Oktoberfest is Tempe's signal to get outside. Beer festivals and Bavarian nights start with live music and giant steins, the dancing arrives, and the lederhosen stay a matter of personal taste. The food runs alongside the whole thing, bratwurst and pretzels on nearly every menu and long tables outdoors now that the desert heat has eased. Or a good beer with friends, nothing else. Browse Oktoberfest 2026 events and parties across Tempe and book your tickets before they're gone.
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Oct 9–113 days
Round-trip party bus from Old Town Scottsdale to Four Peaks Oktoberfest at Tempe Beach Park, Oct 9-11. Ride to Four Peaks Oktoberfest at Tempe Beach Park and Arts Park on the one-of-a-kind Wild West party b
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Four Peaks Brewing Oktoberfest is back for its 53rd year 🍻đźŚđźĄ¨đźŽˇ Get ready for 3 days full of live music, beer, brats, carnival rides, and more! 🎶 Headliners: Dirty Yachtin' Scoundrels on Friday night, Wyves on Saturday night, and Whiskey's Quicker on Sunda
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Sat, Oct 10
Run! Walk! Beer! The past 16 years Four Peaks Oktoberfest and the Frank Kush Youth Foundation have partnered to produce Das Oktoberfest Runnin’ for the Brats. The flat and fast run around beautiful Tempe Town Lake adds just the right amount of Saturday mo
Sat, Oct 10
Oktoberfest 2026 music festival in Tempe beach Ruta Verbena plays on Oct 10th at 5pm
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Celebrate the 53rd Annual Tempe Sister Cities Four Peaks Oktoberfest at Tempe Beach Park with Crosstown Players! Featured on the Lakefront Main Stage, Crosstown will be bringing all your favorite Funk, Soul/R&B and Blues tunes and originals. Check out
Sun, Oct 11
🎫 Tickets are not required for this show.This is either a free show, or there may be a cover charge at the door.View Show on ZivioAbout Last Train to JuarezLast Train to Juarez is an award-winning outlaw country band hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. Known f
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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
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Oct 30 – Nov 13 days
Bar crawl
Before you go
Tickets, timing, what to wear, and whether the kids can come.
Every listing with a price, cheapest first.
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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 Tempe: 1 of 6 free to get in; paid tickets from $35 to $39.
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 GemĂĽtlichkeit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
der GemĂĽtlichkeit.
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
der GemĂĽtlichkeit.
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
The name promises October, but the festival mostly happens in September, and the weather is the reason. The first one, in 1810, celebrated the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese and ended with a horse race on 17 October. Over the years Munich pulled the start forward to catch the last warm evenings of the year.
Munich's 2026 Wiesn is on now: day 9 of 16, until October 4.
Asked and answered
Oktoberfest events in Tempe run from Oct 9 to Oct 11, 2026: 6 events.
Yes: 1 of the 6 listed is free to get into, including Last Train to Juarez at Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ. Paid tickets for the rest run from $35 to $39. Food and drink are usually paid for on the day.
Yes: 9 more events are listed within reach of Tempe, in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Chandler and Fountain Hills and more. The soonest is Prost! An Oktoberfest Dinner in Paradise Valley, on Thu, Oct 1.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are 53rd Annual Four Peaks Brewing Oktoberfest 2026 (Oct 9–11), Oktober Festival Features CTP at the Lakefront Stage at Tempe Beach Park (Sun, Oct 11) and Ruta VERBENA live at Oktoberfest in Tempe Az (Sat, Oct 10).
Munich's Oktoberfest runs from September 19 to October 4, 2026, 16 days on the Theresienwiese. It is on now: today is day 9.
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
