Long Beach keeps Oktoberfest on the calendar. The beer gardens handle the loud nights with live music, giant steins and dancing, and the lederhosen stay optional. On the calmer ones you finish with company you didn't arrive with, at long tables loaded with bratwurst, pretzels and German food. Or a good beer with friends, and home before it gets late. Check what's happening for Oktoberfest 2026 in Long Beach, see which night suits, and book your tickets before they're claimed.
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Best with kidsSat, Oct 3Trademark Brewing
Willkommen! Oktoberfest comes to Trademark with Doodlefest Don your lederhosen and hoist a stein with your best furry friend at Trademark Brewing! Celebrate the Oktoberfest season at Trademark B
Free – $17.85Live musicFamily-friendly
Best for a dateSun, Oct 11Long Beach Beer Lab (Wrigley)
Aloha & Prost! We’re blending our 9th Anniversary with tropical breeze & Bavarian brawn for a wild hybrid beer bash we call TIKITOBERFEST This ain’t your grandma’s Oktoberfest (unless she loves tiki
FreeLive music
Best for groupsOct 30 – Nov 1Long Beach3 days
The top Halloween party this holiday. Join Zombie Crawl pub crawl. Visit multiple Halloween celebrations with free entry and drink discounts
Bar crawl
Get the look
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 Long Beach, soonest first.
Fri, Oct 2The Brews Hall - Del Amo, Torrance
Free
Worth the tripFri, Oct 21101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona
Fri, Oct 21101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona
Fri, Oct 2Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe, Los Angeles
$17.85 – $28.92
Sat, Oct 3LEMON PARK (RANCHO TAPO COMMUNITY PARK), Simi Valley
$25 – $2,669.52Live music
Sat, Oct 3Left Coast Brewing Co. - Tasting Room, Smokehouse & Distillery Ontario, North Haven Avenue, Ontario, CA, USA
$40 – $75
Oct 10–11Santa Anita Park, Arcadia2 days
Before you go
Tickets, timing, what to wear, and whether the kids can come.
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Every organiser sets its own prices, and entry, food and drink are often sold separately. Check what a ticket covers before you buy.
In Long Beach: 2 of 3 free to get in.
Weekend afternoons fill up first. Go early if you want a table.
Dirndl or Lederhosen are welcome, never required. In Bavaria they are everyday clothes, not a costume.
Traditionally said, from the wearer's side. A custom, not a rule.
Festivals in parks and streets are usually all ages; events in bars are often 21+. The listing says which.
In Long Beach: 1 family-friendly event.
Eat and drink
Same word, two beers: Munich pours a pale lager, North America an amber one.
What Munich pours
What North America calls Oktoberfest
Only these six Munich breweries may pour at the Wiesn. Their festival beers are the real thing.
1 litre
A Maß is more than two US pints of 6% lager. Eat something with it. In Munich in 2026 one costs about €15.61.
Most eatenHendl
Spit-roasted half chicken
Schweinshaxe
Crackling roast pork knuckle
Brezn
The giant salted pretzel
Bratwurst
Grilled sausage in a roll
Weisswurst
Veal sausage, eaten before noon
Obatzda
Beer-garden cheese spread
Steckerlfisch
Whole fish grilled on a stick
VegetarianKäsespätzle
Cheesy egg noodles
Kartoffelpuffer
Crisp potato pancakes
Radi
Spiral-cut salted radish
Kaiserschmarrn
Torn pancake with plum compote
Gebrannte Mandeln
Warm candied almonds
Dampfnudel
Steamed dumpling in vanilla sauce
Apfelstrudel
Apple strudel
Lebkuchenherz
Gingerbread heart, worn not eaten
At the party
So you know what to do when the band stops playing and the whole room stands up.
Every 15 minutes or so
Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
der Gemütlichkeit.
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
der Gemütlichkeit.
Oans, zwoa, drei — g'suffa!
“A toast to good company.” Stand up, raise your glass, sing it twice, count to three, clink and drink.
Most bands play these, loudly, more than once.
Masskrugstemmen
Hold a full litre at arm's length, elbow locked. Last arm up wins.
Kegs for balls, pins at the end of the lane, against the clock.
Carry full steins to the line. Fastest run with least beer spilled wins.
Ten brats, no buns, one clock.
America's own: sausage dogs sprinting for their owners.
Best dirndl, best lederhosen, judged by applause.
Since 1810
A royal wedding in October 1810 is where it all began. Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese were married in Munich, and the city invited everyone to a horse race on a meadow outside the gates. That meadow became the Theresienwiese, the party became Oktoberfest, and the dates moved forward into September, when the Bavarian weather is warmer.
Munich's 2026 Wiesn is on now: day 12 of 16, until October 4.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Long Beach run from Oct 3 to Oct 30, 2026: 3 events.
Yes: one event is on for Oct 2 – Oct 4, including Doodlefest Oktoberfest 2026 at Trademark Brewing. Another 7 events are on nearby.
Yes: 2 of the 3 listed are free to get into, including Doodlefest Oktoberfest 2026 at Trademark Brewing and Long Beach Beer Lab 9th Anniversary & Tikitoberfest!.
Yes: 9 more events are listed within reach of Long Beach, in Torrance, Pomona, Moorpark and Los Angeles and more. The soonest is OKTOBERFEST - FRI OCT 2ND, from 6pm @ The Brews Hall - Torrance (Del Amo) with REVALUTE in Torrance, on Fri, Oct 2.
At 3 venues, including Trademark Brewing, Long Beach Beer Lab (Wrigley) and Long Beach.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Long Beach Beer Lab 9th Anniversary & Tikitoberfest! at Long Beach Beer Lab (Wrigley) (Sun, Oct 11), LONG BEACH ZOMBIE CRAWL - Halloween Bar Crawl - Party Pass to 10+ Bars (Oct 30 – Nov 1) and Doodlefest Oktoberfest 2026 at Trademark Brewing (Sat, Oct 3).
1 listing says it is family-friendly: Doodlefest Oktoberfest 2026 at Trademark Brewing. For the rest, check the listing before you go: many events held in bars are 21+.
Munich's Oktoberfest runs from September 19 to October 4, 2026, 16 days on the Theresienwiese. It is on now: today is day 12.
A Bavarian folk festival that began in Munich as a royal wedding party: Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese on 12 October 1810, and the celebrations ended with a horse race on 17 October. Munich later moved the start forward into September, when the weather is warmer, and the festival usually ends on the first Sunday in October.
Traditional dress, a Dirndl or Lederhosen, is welcome but never required, and ordinary clothes are completely normal. In Bavaria, Tracht is everyday clothing for family occasions rather than a costume.
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
