Oktoberfest in Utah 2024
There are only a few places to celebrate Oktoberfest in Utah in September and October 2024. If you live in the Salt Lake City area, make the short drive to the annual, multi-weekend event at Snowbird for German food, beer and fun. It has been named one of the best in the country. If you are aware of other German festivals in the area, please let us know about them!
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
Snowbird Oktoberfest - Snowbird, UT - Aug 10 to Oct 13, 2024
Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 pm on the designated weekends. The Snowbird Ski Resort (located southeast of Salt Lake City) hosts Utah’s most popular German festival. Over 60,000 attend this annual Utah Oktoberfest which started in 1973. Get a taste of Bavaria with authentic food, live German music and yodelers. Local breweries will also be featured. Arts and crafts from local and regional artists will be offered for sale in Der Marktplatz. A ceremonial one litre beer stein is available for collectors. Last year, it kicked off the celebration with a 3K Lederhosen race on the opening day. There was also a Grand Oktoberfest on Labor Day weekend with procession, ceremonial keg tapping and best costume contest to crown Miss and Mister Oktoberfest. Visitors generally consume some 6,000 pounds of weisswurst and bratwurst, 4,500 pounds of chicken and 2,000 Granny Smith apples are eaten in the delicious apple strudel.
Oktoberfest at Brian Head - Brian Head, UT - Sep 14, 2024
Enjoy beer among the fall colors of Brian Head, plus live bands performing throughout the day
You should definitely check out nearby states that will have more Oktoberfest celebrations: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming.
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Past Events
Iron Springs Oktoberfest - Cedar City, UT - Oct 6 to Oct 7, 2023
A two-day pass is $5 per person and under 3 yrs is FREE. Come and enjoy two days of Biketoberfest, Pickleball Tournament, food, Biergarten, music, performances, vendors, games, family fun, petting farm, pony rides, and much more
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 Utah in fall:
Utah Festivals
Utah Corn Mazes
Utah Ghost Tours
Haunted Houses in Utah
Utah Pumpkin Patches
most of the Germans in Utah are Mormon, clown.. get over it
as are most of the Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, and most other people from Northern &Eastern Europe, particularly the Germanic people
what a wanker..
My clown shoes arrive next week. Thanks for the Halloween costume suggestion!
I’ve been trying to find out the history of the Oktoberfest here in Utah. I was under the impression that a couple (Horst and Marianne Young) who escaped out of East Berlin and eventually immigrated to Utah. After visiting Snowbird it reminded them of their beautiful homeland and began the festival there. Does anyone have any deeper information on it’s origin here…?
Is there a Volksmarching group in UT? If so, if there a schedule of marches?