Oktoberfest 2027 in Munich: dates, tents, program and audio stories

When is Oktoberfest 2027?

Oktoberfest 2027 is the 192nd Oktoberfest: 16 days of tents, rides and parades on the Theresienwiese in Munich, from Saturday 18 September 2027 to Sunday 3 October 2027.

Tents open at 10:00 on weekdays and at 09:00 on weekends and on 3 October 2026; the last beer is served at 22:30. Rides run until 23:30, on Fridays and Saturdays until midnight, and on the opening Saturday only from 12:00.

Weekday mornings are calm; the Saturdays and 3 October 2026 are the fullest days. Entry to the grounds and the tents costs nothing.

The festival is organised by the City of Munich (Landeshauptstadt München); official information at oktoberfest.de.

Where is the Theresienwiese and how do I get there?

The Theresienwiese is the festival meadow at Theresienwiese, 80336 München, named after the bride of the royal wedding of 12 October 1810; take the U4 or U5 to Theresienwiese or Schwanthalerhöhe, the U3 or U6 to Goetheplatz or Poccistraße, or walk just under 15 minutes from the main station.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Getting there.

How do I get to the Oktoberfest by S-Bahn and U-Bahn?

Take any S-Bahn to Hackerbrücke and walk about 10 minutes, or the U4 or U5 to Theresienwiese (right at the grounds, and the most crowded station) or Schwanthalerhöhe, or the U3 or U6 to Goetheplatz or Poccistraße, each about 10 minutes on foot; from the Hauptbahnhof the signposted walk takes just under 15 minutes.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Getting there.

What is on the program at Oktoberfest 2026?

The program in Roots Earth holds 24 dated events, 18 during the festival, from the landlords' parade at 10:35 on Saturday 19 September 2026 to the sparkler finale at 22:30 on Sunday 4 October 2026, and 6 in Munich after it, each with its start and end time on the Berlin clock.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Program.

Which tents and experiences are there?

Roots Earth lists 30 tents and experiences for the festival: the 14 big tents on the Theresienwiese, 12 experiences from the Oide Wiesn and the rides to the Bavaria, two museums, a church and the Glockenspiel, and four walks with audio stories, with opening hours where the venues publish them.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Tents and experiences.

Which tents are there and where?

There are 17 large tents, 14 on the main grounds along Wirtsbudenstraße and Matthias-Pschorr-Straße and 3 on the Oide Wiesn, plus 21 small tents that serve everything from roast chicken and duck to fish, sausages, coffee and cake.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Tents and experiences.

How do I get into a tent without a reservation?

Come on a weekday between 10:00 and 15:00, when the organiser's barometer rates every day quiet and a quarter of all tent seats cannot be reserved; on Saturday, Sunday and 3 October 2026 the organiser's reservations page keeps 40 percent of the seats unreserved until 15:00 and its FAQ says half, then a quarter either way, and the organiser says it is easier during the week, at lunchtime and at the Oide Wiesn.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

Is a table reservation worth it?

For an evening or a weekend, yes; for a weekday lunchtime, no, because entry to the grounds and the tents costs nothing and a quarter of every tent's seats stays unreserved.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

Can I stand on the bench or on the table in a tent?

Standing on the bench to sing along is a tolerated custom in the middle of the big tents, but climbing on a table is forbidden in writing for every tent by section 46 of the City of Munich's operating rules for Oktoberfest 2026, and the Munich press reports that whoever does it is put out of the tent at once.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page How to behave, and the music.

What is Ein Prosit, and what music do the tents play?

Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit is the short toasting song a tent band strikes up two to four times an hour: everyone stands, raises the Maß through its two lines and, on the call Oans, zwoa, drei, gsuffa (one, two, three, drink up), the mugs meet in the middle of the table; what else may be played is written into the city's operating rules for 2026, which allow traditional brass only before 12:00 and no music meant to heat the tent up before 18:00.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page How to behave, and the music.

When are the family days?

The two family days of 2026 are Tuesday 22 September 2026 and Tuesday 29 September 2026, from opening at 10:00 until 19:00, when numerous rides, showmen and snack bars have special prices for children and families.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What is the Italian weekend?

The Italian weekend (Italiener-Wochenende) is what the Munich police and the Munich press call the second, middle weekend of the festival, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026, when many guests from Italy traditionally arrive.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What is the Oide Wiesn, and what is the Kleine Wiesn?

The Oide Wiesn is the fenced historic fair at the southern end of the Theresienwiese, 4 EUR admission from age 15 in 2026, with three beer tents, the Museumszelt and rides from 1919 at 1.50 EUR a go; the "Kleine Wiesn" is a nickname, most often for the Frühlingsfest in April and May, not a part of the Oktoberfest.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What may I bring, and what not?

Bags up to 3 litres or 20 by 15 by 10 cm, checked and tagged by security staff at every entrance; no glass, no spray cans, no corrosive or colouring substances and nothing usable as a knife or weapon; strollers until 18:00 and never on Saturdays or 3 October 2026; about half the stands take cards, so carry some cash.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Getting there.

Where are the toilets?

All 17 large tents have accessible toilets, every toilet on the grounds costs nothing to use, and six accessible public toilets stand around the grounds, the nearest to the main entrance by the Marstall tent.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What is a Noagerl?

A Noagerl (Bavarian, also spelled Noagal) is the last flat, stale rest of beer in the Mass, and a Noagerlzuzler is someone who drinks up other people's Noagerl.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What can I do during the day?

Weekdays from 10:00 to 15:00 are the quiet hours, so use them for the tents, then walk the grounds: the Bavaria statue is open until 20:00 during the festival, the Oide Wiesn has its barrel organ players from 10:00 to 18:00, and the Ferris wheel (up to 50 m, 40 gondolas, at the Oktoberfest since 1979) shows you the whole meadow.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

What else is there beyond the beer?

Climb the Bavaria, ride the 1919 chain carousel on the Oide Wiesn, visit the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum, and watch the Glockenspiel at Marienplatz.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Tents and experiences.

Is the Teufelsrad worth it?

Yes, and watching counts: Feldl's Teufelsrad, at the Oktoberfest since 1908 by the organiser's count (the city says around 1910), is a large disc that spins ever faster; at the presenter's call a group storms it, whoever stays on longest wins, and the crowd laughs at the presenters' Bavarian insults.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

Which rides and shows do locals go to?

Feldl's Teufelsrad and the Schichtl, both on the Schaustellerstraße, are the two a Munich local names first: at the Teufelsrad you sit on a spinning wooden disc while the caller ribs the riders in Bavarian, and at the Schichtl, on the Wiesn since 1869 and on the Bavarian register of intangible cultural heritage since 2026, a volunteer from the audience loses his head to a stage guillotine about twenty times a day.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Rides, shows and local knowledge.

How strong is Wiesn beer?

Wiesn beer has between 5.8 and 6.3 percent alcohol by the breweries' own product pages, 5.9 to 6.3 percent in the City of Munich's 2026 table, against 5.2 percent for Augustiner's everyday Helles; by its protected geographical indication an Oktoberfest beer must have at least 13.6 percent original wort and between 5.3 and 6.6 percent alcohol.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page What things cost.

What does a Mass of beer cost at Oktoberfest 2026?

A litre of beer costs 14.90 to 15.90 EUR in the big tents in 2026, per the festival's own beer price page (14.90 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle, 15.75 EUR at the Fischer-Vroni, 15.90 EUR in the Armbrustschützenzelt, the Löwenbräu-Festzelt and the Pschorr-Bräurosl, 15.80 EUR in the other eight big tents, and wheat beer at 18.40 EUR a litre in Kufflers Weinzelt); across all 35 tents the City of Munich puts the 2026 range at 14.80 to 15.90 EUR and the average at 15.61 EUR, 2.38 percent more than in 2025 and about 44 percent above the 2017 average of 10.87 EUR.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page What things cost.

What do other things cost on the grounds?

Entry to the grounds and the tents costs nothing; in 2026 a litre of table water averages 11.13 EUR and a litre of Spezi 12.84 EUR (City of Munich), half a Hendl costs 17.20 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle and up to 19.90 EUR in the Paulaner Festzelt and a big Brezn about 7 to 8 EUR (Munich press), the Oide Wiesn costs 4 EUR to enter with its rides at 1.50 EUR, and the Ferris wheel was 11 EUR for adults in 2025 (press).

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page What things cost.

Which 25 places near the Wiesn have audio stories?

Twenty-five of Munich's 98 places with audio stories in Roots Earth lie on the festival's paths: the 15 closest to the meadow, from the Theresienwiese itself (207 m from its centre) to the Löwenbräukeller (1,773 m), and 10 among the old town's beer houses and along the parade route, each with an audio story in all seven languages.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Places near the Wiesn.

How does Roots Earth work at the Wiesn?

Roots Earth needs no account: open Munich in the app, pick a place and play; download Munich's audio, then it plays without a connection.

The stories are written by local people, and every one of Munich's 98 places has its audio story in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

During the festival the program, the tents and experiences and the 25 places are in the Roots Earth app, Munich section, under Events and Activities for Germany; after Sunday 4 October 2026 that section switches off by design and the Munich audio stories stay.

Roots Earth: Audio stories for 5,665 places in 133 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions. Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian. The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue snapshot read on 31 October 2026 (2026-10-31T08:21:20.121Z). Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

Roots Earth is available on the App Store. Roots Earth is available on Google Play. More about Roots Earth, made by ROOTS SHPK, at rootsearth.com.

What happens after 4 October 2026?

The festival is over after Sunday 4 October 2026: the Kehraus at 22:30 is the last beer and the grounds close at 23:30; this page stays as a dated record of Oktoberfest 2026, and the Munich audio stories in Roots Earth stay available.

The full answer, with its sources, is on the page Program.