Description

This three-day outdoor festival has live music across two stages. Thrilling rides, mesmerizing games and delicious food from key sponsor Frazier Shows, new adorable categories in the Weiner Dog Races including Wheelin’ Weenies, Senior Saunter and Puppy Palooza, the highly anticipated return of the Local Celebrity Brat Eating Contest, Yoga in the Park with Southwest Institute of Healing Arts & Spirit of Yoga and new food vendors including gourmet pretzels from Prop + Pellar Pretzels. General admission is $20 on Friday and Saturday. Admission is free on Sunday and attendees 20 and younger are free.

The annual fundraiser benefits Tempe Sister Cities, an internationally recognized non-profit founded in 1970. The proceeds from Oktoberfest are used to send Tempe high school students to nine of Tempe’s sister cities.

Weekend activities include:

• Friday, Oct. 13

• • FREE 1 liter replica stein for the first 500 paid admissions through the gate!
  • Happy Hour, 5 to 7 p.m.
  • Keg tapping and Opening Ceremony - Crowning of King & Queen
  • Music Headliners – Hollywood Gods N' Monsters, Instant Classics, Black Bottom Lighters

• Saturday, Oct. 14

• • FREE gift for the first 500 paid admissions through the gate!
  • Frank Kush Foundation 30^th Runnin' for the Brats (1mi, 5k, 10k)
  • Yoga in the Park with Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA) & Spirit of Yoga
  • Weiner Dog Races
  • Celebrity Brat Eating Contest
  • Amateur Stein Holding Competition
  • Music Headliners – Miles Nielsen & Rusted Hearts, Superhero, 2 Tone Lizard Kings

• Sunday, Oct. 15 (Free Admission)

• • WOW-mosa Brunch
  • Championship Weiner Dog Race, games + contests
  • Cardinals Football Watch Party
  • Amateur Stein Holding Competition
  • Reverse Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to close
  • Music Headliners – Southern Ways, Rock Lobster