Celebrate Oktoberfest All Month At These NJ Festivals

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Who needs to book a 7-hour flight to Germany when you can get your Oktoberfest on here at home? Here’s a list of beer-filled celebrations taking place in New Jersey.

Select Dates, September 7 – November 3

Great Adventure’s Octoberfest Food Festival
Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson
Explore German-inspired cuisine, brews and desserts all around the theme park.

Fridays – Sundays, September 13 – October 13

Morey’s Piers Oktoberfest
Morey’s Piers, Wildwood
Bust out your lederhosen and raise your steins as you enjoy live music, traditional German food, and all the games and rides you love at Morey’s Piers. Bands play on the Coca-Cola stage all weekend long with daily strolling entertainment by the Oompah Delics.

Saturdays and Sundays, September 28 to November 10

Bear Mountain Fall Cruise
Pier 83, New York, NY
The Floating Oktoberfest Cruise travels 50 miles through the fall foliage of the Hudson River Valley. On board you’ll eat pork schnitzel, bratwursts and Bavarian pretzels and drink Warsteiner and Spaten beer. When you get to Bear Mountain you’ll have at least two hours to explore trails, the lake, the zoo, the Merry-Go-Round and more before heading back to Manhattan.

October 4-6

Oktoberfest Celebration
Readington Brewery & Hop Farms, Neshanic Station
The spirit of Munich comes to Readington with a weekend full of traditional German brews, authentic food, live music, and fun activities. The Oktoberfest-ivities take place on Saturday, but the Oktoberfest menu is available all weekend. Some key activities include live music, a steinholding competition, goat races and merch. The farm is child- and dog-friendly.

October 5

Highlands Oktoberfest
Veterans Park, Highlands
Experience Germany in the Highlands with Oompah and polka music, performances by the Bayern Verien Newark Dancers, food from Bahrs Landing Restaurant, a variety of Oktoberfest beers, a Best-Dressed Contest, and a Beer Stein Holding Contest.

October 5-6

Oktoberfest
Historic Smithville, Galloway
Visit the village for over 100 juried crafters, an international food court, music, kids’ activities, non-profit organizations, and more.

October 6

Oktoberfest
Downtown Freehold
Main Street will be lined with booths for beer, food, games, entertainment, vendors, crafters and more.

October 11-13

Sinner’s Steakhouse Oktoberfest
Sinner’s Steakhouse, Point Pleasant Beach
Located across the street from the Manasquan Inlet, the restaurant have several giveaways over the course of the weekend, with musical acts as well as German food, beer and cocktails on the tented patio. On Sunday, the Manasquan Inlet Tug of War takes place across the street.

October 12

Oktoberfest
American Hungarian Foundation, New Brunswick
There will be lots of Hungarian and German foods and desserts and vendors.

Oktoberfest
Forest Lodge, Warren
The day includes German music from a band and DJ, German food and American BBQ, German craft beer and domestic wine, entertainment, rides and two dozen local vendors.

October 12-13

OctoberFeast
Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA
The autumn festival features live music, activities, an outdoor beer garden, and Oktoberfest-inspired food, and your chance to view Scarecrows in the Village. The festival will feature special entertainment by Philadelphia-based German bands including Polkadelphia and the Philadelphia German Brass Band, as well as performances by Give & Take Jugglers and Galena Brass Band. The festival will offer outdoor food and drinks at five restaurant tents and food trucks, pay-as-you-go activities, including ax-throwing, moonbounces, pumpkin painting, and a petting zoo, as well as free activities, including hay piles, lawn games, and mural painting.

October 13

Oktoberfest
Monument Square Park, New Brunswick
The fall celebration includes local and traditional German foods, craft brews, a steinholding competition, traditional German music, performances by Who Brought The Dog and Nuggets of New Brunswick, music by DJ Brian Bratwurst, pumpkin decorating, face painting and caricatures.

October 20

Oktoberfest
Veterans Park South, Hamilton Twp.
The event will feature music from Big Hix & Double Vision (Foreigner Experience), food trucks, crafters, and beer gardens. Kids’ activities include art projects, a corn maze, henna tattoos, a petting zoo, pony rides, pick-your-own pumpkins, inflatable bounce houses and slides, and character meet-and-greets (Belle, Captain America, Cinderella, Incredible Hulk, Moana and Spider-Man).

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