Oaktoberfest ~ The Bay Area's Family-Friendly Craft Beer Festival

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40+ Breweries  |  300+ Craft beers, ciders, kombuchas, wines, and spirits

Saturday, September 30th - 11am - 7pm

Sunday, October 1st - 10am - 5pm

Presented By The Dimond Improvement Association and The Dimond Merchants Association

Oaktoberfest turns 16! celebrating the history, the flavors, and the people of the Bay Area. The Festival is a FREE public event, please support the effort by purchasing food and beverages from Oaktoberfest vendors and Dimond District businesses.

Get the full experience and reserve a table in the Bavarian Hall (more details below), and order an authentic German platter for delivery to your table (drink packages sold separately).

Oakland’s Dimond District hosts this one-of-a-kind Fall Festival, welcoming thousands with craft beer & food, entertainment, arts, and ecology. The Dimond continues a tradition as an entertainment destination, begun in the early 1900’s when Beer Gardens and German vacation resorts lined the boulevard. Oaktoberfest will bring world-class beer to the tented beer hall, serving steins of traditional German flavors and regional brew pub favorites.

The event is FREE to attend, but the drinks are not! Family-friendly, dog friendly, open to all. Highlighting this year's festival will be a traditional Biergarten, the Head-Royce School Family Strasse featuring a Kid’s Area with Root Biergarten and anchored by the Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley Family Stage, German style homebrew competition featured in the homebrewers’ alley, and vendors from around the Bay. Celebrate Oktoberfest, Oakland style, in the Dimond at Fruitvale and MacArthur. 

Oaktoberfest brings together elements of the district vision for a one day, everyone welcome, family-friendly craft beer festival.

Oaktoberfest is an event designed not only to celebrate the proud history of a shining district in Oakland, but also to raise funds for improvement projects, community development programs, and future events. The success of this festival relies on committed volunteers and the generosity of area residents and engaged businesses. Your support for this non-profit event will create positive change in the community.

• Music 
• Food
• Beer 
• Eco Fair and Kid's Area
• Homebrew Demos and Homebrew Alley

The Music 
Traditional sounds of Munich will be performed on the streets, stages, and in the Biergarten. The Northeastern University Main Stage will also feature modern sounds from renowned area artists.

Gather around the Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley Family Stage to see acts highlighting local performers, and children’s entertainment.

Instrumentalists and dancers will keep the steins swinging with entertainment around the beer hall and throughout the event. The Two Star Market & Kanna Stage will showcase some of Oakland's most anticipated young artists alongside big bands able to bring down the house!

Visit our Entertainment Page for this year’s line-up.

The Food
German delicacies from Bratwurst to Strudel will be found next to other regional cuisines and street fare. Sample dishes from a host of vendors or fill your plate with your favorite. It’s dining in the Beer Hall!

The Beer
50+ breweries, local and regional, will pour 200+ varieties of beer.  HenHouse Brewing, Alameda Island Brewery, Dokkabier, Drake's Brewing Company, Del Cielo, Altamont Beer Works, Trumer, Line 51, Laughing Monk, 21st Amendment, Oakland United, Canyon Club, Ballast Point, and many more will be alongside breweries from Santa Cruz to Sonoma and San Francisco to Oregon.  Great wines and distilled spirits (at a full bar) will also be available!   

Head-Royce School Family Strasse and Kid’s Area
The Eco Fair will ensure an engaging stroll through exhibits and information booths, drawing from a wealth of local non-profits, and corporate partners like Loard's Ice Cream, and US Bank.

The Head-Royce School Family Strasse will host interactive games, crafts, and displays will be featured in the Kid’s Area courtesy of Dimond Library, Oakland Parks and Rec, and Oakland Roots Soccer Club. Celebrate an active day with a root beer and Loard's ice cream from the Root Biergarten. Sit down in The Rennaissance International School Parents' Chill Zone and enjoy some children’s entertainment presented on the Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley Family Stage.

More details on the Bavarian Dining Hall

CLICK HERE for reserved dining hall seating in the Brotzeit Bavarian Hall offering German Platters catered by Grand Lake Kitchen

*** The deadline to order German platters (1 platter server 2) is Friday, September 22nd at 5PM

Table reservations and German platter orders are taken through a separate site CLICK HERE TO ORDER

This is the one location to be able to guarantee your seating for a guaranteed meetup with friends and time to grab a chair.

Bavarian Hall Bonuses:

- Reserved seating during the event

- The only place to purchase the German Platter from Grand Lake Kitchen (available via pre-purchase "Add on" to your table reservation) and have delivered to your reserved table

- Bavarian Hall stage will feature German and other music throughout the event

- Located close to breweries and easy pickup of pre-ordered stein and beverage tickets

- Easy location to be able to walk to get food from any food vendor or local restaurant