Oktoberfest Events in Winston-Salem

Oktoberfest runs September 19 through October 4 in Germany this year — but you don’t have to cross the Atlantic to join the celebration. Raise a stein at one of these Oktoberfest events happening right here in Winston-Salem. Prost, and drink responsibly!

September 6, 2026

Oktoberfest Events in Winston-Salem

Clemmons Oktoberfest | Sept 12 | Jerry Long Family YMCA | Beer pit, farmers market, touch-a-truck, inflatables, food trucks, and the Dirty Dozen 5K

Lesser Known | Sept 12 | Ticket event (sold out)

Wise Man Brewing | Sept 18-20 | Wise Man is celebrating 10 years of Oktoberfest with their biggest lineup yet. Three full days of German-style beers, live music, and rotating food trucks, plus face painting and fairy hair.

Fiddlin’ Fish | Sept 19 | A brat-eating contest AND a stein-holding contest, plus a relay race, limited edition steins, food trucks, and live music.

Incendiary Brewing (WS) | Sept 19 | Free brats, stein-holding contest, and live German music

Easy Tiger Beer Garden | Sept 20 | German food truck

Foothills Tasting Room | Sept 26 | Stein-holding contest

Joymongers Barrel Hall | Sept 26 | A vendor market alongside German food and live music

Brouwerij DuBois | Sept 27 | Design and assemble your own Oktoberfest Wiesn Glupperl to wear on your Lederhosen or Dirndl, just like in Munich. Plus limited edition steins (arrive early — they’ve cut the quantity this year), a stein-holding contest, a photo booth, and German food

Körner’s Folly | Oct 3 | A whole Kernersville celebration with local breweries and restaurants showing up. One ticket covers a Körner’s Folly tasting glass to sample craft beers and wines all afternoon, plus stein-holding challenges, speed-pretzel-eating, the German Spelling Bee, and polka tunes and party hits. 21+ only.

Incendiary Brewing (Lewisville) | Oct 4 | Free brats, stein-holding contest, and live German music