Celebrate Oktoberfest in NYC & Brooklyn!
Here is our list of recommended events. And don’t forget about Brooklyn’s own Oktoberfest beer brought to you by Brooklyn Brewery!
Saturday, Oct. 1
Oktoberfest Williamsburg Brooklyn
Where: Radegast // When: 1pm til late
Celebratory Keg Tapping, Pig Roasts, Mug Holding Competitions, Live Brass Bands!! No Cover, Festivities Begin Saturdays at 1pm!
Oktoberfest New York
Where: Watermark (Pier 15), 78 South St., Financial District // When: 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
This Oktoberfest party promises to bring Munich to New York. Revelers can enjoy their steins of beer with live music, traditional food and family fun. The event is free but you can reserve tickets.
Oktoberfest Midnight Yacht Cruise
Where: Boat launches from the SkyPort Marina at East 23rd Street and FDR Drive
When: Check-in at 11 p.m.; boarding begins at 11:45 p.m.; return is approximately 4 a.m.
If your idea of Oktoberfest is partying on a boat, this is the event for you. Two DJs will play this three-level party boat with guests dressed to impress. Tickets must be purchased in advance and start at $26.75.
Sunday, Oct. 2
Oktoberfest New York
Where: Watermark (Pier 15), 78 South St., Financial District
When: 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
This Oktoberfest party promises to bring Munich to New York. Revelers can enjoy their steins of beer with live music, traditional food and family fun. The event is free but you can reserve tickets.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
Beer Tasting Dinner
Where: Loreley Beer Garden, 7 Rivington St., Lower East Side
When: 7 to 10 p.m.
Try seven different German beers paired with a three-course German dinner with beer expert Rudi Eilers. The dinner includes a seasonal salad, three kinds of German sausages with mashed potatoes and beer-marinated sauerkraut, as well as a Black Forest cake soaked in cherry schnapps. Tickets are $55 per person, and you must be at least 21 to participate.
Thursday, Oct. 6
Oktoberfest Celebration
Where: Manhattan Bridge Archway (across from the Pearl Street Triangle)
When: Oct. 6 and 7, 6 to 10 p.m.; Oct. 8, 3 to 10 p.m.
The Manhattan Bridge Archway is being transformed into a beer hall for the first time. In fact, this is the DUMBO Business Improvement District’s first-ever Oktoberfest celebration, which will transform The Archway into a traditional German beer hall, chock-full of musical performances, thematic eats and crafts! Melina and the Oompahs will provide polka tunes while dressed in customary costumes and DJ Holzmeister will be playing Bavarian tracks, including pop songs from Schlager to Neue Deutsche Welle. Get ready to bust a move on that cobblestone dancefloor!
Savory bites and, of course, steins filled to the brim with beer will be served by The Lighthouse. Lederhosen-wearing servers will be dishing out pretzels, brats (veggie brats, too!), sauerkraut and draft brews. And Creatively Wild Art Studio is supplying crafts for the kiddies (and big kids at heart) in the form of coloring books.