10am – Official Keg Tapping
10am-11am – Munsterman & Friends
11am-1pm – Larry Olsen Band
1pm-2pm – Sauerkraut Eating, Yodeling, & Stein-Holding Competitions *Sign Up at the Chamber Merchandise Table, located next to the Biergarten*
2-5pm – The Blue Ringers
‘Growing Forward’ Mobile Green Space (artificial turf) will cover this block! Hang out and enjoy it from Friday 3pm through Saturday 11pm.
Friday Evening, October 4
5-6 Concord Singers
6-6:30 Keg Opening
6:30-7:30 Concord Singers
8-12 Wendinger Band
2-3 Concord Singers
3:30-6 Schell’s Hobo Band
6:30-7:30 Concord Singers
8-12 Bockfest Boys
Friday, October 4
8-10pm Krista Boleman
8-10pm Tanner Stark
Friday Evening, October 11
5-6 Concord Singers
6-6:30 Keg Opening
6:30-7:30 Concord Singers
8-12 Ipolka
2-3 Concord Singers
3:30-6 Bockfest Boys
6:30-7:30 Concord Singers
8-12 Leon Olsen, Dain’s Dutchmen
Friday, October 11
8-10pm Krista Boleman
8-10pm Tanner Stark
Click here for the New Ulm Community Calendar, which has more info about many of these events. This list is currently being compiled, so please check back for updates!
3:00 – 7:00 pm – The Misfits Band/Downtown Oktoberfest
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 6:30 pm – Keg Opening/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 9:00 pm – Bockfest Boys/The K Bar (Kaiserhoff)
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:30 – 9:00 pm – Ben Marti/Morgan Creek Vineyards
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Bruce Bednarchuk/Grand Kabaret
8:00 – 10:00 pm – Crista Bohlmann/Green Mill Patio
8:00 – 11:00 pm – The Tanner Stark Band/Downtown Oktoberfest
8:00 – 12:00 am – Wendinger Band/Best Western Plus
Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross
6:00 am – 5:00 pm – Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Domeiers German Store
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
12, 1, 3, 5, 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 pm – 12:00 am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 – 10:00 pm – Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Pre-Party/Minnesota Street
2:00 – 10:00 pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant
4:00 – 9:00 pm – Morgan Creek Vineyards
4:00 –11:00 pm – Black Frost Distilling
5:00 pm –12:00 am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill
10:00 am – Keg Tapping/Downtown Oktoberfest
10:00 – 11:00 am – Munsterman & Friends/Downtown Oktoberfest
11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Larry Olsen Band/Downtown Oktoberfest
2:00 – 3:00 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
2:00 – 4:30 pm – Jazz 10/Morgan Creek Vineyards
2:00 – 5:00 pm – The Blue Ringers/Downtown Oktoberfest
3:30 – 6:00 pm – Schell’s Hobo Band/Best Western Plus
4:00 – 8:00 pm – Nate Frederickson Band/Downtown Oktoberfest
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:30 – 9:00 pm – Űber Jazz/Morgan Creek Vineyards
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Bruce Bednarchuk/Grand Kabaret
8:00 – 10:00 pm – Tanner Stark/Green Mill Patio
8:00 – 11:00 pm – DJ Music/Downtown Oktoberfest
8:00 – 11:00 pm – Johnny Holm Band/Royal Oak Event Center
8:00 pm – 12:00 am – Bockfest Boys/Best Western Plus
6:00 am – 1:30 pm – Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
7:00 am – 5:00 pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)
8:30 – 10:30 am – New Ulm Diabetes Walk/Flandrau State Park
9:00 am –12:00 pm – Farmers Market/A to Zinnia Parking Lot
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Domeiers German Store
9:45 – 11:00 am – Annual Bicycle Tour of New Ulm/start at German Park
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – German-Bohemian Research Library
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Wanda Gag House
10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Downtown Oktoberfest/Center & Minnesota Streets
10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society
10:00 am – 7:00 pm – Hermann Monument
11:00 am – Germanic-American Day Parade/Downtown Minnesota Street
11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Blacksmith Demonstration/Historic Kiesling House
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 6:00 pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 9:00 pm – Historic Turner Hall
12:00 – 4:00 pm (hourly) – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
12:00 – 5:00 pm – Stomp! –New Ulm!/Morgan Creek Vineyards
12:00 – 5:00 pm – Axe-Throwing Station/Downtown Oktoberfest
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 11:00 pm – Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
12:00 pm – 12:00 am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Stein-holding, yodeling, & sauerkraut eating contests/Downtown
1:00 – 11:00 pm – Black Frost Distilling
1:00 pm – 12:00 am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill
2:00 – 10:00 pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant
9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Domeiers German Store
10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Hermann Monument
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wanda Gag House
11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 7:00 pm – Historic Turner Hall
12:00 – 5:00 pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 9:00 pm – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 & 3:00 pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 6:30 pm – Keg Opening/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 9:00 pm – The Bockfest Boys/The K Bar (Kaiserhoff)
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:30 – 9:00 pm – Ben Marti/Morgan Creek Vineyards
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Tom Peschges/Grand Kabaret
8:00 – 10:00 pm – Crista Bohlmann/Green Mill Patio
8:00 pm – 12:00 am – I Polka/Best Western Plus
Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Domeiers German Store
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 9:00 pm – Historic Turner Hall
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 11:00 pm – Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
12:00 pm – 12:00 am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1 & 3:00 pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
2:00 – 10:00 pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant
4:00 – 9:00 pm – Morgan Creek Vineyards
4:00 – 11:00 pm – Black Frost Distilling
5:00 pm – 12:00 am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill
11:00 am – Keg Tapping/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest
11:00 am – 1:30 pm – Schell’s Hobo Band/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest
1:30 – 5:00 pm – Alpensterne/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest
2:00 – 3:00 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
3:30 – 6:00 pm – Bockfest Boys/Best Western Plus
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:30 – 9:00 pm – Über Jazz Trio/Morgan Creek Vineyards
8:00 – 10:00 pm – Tanner Stark/Green Mill Patio
8:00 pm – 12:00 am – Leon Olson, Dain’s Dutchmen/Best Western Plus
7:00 – 11:30 am – Adult only lap swim/New Ulm Recreation Center
7:00 am – 5:00 pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Domeiers German Store
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Wanda Gag House
10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society
10:00 am – 7:00 pm – Hermann Monument
10:30 am – 5:00 pm – Schell’s Oktoberfest/Schell’s Brewery (no brewery tours today)
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Oktoberfest Brunch/Morgan Creek Vineyard
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 9:00 pm – Historic Turner Hall
11:00 am – 9:00 pm – Morgan Creek Vineyard
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 11:00 pm – Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
12:00 pm – 12:00 am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 – 11:00 pm – Black Frost Distilling
2:00 – 10:00 pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant
2:00 pm – 12:00 am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill
6:00 – 10:00 pm – The Pinball Place
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – New Ulm Recreation Center
10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Hermann Monument
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wanda Gag House
11:00 am – 7:00 pm – Historic Turner Hall
11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
12:00 – 5:00 pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 9:00 pm – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 & 3:00 pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
**Parking** – Parking is available on any of the streets in downtown, as well as at the various city parking lots. View a parking map here.
**Transportation** – Please be safe when getting around town!
- October 12th only – MN Beer Bus rides from Pub 500 in Mankato – Mnbeerbus.com/oktoberfest
- Uber & Lyft
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