Oktoberfest clears Pomona's evenings for a while. Beer festivals and Bavarian nights open with live music and giant steins, dancing comes after, and the lederhosen stay entirely voluntary. The food runs the length of the thing, bratwurst and pretzels on nearly every menu and long tables outdoors now that the valley heat has backed off. One good beer with friends still makes a night. Explore Oktoberfest 2026 events and parties around Pomona and book your tickets before they run out.
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On nowFri, Oct 21101 W McKinley Ave
Get ready... Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest is back for another year! Mark your calendars and join us for a festive celebration of Bavarian culture! Enjoy delicious food items, refreshing cold beer, and live entertainment all night long. 🍻🥨🎶 Live Entertai
On nowFri, Oct 21101 W McKinley Ave
Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest is back for another year! Mark your calendars and join us for a festive celebration of Bavarian culture! Enjoy delicious food items, refreshing cold beer, and live entertainment all night long. 🍻🥨🎶 Join us for Amor Prohibido
Fri, Oct 91101 W McKinley Ave
Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest is back for another year! Mark your calendars and join us for a festive celebration of Bavarian culture! Enjoy delicious food items, refreshing cold beer, and live entertainment all night long. 🍻🥨🎶 Join us for DSB (Don’t Sto
Fri, Oct 161101 W McKinley Ave
Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest is back for another year! Mark your calendars and join us for a festive celebration of Bavarian culture! Enjoy delicious food items, refreshing cold beer, and live entertainment all night long. 🍻🥨🎶 Join us for Red Hot Cholo
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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 Pomona, soonest first.
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 10–11Community Berlin, los angeles2 days
Free – $1,577.62Bar crawlLive music
Sun, Oct 11Long Beach Beer Lab (Wrigley)
FreeLive music
Oct 30 – Nov 1Long Beach3 days
Bar crawl
Before you go
Tickets, timing, what to wear, and whether the kids can come.
Every organiser sets its own prices, and entry, food and drink are often sold separately. Check what a ticket covers before you buy.
Weekend afternoons fill up first. Go early if you want a table.
In Pomona: Friday is the big day, with 4 of 4 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
Every stein raised at Oktoberfest in 2026 is, in a roundabout way, a toast to a couple married in 1810. Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese wed that October, and Munich celebrated with a horse race on a meadow outside town, the Theresienwiese. The festival that grew from it now starts in September, moved forward for the better weather.
Munich's 2026 Wiesn is on now: day 14 of 16, until October 4.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Pomona run from Oct 2 to Oct 16, 2026: 4 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 2 – Oct 4, with 2 events.
Yes: 2 events are on for Oct 2 – Oct 4, including Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest 2026 and Amor Prohibido at Oktoberfest 2026. Another 3 events are on nearby.
Yes: 8 more events are listed within reach of Pomona, in Simi Valley, Glendale, Ontario and Arcadia and more. The soonest is OKTOBERFEST - Simi Valley 2026 in Simi Valley, on Sat, Oct 3.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Fairplex Presents Oktoberfest 2026 (Fri, Oct 2), Amor Prohibido at Oktoberfest 2026 (Fri, Oct 2) and DSB (Don't Stop Believin') at Oktoberfest 2026 (Fri, Oct 9).
Munich's Oktoberfest runs from September 19 to October 4, 2026, 16 days on the Theresienwiese. It is on now: today is day 14.
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.
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
