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Oktoberfest 2026 in Munich: the program, all 24 dated events
This page lists every one of the 24 dated events of the Oktoberfest 2026 program in the Roots Earth app: 18 during the festival, from Saturday 19 September 2026 to Sunday 4 October 2026 on the Theresienwiese (Theresienwiese, 80336 München), and 6 after it, up to the Christkindlmarkt am Marienplatz on Thursday 24 December 2026. Every event has its start and end on the Berlin clock (Europe/Berlin), its venue and one sentence on what happens.
Oktoberfest 2026 is the 191st Oktoberfest: 16 days of tents, rides and parades on the Theresienwiese in Munich, from Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October 2026.
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.
Published 14 September 2026. Markdown: program.md Data: program.json
The 18 events during the festival, Saturday 19 September 2026 to Sunday 4 October 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.
| Date | Start | End | Event | Where | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 September 2026 to Sun 20 September 2026 | 09:00 | 23:30 | Opening weekend on the meadow | Theresienwiese | The tents open at 09:00 on both opening days; Saturday is rated busy all day and very busy from 18:00, and on opening day the rides run only from 12:00. |
| Sat 19 September 2026 | 10:35 | 12:00 (estimate) | Wiesn-Einzug: the landlords' and breweries' parade | Corner Josephspitalstraße and Sonnenstraße | About 1,000 participants set off at 10:35 from the corner of Josephspitalstraße behind the Sendlinger Tor and move along Sonnenstraße and Schwanthalerstraße to the meadow, ahead of the noon tapping. |
| Sat 19 September 2026 | 12:00 | 12:30 (estimate) | O'zapft is: the first keg is tapped | Festhalle Schottenhamel, Wirtsbudenstraße 35 | At 12:00 sharp Munich's Lord Mayor taps the first keg in the Festhalle Schottenhamel and opens the 191st festival; twelve gun shots in front of the Bavaria tell the other tents that beer may be served. |
| Sat 19 September 2026 | 12:00 | midnight (00:00, Sun 20 September 2026) | Oide Wiesn opening day | Eingang Oide Wiesn, southern Theresienwiese | The historic fair in the southern part of the grounds opens on day one from midday to midnight. |
| Sun 20 September 2026 | 10:00 | 12:30 (estimate) | Trachten- und Schützenzug: costume and riflemen's parade | Max II monument (Maxmonument), Maximilianstraße | About 9,000 participants in about 50 groups walk the nearly 7 km from the Max II monument on Maximilianstraße past Odeonsplatz and Karlsplatz to the meadow, a tradition held every year since 1950. |
| Tue 22 September 2026 | 10:00 | 19:00 | Family day 1: lower prices at rides and stalls | Theresienwiese | The first of the two family Tuesdays, until 19:00; the Familienplatzl is open every day. |
| Wed 23 September 2026 | 10:00 | 15:00 | Mittagswiesn: the easiest walk-in slot | Theresienwiese | Wednesday 23 September 2026 is rated quiet from 10:00 to 15:00, and on weekdays a quarter of all tent seats stay unreserved. |
| Thu 24 September 2026 | 09:30 | 10:30 (estimate) | Ecumenical Wiesn service in the Marstall tent | Marstall Festzelt, Wirtsbudenstraße 121 | An open ecumenical service at 09:30 in the Marstall tent, held for the festival workers, landlords and market sellers but open to everyone. |
| Fri 25 September 2026 | 18:00 | midnight (00:00, Sat 26 September 2026) | First Wiesn Friday night: rides until midnight | Theresienwiese | On Fridays the rides and stalls stay open until midnight, and the first Friday is rated busy from 18:00. |
| Sat 26 September 2026 | 08:00 | 08:45 (estimate) | Remembrance of the 26 September 1980 attack | Memorial at the main entrance, Bavariaring 5 | At 08:00 a wreath is laid at the memorial by the main entrance, Bavariaring 5, for the 13 people killed and more than 200 injured by the bomb of 26 September 1980, on the 46th anniversary; organised by the DGB trade union youth with the support of the City of Munich. |
| Sat 26 September 2026 to Sun 27 September 2026 | 09:00 | 23:30 | Middle weekend on the meadow | Theresienwiese | The middle weekend is the fullest of the festival: both days are rated busy from 10:00 and very busy in the afternoon, so arrive before 15:00 or pick a weekday, and expect the main tent entrances to be closed during the reservation change around 16:00 to 18:00. |
| Sun 27 September 2026 | 10:00 | 17:30 | Bauernmarktmeile: farmers' market mile on Odeonsplatz | Odeonsplatz and Ludwigstraße | More than 100 producers from all over Bavaria sell and serve on Odeonsplatz and along Ludwigstraße up to Galeriestraße from 10:00 to 17:30, at the 15th Bauernmarktmeile organised by the Bayerischer Bauernverband. |
| Sun 27 September 2026 | 10:00 | 18:00 | Outdoorsportfestival in the Olympiapark | Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz, Olympiapark | The 10th Outdoorsportfestival on Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz in the Olympiapark lets you try more than 50 sports from 10:00 to 18:00; it is run by the City of Munich's Department of Education and Sport with Olympiapark München GmbH. |
| Sun 27 September 2026 | 11:00 | 13:00 (estimate) | Wiesn-Platzkonzert: brass concert on the Bavaria steps | Bavaria statue | The bands of all the big tents, about 300 musicians, play together at the foot of the Bavaria from 11:00; the concert ends with the Bavarian anthem and thousands of balloons. |
| Tue 29 September 2026 | 10:00 | 19:00 | Family day 2: lower prices at rides and stalls | Theresienwiese | The second of the two family Tuesdays, until 19:00; the Familienplatzl is open every day. |
| Sat 3 October 2026 | 09:00 | midnight (00:00, Sun 4 October 2026) | German Unity Day on the meadow | Theresienwiese | 3 October 2026 is a public holiday and a Saturday: the grounds and rides run from 09:00 to midnight, the tents open at 09:00 with the last beer at 22:30, strollers are not allowed all day, and the holiday traditionally draws a particularly large crowd. |
| Sun 4 October 2026 | 12:00 | 12:30 (estimate) | Böllerschießen: closing gun salute under the Bavaria | Bavaria statue | At 12:00 sharp about 60 gun saluters in traditional dress fire the closing salute from the steps below the Bavaria, and the event ends with the Bavarian anthem. |
| Sun 4 October 2026 | 22:30 | 23:30 | Kehraus: last beer and sparkler finale | Theresienwiese | On the last evening the big tents serve the last beer at 22:30, and when the band plays one last time a sea of sparklers lights up the tents, with a different farewell song in the Hacker-Festzelt, the Augustiner-Festhalle and the Hofbräu tent; the grounds close at 23:30. |
Berlin clock (Europe/Berlin, UTC+02:00 during the festival). Where the source prints a start time only, the end time is marked as an estimate.
Opening weekend on the meadow
from Saturday 19 September 2026 at 09:00 to Sunday 20 September 2026 at 23:30. Venue: Theresienwiese. The tents open at 09:00 on both opening days; Saturday is rated busy all day and very busy from 18:00, and on opening day the rides run only from 12:00.
Wiesn-Einzug: the landlords' and breweries' parade
Saturday 19 September 2026 from 10:35 to 12:00 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Corner Josephspitalstraße and Sonnenstraße. About 1,000 participants set off at 10:35 from the corner of Josephspitalstraße behind the Sendlinger Tor and move along Sonnenstraße and Schwanthalerstraße to the meadow, ahead of the noon tapping.
O'zapft is: the first keg is tapped
Saturday 19 September 2026 from 12:00 to 12:30 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Festhalle Schottenhamel, Wirtsbudenstraße 35. At 12:00 sharp Munich's Lord Mayor taps the first keg in the Festhalle Schottenhamel and opens the 191st festival; twelve gun shots in front of the Bavaria tell the other tents that beer may be served.
Oide Wiesn opening day
Saturday 19 September 2026 from 12:00 until midnight (00:00, Sun 20 September 2026). Venue: Eingang Oide Wiesn, southern Theresienwiese. The historic fair in the southern part of the grounds opens on day one from midday to midnight.
Trachten- und Schützenzug: costume and riflemen's parade
Sunday 20 September 2026 from 10:00 to 12:30 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Max II monument (Maxmonument), Maximilianstraße. About 9,000 participants in about 50 groups walk the nearly 7 km from the Max II monument on Maximilianstraße past Odeonsplatz and Karlsplatz to the meadow, a tradition held every year since 1950.
Family day 1: lower prices at rides and stalls
Tuesday 22 September 2026 from 10:00 to 19:00. Venue: Theresienwiese. The first of the two family Tuesdays, until 19:00; the Familienplatzl is open every day.
Mittagswiesn: the easiest walk-in slot
Wednesday 23 September 2026 from 10:00 to 15:00. Venue: Theresienwiese. Wednesday 23 September 2026 is rated quiet from 10:00 to 15:00, and on weekdays a quarter of all tent seats stay unreserved.
Ecumenical Wiesn service in the Marstall tent
Thursday 24 September 2026 from 09:30 to 10:30 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Marstall Festzelt, Wirtsbudenstraße 121. An open ecumenical service at 09:30 in the Marstall tent, held for the festival workers, landlords and market sellers but open to everyone.
First Wiesn Friday night: rides until midnight
Friday 25 September 2026 from 18:00 until midnight (00:00, Sat 26 September 2026). Venue: Theresienwiese. On Fridays the rides and stalls stay open until midnight, and the first Friday is rated busy from 18:00.
Remembrance of the 26 September 1980 attack
Saturday 26 September 2026 from 08:00 to 08:45 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Memorial at the main entrance, Bavariaring 5. At 08:00 a wreath is laid at the memorial by the main entrance, Bavariaring 5, for the 13 people killed and more than 200 injured by the bomb of 26 September 1980, on the 46th anniversary; organised by the DGB trade union youth with the support of the City of Munich. Organiser: DGB trade union youth.
Middle weekend on the meadow
from Saturday 26 September 2026 at 09:00 to Sunday 27 September 2026 at 23:30. Venue: Theresienwiese. The middle weekend is the fullest of the festival: both days are rated busy from 10:00 and very busy in the afternoon, so arrive before 15:00 or pick a weekday, and expect the main tent entrances to be closed during the reservation change around 16:00 to 18:00.
Bauernmarktmeile: farmers' market mile on Odeonsplatz
Sunday 27 September 2026 from 10:00 to 17:30. Venue: Odeonsplatz and Ludwigstraße. More than 100 producers from all over Bavaria sell and serve on Odeonsplatz and along Ludwigstraße up to Galeriestraße from 10:00 to 17:30, at the 15th Bauernmarktmeile organised by the Bayerischer Bauernverband. Organiser: Bayerischer Bauernverband.
Outdoorsportfestival in the Olympiapark
Sunday 27 September 2026 from 10:00 to 18:00. Venue: Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz, Olympiapark. The 10th Outdoorsportfestival on Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz in the Olympiapark lets you try more than 50 sports from 10:00 to 18:00; it is run by the City of Munich's Department of Education and Sport with Olympiapark München GmbH. Organisers: City of Munich's Department of Education and Sport and Olympiapark München GmbH.
Wiesn-Platzkonzert: brass concert on the Bavaria steps
Sunday 27 September 2026 from 11:00 to 13:00 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Bavaria statue. The bands of all the big tents, about 300 musicians, play together at the foot of the Bavaria from 11:00; the concert ends with the Bavarian anthem and thousands of balloons.
Family day 2: lower prices at rides and stalls
Tuesday 29 September 2026 from 10:00 to 19:00. Venue: Theresienwiese. The second of the two family Tuesdays, until 19:00; the Familienplatzl is open every day.
German Unity Day on the meadow
Saturday 3 October 2026 from 09:00 until midnight (00:00, Sun 4 October 2026). Venue: Theresienwiese. 3 October 2026 is a public holiday and a Saturday: the grounds and rides run from 09:00 to midnight, the tents open at 09:00 with the last beer at 22:30, strollers are not allowed all day, and the holiday traditionally draws a particularly large crowd.
Böllerschießen: closing gun salute under the Bavaria
Sunday 4 October 2026 from 12:00 to 12:30 (the end time is an estimate; the source prints a start time only). Venue: Bavaria statue. At 12:00 sharp about 60 gun saluters in traditional dress fire the closing salute from the steps below the Bavaria, and the event ends with the Bavarian anthem.
Kehraus: last beer and sparkler finale
Sunday 4 October 2026 from 22:30 to 23:30. Venue: Theresienwiese. On the last evening the big tents serve the last beer at 22:30, and when the band plays one last time a sea of sparklers lights up the tents, with a different farewell song in the Hacker-Festzelt, the Augustiner-Festhalle and the Hofbräu tent; the grounds close at 23:30.
Sources
- Roots Earth catalogue
The 6 events after the festival
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 Bavaria stays open until Sunday 18 October 2026, the Kirchweihdult follows on Mariahilfplatz from 17 to 25 October 2026, and the Christkindlmarkt opens on Marienplatz on 20 November 2026; times after 25 October 2026 at 03:00 are UTC+01:00.
| Date | Start | End | Event | Where | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11 October 2026 | 09:00 | 15:20 | Marathon München | Finish: Willi-Daume-Platz, Olympiapark | The Marathon München starts at 09:00 at the Spiridon-Louis-Ring in the Olympiapark and finishes at Willi-Daume-Platz by the Olympiasee, with the course closing at about 15:20; organised by Laufstatt Event gGmbH, with the Kids Run on Saturday 10 October 2026 from 13:00 on Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz. |
| Sat 17 October 2026 to Sun 25 October 2026 | 10:00 | 19:00 | Kirchweihdult on Mariahilfplatz | Mariahilfplatz | Munich's autumn fair on Mariahilfplatz with about 250 stalls over nine days: sales from 10:00, rides from 10:30, everything ends at 19:00; the organiser is the City of Munich's Department of Labor and Economic Development. |
| Sat 17 October 2026 to Sun 18 October 2026 | 18:00 | 01:00 | Long Night of Munich Museums | Odeonsplatz (centre of the night) | More than 100 museums, galleries and special places open until 01:00, with the centre of the night on Odeonsplatz and six special MVG shuttle lines, and a children's programme from 14:00 to 18:00; organised by Münchner Kultur GmbH. |
| Sun 18 October 2026 | 09:00 | 18:00 | Last day of the Bavaria climbing season | Bavaria, Theresienhöhe 16 | 18 October 2026 is the last day of the season inside the Bavaria: open 09:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:30, then closed until the end of March. |
| Tue 20 October 2026 | 10:00 | 19:00 | Kirchweihdult family day | Mariahilfplatz | The Tuesday of the Kirchweihdult is its family day at the rides and showmen's stalls on Mariahilfplatz, from 10:00 to 19:00. |
| Fri 20 November 2026 to Thu 24 December 2026 | 10:00 | 14:00 | Christkindlmarkt am Marienplatz | Marienplatz | The City of Munich's Christkindlmarkt on Marienplatz runs from 20 November to 24 December 2026. |
Marathon München
Sunday 11 October 2026 from 09:00 to 15:20. Venue: Finish: Willi-Daume-Platz, Olympiapark. The Marathon München starts at 09:00 at the Spiridon-Louis-Ring in the Olympiapark and finishes at Willi-Daume-Platz by the Olympiasee, with the course closing at about 15:20; organised by Laufstatt Event gGmbH, with the Kids Run on Saturday 10 October 2026 from 13:00 on Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz. Organiser: Laufstatt Event gGmbH.
Kirchweihdult on Mariahilfplatz
from Saturday 17 October 2026 at 10:00 to Sunday 25 October 2026 at 19:00. Venue: Mariahilfplatz. Munich's autumn fair on Mariahilfplatz with about 250 stalls over nine days: sales from 10:00, rides from 10:30, everything ends at 19:00; the organiser is the City of Munich's Department of Labor and Economic Development. Organiser: City of Munich's Department of Labor and Economic Development.
Long Night of Munich Museums
from Saturday 17 October 2026 at 18:00 to Sunday 18 October 2026 at 01:00. Venue: Odeonsplatz (centre of the night). More than 100 museums, galleries and special places open until 01:00, with the centre of the night on Odeonsplatz and six special MVG shuttle lines, and a children's programme from 14:00 to 18:00; organised by Münchner Kultur GmbH. Organiser: Münchner Kultur GmbH.
Last day of the Bavaria climbing season
Sunday 18 October 2026 from 09:00 to 18:00. Venue: Bavaria, Theresienhöhe 16. 18 October 2026 is the last day of the season inside the Bavaria: open 09:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:30, then closed until the end of March.
Kirchweihdult family day
Tuesday 20 October 2026 from 10:00 to 19:00. Venue: Mariahilfplatz. The Tuesday of the Kirchweihdult is its family day at the rides and showmen's stalls on Mariahilfplatz, from 10:00 to 19:00.
Christkindlmarkt am Marienplatz
from Friday 20 November 2026 at 10:00 to Thursday 24 December 2026 at 14:00. Venue: Marienplatz. The City of Munich's Christkindlmarkt on Marienplatz runs from 20 November to 24 December 2026.
Sources
- Roots Earth catalogue
- Roots Earth fact pack, fetched on 12 September 2026: Bavaria season end 18 October 2026
- Roots Earth fact pack, fetched on 14 September 2026: after 4 October the page stays as a record; dated record
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