oktoberfest update 2024

Sep 20-22 & 27-29, 2024

  • FRIDAYS
  • 12-10pm
  • SATURDAYS
  • 12-10pm
  • SUNDAYS
  • 12-7pm

Sundays are Family Days--kids under 5 free!

Live Music schedule HERE • Traditional Dance • Tented Biergarten • German Food • Oktoberfest Beers • Fresh-Brewed Root Beer • Salt-Glazed Anniversary Steins • 2024 Oktoberfest glass tankards and more!

ADMISSION: ADULTS $7.50, 12 AND YOUNGER $3

Because space is limited and we want everyone to experience the fun, a 3-hour limit may apply if capacity is reached.

Parking limited: please Uber, Lyft, Lime, share a ride or bicycle. For parking click HERE

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Save the date for Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest!

Save the dates for Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest, Fridays through Sundays, September 20-22 and 27-29. Featuring live music, dance, games, German food and great Oktoberfest beers–all under a big tent over Waldmann’s beautiful and historic outdoor biergarten! Lore, Lagers and Lotsa Lederhosen!

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7th Anniversary Salt-Glazed Steins

Check out Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest steins handmade by Schilz in Westerwald Germany, family owned since 1661! This year’s design, created by friend and neighbor Rob Olson, honors both Waldmann’s 7th anniversary as well as our W7th neighborhood where Anton Waldmann first opened our saloon in 1857. Available with or without pewter lids, and only at our Oktoberfest.

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German Dance, Story-telling and Puppet Show at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest

You don’t need to renew your passport to see world-class German folk-dance: we’re honored once again to have S.G. Edelweiss perform again this year at Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest. This group recently won 1st Place in North America (Gauverband Nordamerika), and 2nd Place in the world at the prestigious Steinebach am Wörthersee competition near Munich. Come cheer them on as they share their talents both Sundays September 22nd and 29th from 12:30-3pm. Sundays are also Family Days, featuring Zpuppets’ hilarious performance “A la Carte” and free admission for kids under 5! 

Oktoberfest beers 2024

Special Festival Beers at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest

Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest again features Munich’s most storied festival beers: the traditional Märzen-style Oktoberfest and the supremely quaffable Festbier, proclaimed Munich’s official Oktoberfest beer. Maturing in our tanks for months (like all good lagers should!) and brewed with the finest all-German malts and noble hops, Oktoberfest beers don’t get any better than this. 

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Great Music at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest

Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest features two full weekends of fun festival music, including The Joey Johnson Band, Eric Ray & Jim Strehlke, The Jolly Jammers, Twin Cities Brass Band, The Squires, Dan Newton, DD & Company, The Jolly Huntsmen, BrassZilla, Ukrainian Village Band and more. Click HERE for our full schedule of music and entertainment

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Fabulous Food at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest

There’s food for everyone at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest, including our award-winning brats, huge Milwaukee pretzels, house-made mustards, savory mushroom strudel, and mixed-fruit strudel–plus great sides and more. And it all pairs perfectly with Waldmann’s great German beers!

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Test your Mettle at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest

Think this looks easy? Try for yourselves at one of our several steinholding competitions (“Masskrugstemmen”) held each day of Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest. Our record is 5 minutes 27 seconds–but maybe YOU’LL be the one to shatter it! 

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… And Yodel Like No One’s Watching

Yodeling wasn’t invented by Julie Andrews–it goes back centuries among the mountain herders of southern Bavaria and Switzerland. But no matter, you can yodel your heart out at Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest!

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Sundays are Kids Day at Waldmann’s Oktoberfest!

Why is this little guy smiling? Because today and next Sunday are Family Days at Waldmann’s 7th Anniversary Oktoberfest, and kids under 5 enter for free! With both kid- and adult-friendly entertainment like the hilarious Zpuppets’ comical performance “A la Carte,” timeless fairy tales by Gustave Doc’tain casting the kids as actors, traditional dance by S.G. Edelweiss Dancers in full costume, and the Jolly Huntsmen’s chicken dance and foot-stomping polkas, our Oktoberfest is fun for the whole family! 

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Don’t Forget–Waldmann’s Oktoberfest lasts TWO weekends!

Even if you miss our first weekend, don’t cry in your beer–Waldmann’s Oktoberfest lasts TWO weekends, featuring even more entertainment with BrassZilla, The Jolly Huntsmen, Joey Johnson, Twin Cities Brass Band, DD & Company, the award-winning S.G. Edelweiss Dancers and a hilarious return performance by Zpuppets. Lore, Lagers and Lotsa Lederhosen!