Spring Branch 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 Spring Branch, see which night suits, and book your tickets before they're claimed.
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On nowBest for a dateOct 21 – Nov 18Krause's Cafe, New Braunfels29 days
The San Antonio Dutchmen Polka band is also known as the San Antonio Combo and S.A. Country for the wide variety of music they play. The band plays for weddings, anniversaries, picnics, Oktoberfest, Wurstfest, festivals and public dances all over South Te
Live music
Sat, Oct 31New Berlin Community Center, Saint Hedwig
In conjunction with the New Berlin Community Fair/Scholarships for local students NEW 2026* Trunk or Treat & Costume Contest
Costume contest
Most popularFri, Nov 6Wurstfest, New Braunfels
HAPPY HOUR OKTOBERFESTBAND live @ WURSTFEST NEW BRAUNFELS 2026 / TX / USA 2026 NEW BRAUNFELS / USA WURSTFEST 120 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130, USA HAPPY HOUR OKTOBERFESTBAND THIR(s)TY 2 tour 2026 Wurstfest New
Thu, Nov 12Krause's Cafe, New Braunfels
This lively Texas Oktoberfest trio brings the spirit of Bavaria to life with authentic German favorites, festive sing-alongs, and plenty of crowd-pleasing energy. Featuring upright bass, accordion, and percussion, they create a fun, interactive atmosphere
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 Spring Branch, soonest first.
Worth the tripSat, Oct 31210 Cypress street Bandera TX 78003
Mon, Nov 96020-B Dillard Circle, Austin
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.
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.
On in Spring Branch, Sat, Oct 31Since 1810
Oktoberfest in Spring Branch borrows its name from a Munich custom that began in October 1810. That month Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese, and the city marked it with feasting and a horse race on a meadow later named in her honour. Munich kept the party going year after year, and eventually brought it forward into September, when the evenings are longer and warmer.
Munich's 2026 Wiesn ran from September 19 to October 4.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Spring Branch run from Oct 21 to Nov 12, 2026: 4 events.
Yes: 2 events are on for Oct 30 – Nov 1, including San Antonio Dutchmen at Krause's Cafe and The New Berlin Oktober Feier at New Berlin Community Center. Another 1 event is on nearby.
Yes: 3 more events are listed within reach of Spring Branch, in Bandera and Austin. The soonest is Horsetober Fest in Bandera, on Sat, Oct 31.
At 3 venues, including Krause's Cafe (2 dates), New Berlin Community Center and Wurstfest.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are HAPPY HOUR OKTOBERFESTBAND live @ WURSTFEST NEW BRAUNFELS 2026 / TX / USA (Fri, Nov 6), San Antonio Dutchmen at Krause's Cafe (Oct 21 – Nov 18) and The New Berlin Oktober Feier at New Berlin Community Center (Sat, Oct 31).
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.
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
