Oktoberfest comes to Bayreuth with the cold. The beer halls handle the loud nights with live music, giant steins and dancing, and lederhosen stay optional. The communal tables carry the quiet ones, bratwurst and pretzels arriving steadily with a band playing somewhere in the corner. Or a good beer with friends and an early night home. Explore Oktoberfest 2026 events and parties around Bayreuth, compare the dates, and book your tickets before they sell out.
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Fri, Oct 2Jahnstraße 10, 95511 Mistelbach, Germany
🍺 Oktoberfest beim TSV Mistelbach 🍺 Am 02.10. heißt es: O’zapft is! Ab 18 Uhr feiern wir gemeinsam im Sportheim 🥨 Brotzeitklassiker & kühle Getränke 🎶 Live-Musik mit Marcel Benker ab 19 Uhr 🆓 Eintritt frei 👉 Tischreservierung bei Carsten Katholing
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Outfits, steins and party kit for the season. Check delivery dates before you order.
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Dirndl dressBodice, blouse, skirt and apronShop on Amazon 
Men's lederhosenLeather shorts, braces and allShop on Amazon 
Alpine hatGreen felt, with the featherShop on Amazon 
Trachten suspendersThe look for less, over any checked shirtShop on Amazon 
Lidded beer steinCeramic, with a pewter lidShop on Amazon 
Das Boot glassThe boot-shaped party glassShop on Amazon 
Hammerschlagen gameA stump, nails, a hammer: first nail flush winsShop on Amazon 
Bavarian flagBlue-and-white diamonds for the yardShop on Amazon 
Pretzel saltCoarse salt for homemade BreznShop on Amazon 
Baby lederhosenFor the smallest guestShop on Amazon 
Hot-dog dog costumeFor the dachshund racesShop on Amazon Nearby
Worth the trip from Bayreuth, soonest first.
Fri, Oct 2Güntsch GmbH Bedachungs- & Baustoff-Großhandel, Rudolstadt
Fri, Oct 2Nürnberger Winterhütten
Sat, Oct 3Nepomuk GmbH, Mainbrücke 7, 96264 Altenkunstadt, Lichtenfels
Sat, Oct 3Zur Sause, Zwickau
Thu, Oct 8Lindenstraße 38, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany, Rudolstadt
Fri, Oct 9Bahnhofstr. 1, Cursdorf, Steinach
Oct 10–11Gaststätte Schneehütte, Hof2 days
Where to go
Upper Franconia has more breweries per head than anywhere on earth. Bayreuth's are in the middle of town, and one of them is a museum you can eat in.
Maisel's Bier-Erlebnis-WeltAndreas-Maisel-WegThe tour, then a WeisseWeisswurst veal sausage, eaten before noonFour generations of brewing across 4,500 square metres of the 1887 brewery — the tour ends where it should.Brewery museumSince 1887Their site 
LiebesbierAndreas-Maisel-WegA beer chosen for the plateKäsespätzle cheesy egg noodlesSit inside the working brewery with the brewmasters at eye level, and a beer garden when it is warm.RestaurantTheir site 
Becher BräuBayreuthThe house brew, to the purity lawSchweinshaxe crackling roast pork knuckleFranconian cosiness and beer brewed in its own new brewhouse to old craft methods.BrauereigaststätteTheir site Every link goes to the venue's own site. Hours change — check before you travel.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Bayreuth run from Oct 2 to Oct 2, 2026: 1 event.
Yes: one event is on for Oct 2 – Oct 4, including Misslwoocha Oktoberfest mit Marcel Benker at Jahnstraße 10, 95511 Mistelbach, Germany. Another 5 events are on nearby.
Yes: 8 more events are listed within reach of Bayreuth, in Rudolstadt, N, Lichtenfels and Zwickau and more. The soonest is Oktoberfest @Güntsch GmbH in Rudolstadt, on Fri, Oct 2.
Munich's Oktoberfest runs from September 19 to October 4, 2026, 16 days on the Theresienwiese. It is on now: today is day 11.
Worth the trip
Where the season is the whole city's business, from Munich's meadow to a Bavarian village in the Cascades.
MunichThe original, since 1810
CincinnatiOktoberfest Zinzinnati
KitchenerCanada's biggest
La Crosse, WIOktoberfest USA
Frankenmuth, MIMichigan's Little Bavaria
Leavenworth, WAA Bavarian mountain village
Fredericksburg, TXHill Country's German town
New Ulm, MNSettled by Germans in 1854
DenverDenver Oktoberfest, since 1969
MilwaukeeBrew City's German roots
ChicagoStreet fests all season
New YorkStone Street and the beer hallsKeep exploring
