Oktoberfest in Leamington fills up quickly. The beer halls run on Bavarian bands, giant steins and dancing, and knowing the polka has never been necessary. On the quieter nights the food is the reason to be there, bratwurst and pretzels everywhere and long tables that grow by themselves. Or a good beer with friends, nothing more. Explore Oktoberfest 2026 events and parties around Leamington, see what fits your week, and book your tickets before they run out.
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On nowFri, Oct 16Nuneaton Town
Friday 16th October 2026! Grinch’s Oktoberfest Pub Crawl Start at 7pm at The Crew then moving on to The Lord Hop, Abbey Tavern, Felix Holt and finish with a Bavarian themed night at The George Eliot. Lederhosen is optional!
Bar crawl
On nowFri, Oct 16The Premier Suite, Cannock
🍻🎉 Oktoberfest is coming to Cannock! 🎉🍻 Round up your mates and grab our FIRST RELEASE 2-for-1 tickets NOW! 🎶 Live Oompah Band – The Bavarian Boys 🍖 German Food Specials 🍺 Huge Steins & Party Vibes 2-for-1 tickets now on sale while they last! https
Live music
Sat, Oct 17Merchant's Yard Leicester
NOTE: Entry without tickets will be first come first served, with payment taken on the door. Saturday 17 October | 6pm - midnightThe Yard is changing for winter. On Saturday 17 October, we officially open The Winter Tipi at Merchants Yard with an Oktober
Sat, Oct 17Assembly Leamington
PROST TO OKTOBERFEST AT ASSEMBLY LEAMINGTON! Live Bands, DJs, STEINS & Bavarian Chaos! Raise A Stein And We'll See You On Das Benches 🍻PROST TO OKTOBERFEST AT ASSEMBLY LEAMINGTON🍻 Leamington Spa Oktoberfest Has Become A Cult Event You Simply Have
Most popularSat, Oct 17Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
🍻PROST TO OKTOBERFEST AT ASSEMBLY LEAMINGTON🍻 Leamington Spa Oktoberfest Has Become A Cult Event You Simply Have To Be A Part Of, As Assembly Is Transformed Into A GIGANTIC Oktoberfest Experience!! Grab Your Lederhosen, Dust Off Your Dirndls, And Prepar
Best on a budgetSat, Oct 17Assembly leamington
PROST TO OKTOBERFEST AT ASSEMBLY LEAMINGTON! Live Bands, DJs, STEINS & Bavarian Chaos! Raise A Stein And We'll See You On Das Benches 🍻PROST TO OKTOBERFEST AT ASSEMBLY LEAMINGTON🍻 Leamington
£8.83 – £76.55
Sat, Oct 17Coventry And North Warwickshire Sports Club, Coventry
Join us for a Great Night of Beer, Food, Laughs and Music
Best for groupsSat, Oct 24Stratfield Brake Sports Ground, Kidlington
Annual Oktoberfest at Stratfield Brake! Get on your lederhosen and dirndls on. Bavarian Beer on tap! Oompah band! Oktoberfest is back in Kidlington! The annual celebration of bavarian beer, lede
£20.21 – £31.05Live music
Sat, Oct 24Rose And Crown Le7 9pj, Leicester
Expect great music, steins raised, singing, dancing, and plenty of festive fun/ £20 gives you Entry 1 Stein 1 Bratwurst
Fri, Oct 30Lutterworth Road, Wolvey, Hinckley, Warwickshire, LE10, Wolvey, Nuneaton
��� NEW FOR 2026 - NIGHT TIME PICKING! ��� Something very exciting is coming to The Pumpkin Patch at Wolvey� We’re lighting up the patch and bringing you THREE unforgettable nights of autumn fun, with pumpkin picking, food, drinks, live music and a diff
Live music
Fri, Oct 30Dockworks Waterfront, Dudley
Docktoberfest is coming to Dockworks! Expect oompah, steins, Bavarian good times, street food and the legendary Oomparty Band.
Live music
Best for a dateSat, Oct 31The Grand Hotel Leicester by The Unlimited Collection
Celebrate Halloween with an Oktoberfest twist—beer, Bavarian bites, live music, fancy dress and festive fun at The Grand Leicester. Get ready for a unique night of Bavarian beats and spooky celebrations at
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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 Leamington, soonest first.
On nowFri, Oct 16Meca Swindon, Regent Circus, SN1 1PR Swindon, United Kingdom
Sat, Oct 24West Gate, Mansfield, NG18 1, United Kingdom
Worth the tripSat, Oct 24Keele SU, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oct 24–25Keele Su, stoke, Kidsgrove2 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 Leamington: Paid tickets from £8.83 to £76.55.
Weekend afternoons fill up first. Go early if you want a table.
In Leamington: Saturday is the big day, with 8 of 12 dates.
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.
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
It began with a royal wedding and a horse race. When Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese in 1810, Munich invited the public to celebrate on a field outside the city, and the race on 17 October drew around 40,000 people. The field became the Theresienwiese, the party became annual, and the start date slid into September for the better weather.
Munich's 2026 Wiesn ran from September 19 to October 4.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Leamington run from Oct 16 to Oct 31, 2026: 12 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 16 – Oct 18, with 7 events.
Yes: 7 events are on for Oct 16 – Oct 18, including Nuneaton Grinch Oktoberfest Pub Crawl at Nuneaton Town, Oktoberfest Bierkeller Party at The Premier Suite, Cannock and Oktoberfest at The Winter Tipi | Merchants Yard Leicester at Merchant's Yard Leicester. Another 2 events are on nearby.
Tickets run from £8.83 to £76.55, set by each organiser, so check what yours includes before you book. None of the 12 events listed right now is free to get into.
Yes: 5 more events are listed within reach of Leamington, in Swindon, Ludlow, Mansfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme and more. The soonest is Oktoberfest in Swindon, on Fri, Oct 16.
At 12 venues, including Nuneaton Town, The Premier Suite, Merchant's Yard Leicester and Assembly Leamington.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are OKTOBERFEST LEAMINGTON at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Sat, Oct 17), OKTOBERFEST LEAMINGTON Saturday 17/10/26 at Assembly Leamington (Sat, Oct 17) and OKTOBERFEST LEAMINGTON SPA at Assembly leamington (Sat, Oct 17).
Munich's 2026 Oktoberfest ran from September 19 to October 4, 2026, 16 days on the Theresienwiese.
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.
In Munich it is Festbier: a pale, smooth lager of around 6% brewed for the festival by six Munich breweries. In North America, "Oktoberfest" almost always means Märzen, which is darker, amber and maltier. Same word, two different beers.
Worth the trip
Where the season is the whole city's business, from Munich's meadow to a Bavarian village in the Cascades.
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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
