2025 Dates: October 3-4, 10-11, 17-18
2024 Contest Winners
1st Weekend (October 4-5)
Steinholding Contest
Friday, October 4:
Womens: Mickey, 2:33
Mens: Aaron, 6:39
Saturday, October 5
55+ Womens Michelle, 2:45
55+ Mens: Scott, 4:54
Gazebo, 2pm:
Womens: Monica, 3:11
Mens: James, 5:11
Festhalle, 4:45pm
Womens: Lindsey, 2:34
Mens: Jason 4:59
2nd Weekend (October 11-12)
Steinholding
Friday October 11
Womens: Jeanell, 3:30
Mens: Pat, 5:07
Saturday, October 12
55+ Womens: Judi Harrison, 3:32
55+ Mens Jim Gillette, 5:09
Gazebo, 2pm:
Womens: Beth Bechtel, 2:27
Mens: Javier Lopez, 4:52
Festhalle, 4:45pm
Womens: Karla Orozco, 3:07
Mens: Kyle Meeuwsen, 4:30
3rd Weekend (October 18-19)
Steinholding
Friday, October 18
Womens: Helga, 2:56
Mens: Doug, 7:40
Saturday, October 19
55+ Womens: Laura, 3:27
55+ Mens: Allan, 10:08
Gazebo, 2pm:
Womens: Amanda, 2:50
Men: Jake, 5:54
Festhalle, 4:45pm
Women’s:
Mens: Caleb, 7:15
Oktoberfest Venues
From bands playing traditional Bavarian Music to cover bands, three stages allow us to provide something for everyone. Check the program and performer bios for more details, however as a rule of thumb Gazebo Stage at Front Street Park is the venue for traditional Bavarian Music. The Bierzelt Tent is a bit edgier with cover contemporary cover bands. The Festhalle stage offers a variety of experiences from traditional dancers and musicians in the afternoon to bands offering a bit of both traditional and contemporary favorites in the evening hours.
Connecting the Kinderplatz to the Festhalle and Beirzelt venues is our outdoor street fair. Which includes, food and retail vendors plus beer taps. Walk around, take in sights and sounds and enjoy the festive feeling!
The Main Stage at the Festhalle
This stage features all of our amazing headliners playing the widest variety of music including traditional Bavarian favorites, cover songs from the best artists and dance performances.
Friday: 6 PM – Midnight
Saturday: Noon-Midnight
(Minors out by 9 PM)
The Bierzelt Stage
For a more rocking time visit this stage where you can rock out with your friends, dance to cover bands and try a polka or two.
Friday: 6 PM – 10 PM
Saturday: Noon-10 PM
(Minors out by 9 PM)
The Gazebo Stage in Front Street Park
The Park stage in picturesque downtown offers a more traditional Bavarian music scene with plenty of accordions, yodelers and alphorns to entertain.
Front Street Park Stage
Friday: 6 PM – 10 PM
Saturday: Noon-10 PM
(21+ Only)
The Street Fair
Wander through the outdoor street scene where you will find food, beer taps, event merchandise, handmade and imported goods plus you’ll find plenty of photo ops!
Beer, Wine and Cider
It’s no secret that our Leavenworth breweries are creating some delicious and much sought-after craft beer. This year we have a stellar line-up of local brews at the event, plus our friends at Icicle Brewing, Blewett Brewing, and Doghaus Brewery are once again collaborating on the one-of-a-kind Festbier just for Oktoberfest!
In addition to our local beers, we have a robust lineup of German imports, from Paulaner to Weihenstephaner. This year we bring local wines and a new cider offerings to the line up!
FESTIVAL BEER
- Leavenworth Festbier – Icicle, Blewett, and Doghaus Collaboration LOCAL
- Simple Kolsch German Ale – Blewett Brewing Co, Leavenworth, WA
- Doberman Schwarzbier (Dark Beer) – Doghaus Brewery, Leavenworth, WA
- AlpenHaze Hazy IPA – Icicle Brewing Co, Leavenworth, WA
- Premium Pilsner – Icicle Brewing Co, Leavenworth, WA
IMPORTS
- Ayinger Oktoberfest Marzen – Aying, Bavaria, Germany
- Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen – Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Paulaner Munchner Lager – Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier (Hefeweizen) – Freising, Bavaria, Germany
- Weihenstephaner Dunkel (Dark Wheat Beer) – Freising, Bavaria, Germany
**Beer may be purchased in our compostable cups and poured into your purchased stein per health codes, we cannot fill steins at the taps.
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER
- Clausthaler Original Non-Alcoholic Lager – Frankfurt, Germany
WINE
- Simply by Milbrandt Chardonnay
- Red Blend by Icicle Ridge Winery
CIDER
- Yonder Vantage Semi-Dry Hard Cider
WINE COCKTAIL
- Desert Pear by Porch Pounder
- Strawberry Ginger Lemonade by Porch Pounder
HARD KOMBUCHA
- Pineapple Guava Hard Kombucha by Huney Jun
Kinderplatz
Our 15,000 sq ft Kinderplatz has a 62-foot Ferris wheel, bouncy obstacle course, root beer garden, face painting, games, and more. For adults, we will have yard games this year. Come by and play!
For families entering the Oktoberfest beer gardens, your entry to the Kinderplatz is free. For those who just want to take your kids inside the Kinderplatz area and do not wish to attend the beer gardens, a separate admission of $5.00/person on Fridays and $10.00/person on Saturdays applies. Kids 12 and under free.
Once inside, bouncy obstacle course and games are free and you can purchase tickets for rides on the ferris wheel ($5.00), merchandise, root beer floats and food.
Fun & Games
Part of the fun of Oktoberfest are the games and contests, the most popular being the stein holding competitions! Stein holding is a traditional Bavarian strength contest in which competitors hold a full one-liter beer stein out in front of their bodies with a straight arm, parallel to the ground. You go as long as you can and the last person holding with good form is the winner. Check the program for times and locations of all the competitions and be ready to volunteer when our emcee calls for contestants!
Keg Tapping & Festzug
Each Saturday of Oktoberfest we open the festival with a Festzug march through town. Locals and visitors dress in their Bavarian best with our Alphorn players and other performers to open the Oktoberfest celebrations for the day. We follow with keg tappings at 1pm at the Festhalle Venue and 2pm at the Front Street Park venue.
Food Options
Brats, German sandwiches, kraut, pretzels, handmade corndogs and donuts and more! Many yummy tastes and smells of Oktoberfest can be found this year at the event.
All around town, you find plenty of German options and so much more like Pub style, Italian, Farm to Table, Mexican to name a few, your taste buds will thank you!
Shuttle Service
We will be providing a free shuttle in Leavenworth on all Fridays and Saturdays of Oktoberfest. Oct 4-5, 11-12, and 18-19. They will run one hour prior to event opening with the last shuttle being at 12:15 AM, fifteen minutes after closing.
The routes will go as far west as Icicle Road, south to Sleeping Lady, east to Safeway (Park and Ride), and north to Ski Hill Drive, with other stops around town delivering you to the Oktoberfest gate. Please wave down the bus for stops. The shuttles are ADA wheelchair accessible.
Schedule
- Fridays- Starts at 5:00pm last shuttle at 12:15am
- Saturdays- Starts at 11:00am last shuttle at 12:15am
- Shuttle runs approximately every 30 minutes
Shuttle 1 (South Routes):
East Gate (Division St & Front St)
Hwy 2
Icicle Road
Icicle RV Resort
Sleeping Lady
East Leavenworth Road
Willkommen Park & Ride (behind Safeway)
Shuttle 2 (North Routes):
East Gate (Division St & Front St)
Hwy 2
Worldmark Resort
Ski Hill Drive
Titus Rd
WiIlkommen Park & Ride (behind Safeway)
Please note: These buses are not ADA accessible. Anyone needing an ADA accessible ride will need call Leavenworth Shuttle & Taxi, 509-548-7433, to arrange a ride.
**For those coming from Wenatchee, there is a shuttle for $40.00/person round trip through Wenatchee Valley Shuttle on the Saturdays of Oktoberfest (5th, 12th, 19th). More info to book, can be found on their website or call (509) 293-5773.
The Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 2024 Oktoberfest continues moving towards being a ZERO WASTE event! Compostable beer cups, biodegradable paper and no single use plastic utensils or water bottles are just some of the ways we are diverting waste from our area landfills!
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Entertainment Sponsor
Supporting programming of over 20 entertainers over 3 weekends of the event
Kinderplatz Sponsors
Supporting the creation of a family friendly venue for the event
Give a Schnitzel Sponsors
Supporting our zero waste efforts and partnersips with Waste Loop LLC and Winton MFG Compost Works
Prost! Sponsors
General support of the Oktoberfest event weekends
