Bliss MWR Oktoberfest - Fort Bliss, TX - Sep 20 to Sep 22, 2024
Fort Bliss Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation is organizing this event that has traditionally been run by the German air force. About 1500 are expected to attend on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $35 each. Price gets you a traditional German meal and beer stein. Must purchase beer separately. Sunday is a free family day and open to all ages.

Banger’s Oktoberfest - Austin, TX - Sep 26 to Sep 28, 2024

Oktoberfest Fort Worth at Panther Island Pavilion - Fort Worth, TX - Sep 26 to Sep 28, 2024
Oktoberfest, zie fest with zie best, is back in Fort Worth! Hosted by Panther Island Pavilion, it’s an authentic German celebration with just the right amount of Texas thrown in to make it unique. You’ll find authentic German food, music, dancing, games, biergartens, dachshund races, as well as Spaten and other Fall and Oktoberfest craft beers from around the country.

McKinney Oktoberfest - McKinney, TX - Sep 27 to Sep 29, 2024
Family friendly event with German food, music, drinks and childrens activities. The “beer garden” is 14 blocks in the Historic Downtown square. Since 2008.

Oktoberfest Dallas - Dallas, TX - Sep 28, 2024
Annual event brought to you by the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. Live music, biergarten, food and kids activity area. Be there for the tapping of the keg.

Oktoberfest Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, TX - Oct 4 to Oct 6, 2024
If you are looking for an Austin Oktoberfest, we encourage you to check out the Fredericksburg Oktoberfest, located 90 minutes east of Austin. It will celebrate with three stages of oompah music, German bier tent, Kinder Park area for kids, arts & crafts, domino tournament and the chicken dance. Location: 100 West Main, Fredericksburg

Oktoberfest Granbury - Granbury, TX - Oct 4 to Oct 6, 2024
3 day event to be held just off the courthouse square, free to the public, continuous live music, German food and beverages, arts and craft vendors, family fun, contests and prizes.

Muenster Oktoberfest - Muenster, TX - Oct 4 to Oct 6, 2024
Stein hoisting competition, .5k beer run, dirndl and lederhosen, weiner dog race, tapping of the keg, food and more

Oktoberfest at Beethoven Maennerchor - San Antonio, TX - Oct 4 to Oct 12, 2024
Friday and Saturday for 2 weekends!

De Kalb Texas Oktoberfest - De Kalb, TX - Oct 5, 2024
Held annually on the first Saturday in October. Kickoff the event with the Firemen’s pancake breakfast. There’s a parade, talent show, beauty pageant, street dance, classic car exhibit, gymnastics demonstration, carnival, Kids Korner, Lollie Moser Memorial Art Show, Quilts Expo and face painting. Events on the previous Saturday (last Saturday of September) include chili cook off, softball tournament cornhole tournament and 5k. There is also a carnival over Oktoberfest weekend (F-Sun).

AustOberfest - Austin, TX - Oct 5, 2024
All you can eat sausage and bier tasting event. Celebrate your German heritage in Central Texas with German beer, sausages, live music and bowling! According to the Austin Chronicle, “the German-Texan Heritage Society certainly brings the most authentic Oktoberfest game in town”

Oktoberfest Southlake - Southlake, TX - Oct 11 to Oct 13, 2024
100,000 are expected at this free annual Texas Oktoberfest with food, beverages, arts & crafts, live music, childrens area and wiener dog race.

Celina Oktoberfest - Celina, TX - Oct 12, 2024
Amazing eats, shopping, live entertainment, and hourly kid and adult activities.

Texas Renaissance Festival Oktoberfest Weekend - Todd Mission, TX - Oct 12 to Oct 13, 2024
German music, dancing, bratwurst and steins of beer take over the Texas Renaissance Festival for the weekend. Keg tapping, parade, and three contests for stein holding, bratwurst eating and the Bavarian costume contest. Location: 21778 FM 1774, Todd Mission, TX 77363

German-Texan Heritage Society Oktoberfest - Austin, TX - Oct 12, 2024
Celebrate Oktoberfest at the German-Texan Heritage Society from 11am – 7pm. Come and enjoy some Gemuetlichkeit, German food and beer as well as live bands.

Katy Rice Harvest Festival - Katy, TX - Oct 12 to Oct 13, 2024
Features two stages of continuous live entertainment, craft and food booths and family fun. Don’t miss the Oktoberfest on Friday night to kickoff the weekend! Held in historic Downtown Katy between Avenues A and C, 2nd and 3rd Streets.

Kaufman Harvest Fest - Kaufman, TX - Oct 12, 2024
This annual festival celebrates the community and entertains visitors and residents. The day kicks off with a parade. There will be family-friendly activities and vendors, as well as live music, on the Downtown Square.

St. Joseph’s Oktoberfest - Waxahachie, TX - Oct 19, 2024
St Joseph Catholic School hosts this one day annual festival thirty minutes south of Dallas. German food and BBQ, biergarten, 40+ vendor booths. Kinderfest with children’s games such as basketball shoot, skeeball, Star Wars laser tag, plinko, fish pond and horserace. Raffle with prizes. Free admission and free parking.

Surftoberfest - Corpus Christi, TX - Oct 19, 2024
Outdoor fall festival with food, live music, and beer, plus a stein holding compeition, lederhosen contest, arts & crafts, and more!

The Kingwood Oktoberfest - Kingwood, TX - Oct 19, 2024
German food and music

Island Oktoberfest - Galveston, TX - Oct 25 to Oct 26, 2024
Authentic German food, live music, beer, games and more at this annual Galveston Oktoberfest hosted by First Lutheran Church. It will run from 5 to 10 PM on Friday night and 11 AM to 10 PM on Satuday. Admission is free.

Wurstfest - New Braunfels, TX - Nov 1 to Nov 10, 2024
A celebration of German culture with food, German, Texan and domestic beer, live music and Bavarian entertainment, dancing, carnival rides and games.

You probably don’t need to leave the state of Texas to find another Oktoberfest, but you might decide to head to a nearby state celebrating Oktoberfest: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

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Past Events

Alamo Beer Company Oktoberfest - San Antonio, TX - Oct 18 to Oct 22, 2023
In line with authentic Oktoberfest tradition, the festivities kick off Friday with a tapping of the keg by Mayor Ron Nirenberg. They’ll have live German music all 3 days, clogging performances, Bavarian food offerings, and a full selection of Alamo beers—including their Oktoberfest Marzenbier—on tap

King’s Oktoberfest - Houston, TX - Oct 13 to Oct 14, 2023
Two weekends, one at Houston and one at League City.. Huge Oktoberfest party in Pearland! Food, Fun. Bier plus live music! Ceremonial keg tapping, jousting and strong man competitions. Oktoberfest photo booth too!

Oktoberfest Houston - Houston, TX - Sep 30, 2023
Head to Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park for Houston’s only Beer Fest with a German twist. Put on your Lederhosen and Dirndls and enjoy a variety of German and Craft beer with some of the best polka music in Texas. Portion of proceeds to benefit local non-profit, Play for Life Houston.

Whitestone Brewery Oktoberfest - Cedar Park, TX - Sep 24, 2022
Live music, cask tapping, food specials, stein hoist, and beer releases

West Hickory Street 5K and Oktoberfest - Denton, TX - Oct 5, 2019
The day kicks off with a 5K and costume contest, followed by live music, food, weiner dog races, stein hoists, beer and more! Formerly Fry Street Oktoberfest.

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 Texas in fall:

Texas Festivals
Texas Corn Mazes
Texas Ghost Tours
Haunted Houses in Texas
Texas Pumpkin Patches.

12 thoughts on “Oktoberfest in Texas 2024

  1. Gilbert & Anna Flores says:

    Is there an Octoberfest this coming Saturday, October 27, 2012 in Waxahachie Texas ? and what is the Website for us to look at for times and events?

  2. Gulf Coast Festivals says:

    Notice!
    The 1st annunal Kemah Octoberfest 2013 will be held Oct. 4,5,6, in the heart of the city parking lot!
    Please check out the web site and let us know what we need to do to get listed on your Great Web Site!!
    Thanks for having a web site for Octoberfest!!
    Doug Davenport
    CEO/President
    Gulf Coast Festivals

  3. Megan says:

    Huge Oktoberfest party in Pearland this weekend! Oct. 26th, 27th. and 28th 2014! King’s Biergarten and Restaurant, 1329 East Broadway, Pearland, TX 77581 Food, Fun. Bier plus live music!

  4. jay says:

    Two weekends of Bavarian Bier, Food, Live Music and Fun starts September 30th at the Bier Garten Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX! Prost Y’all!!!!

  5. JoseL says:

    Does somebody knows if this year, is going to be an Oktoberfest at the Bier Garten Riverwalk, San Antonio like last year?? Somebody??

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