Who knows how to throw a German party better than the most German city in Minnesota?! Come and raise a stein with us in New Ulm! Beer, Bands, Brats – we’ve got it all… and a lot more, too!

In 2023, New Ulm’s Oktoberfest takes place over two weekends (Oct 6-7 and 13-14) at four main locations: Downtown (Oct 7), Morgan Creek Vineyards (Oct 7), Schell’s Brewery (Oct 14), and the Best Western Plus (Oct 6-7 & 13-14). But there are events and activities taking place all over town, besides these four main locations. We’ve compiled a chronological list of everything taking place during the two weekends of Oktoberfest, October 6-7 and 13-14 (scroll down past the Oktoberfest-specific events for the full list):

 

 

10am – Official Keg Tapping
10am-11am – Concord Singers

10:15am, 12pm, 2pm, and 3:30pm – Puppet Wagon Shows
11am – Germanic-American Day Parade
11am-1pm – Dain’s Dutchmen
1pm-2pm – Sauerkraut Eating, Yodeling, & Stein-Holding Competitions *Sign Up at the Chamber Merchandise Table, located next to the Biergarten*
2-5pm – Shirts & Skins Band

12-3pm – Horse-drawn Trolley Rides, sponsored by New Ulm Real Estate
12-5pm – Axe-Throwing Station, sponsored by Wealth Management Solutions – Ameriprise

4pm-8pm – Nate Frederickson Band

8pm-Midnight – DJ Strudel Boy

12:00 pm   Gate Opens

12:00 – 4:30 pm   Tasting Pavilion Open & Wood fired Pizza

12:00 – 4:30 pm   Schvitzing on the GO!  Mobile Sauna Event

1:00 pm   Stomper Roll Call and Parade to Stomp Pit

1:30 pm   First Competitive  Grape Stomp / Prizes & Winners

2:00 pm   Űber Jazz 10 performs

2:30 pm   Stomper Roll Call and Parade to Stomp Pit

3:00 pm   Second Competitive Grape Stomp / Prizes & Winners

3:30 pm   Űber Jazz 10 performs

4:30 pm   Last Call for Tasting & Shuttle Service

5:00 pm Close

10:30am     Gates open

10:45am     Beer wagon arrives

11:00am     Tapping of the fest keg

11:02am     Schell’s Hobo Band performs

1:30pm       Alpensterne performs

4:30pm       Last call for alcohol!

5:00pm       Close

Ballroom Band Schedule
Friday Evening, October 6
5-6 Concord Singers
6-6:30 Keg Opening
6:30-8:30 Neu Ulm Blaskapelle
9-12 Wendinger Band

Saturday Afternoon and Evening, October 7
1-2 Concord Singers
2:30-4:30 Neu Ulm Blaskapelle
5-6 Concord Singers
6:30-8:30 Neu Ulm Blaskapelle
9-12 Bockfest Boys

Green Mill Patio
Friday, October 6
8-10pm Krista

Saturday, October 7
8-10pm Valley Sounds

Kids Day: October 7.
Stay tuned for more details.
Second Weekend Schedule:

Ballroom Band Schedule
Friday Evening, October 13
5-6 Concord Singers
6-6:30 Keg Opening
6:30-9 Bockfest Boys
9:30-12 Ipolka

Saturday Afternoon/Evening, October 14
2-3 Concord Singers
3-7 Leon Olson and the Dains Dutchmen
7-8 Concord Singers
8:30-12 Powerhouse

Green Mill Patio
Friday, October 13
8-10pm The Josh Norman Musik Meisters

Saturday, October 14
8-10pm Tanner StarkThe second weekend of festivities will include craft vendors.
Stay tuned for more details.

 

3pm – Tanner Stark/Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Preview

5pm – Andrea Lynn/Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Preview

5-6pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6-6:30pm – Keg Opening/Best Western Plus

6-9pm – Bockfest Boys/Kaiserhoff

6:30-8:30pm – Neu Ulm Blaskapelle/Best Western Plus

6:30-9pm – Ben Marti/Morgan Creek Vineyards

7pm – DJ CPR/Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Preview

7-9pm – Double Down Daredevils (Bluegrass)/Grand Kabaret

8-10pm – Krista/Green Mill Patio

9pm-12am – Wendinger Band/Best Western Plus

5am-9pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)

Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

6am-5pm – Oktoberfest Specials @ The Backerei & Coffee Shop

9am-5pm – Domeier’s German Store

10am-2pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame

10am-4pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum

10am-5pm – Hermann Monument

10am-5pm – Christmas Haus

11am-4pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture

11am-9pm – Historic Turner Hall

11am-5pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery

11am-8pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery

1 & 3pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12-5pm – Craftoberfest-Shop the Lot Craft & Vendor Show/1^st North Street Downtown

12pm-1am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

1-10pm – Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Preview/Minnesota Street

2-10pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

4-8pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

4-9pm – Morgan Creek Vineyards

4-9pm – Starkeller Brewery & Tap Room

4-11pm – Black Frost Distilling

5pm-12am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill

 

9:00am – 12pm – Adam Munsterman/B & L Bar

10am – Keg Tapping/Downtown Oktoberfest

11am-1pm – Dain’s Dutchmen/Downtown Oktoberfest

2-5pm – Shirts & Skins/Downtown Oktoberfest

1-2pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus

2pm – Űber Jazz 10/Morgan Creek Vineyards

2:30-4:30pm – Neu Ulm Blaskapelle/Best Western Plus

3:30pm – Űber Jazz 10/Morgan Creek Vineyards

4-8pm – Nate Frederickson Band/B&L Bar

5-6pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus

6:30-8:30pm – Neu Ulm Blaskapelle/Best Western Plus

7-9pm – Gangsta Grass (hip hop bluegrass)/Grand Kabaret

8-10pm – Valley Sounds/Green Mill Patio

9pm-12am – Bockfest Boys/Best Western Plus

8pm-12am – DJ Strudel Boy/B&L Bar

Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

6am-3pm – Oktoberfest Specials @ The Backerei & Coffee Shop

7am-5pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)

7-11:30am – Adult only lap swim/New Ulm Recreation Center

9am-12pm – Farmers Market/Downtown on German Street

9am-12pm – Our Savior’s Bake Sale

9am-5pm – Domeier’s German Store

9:45-11am – Annual Bicycle Tour of New Ulm/start at German Park

10am – Appearance by the New Ulm Royalty/Downtown Oktoberfest

10am-2pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame

10am-2pm – German-Bohemian Research Library

10am-3pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum

10am-4pm – Craftoberfest-Shop the Lot Craft & Vendor Show/1^st North Downtown

10am-4pm – Wanda Gag House

10am-4pm – Christmas Haus

10am-5pm – Downtown Oktoberfest/Center Street

10am-5pm – Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society

10am-7pm – Hermann Monument

10:15am – Puppet Wagon Show/Downtown Oktoberfest

11am – Germanic-American Day Parade/Downtown Minnesota Street

11-3pm – Historic Kiesling House

11am-3pm – Pumpkinfest/New Ulm Area Catholic Schools

11am-4pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture

11am-6pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery

11am-8pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery

11am-9pm – Historic Turner Hall

11:30am – Appearance by the New Ulm Royalty/Downtown Oktoberfest

12pm – Puppet Wagon Show/Downtown Oktoberfest

12-3pm – Horse-drawn Trolley Rides /Downtown Oktoberfest

12-4pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

12-4pm (every hour) – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery

12-5pm – Stomp!-New Ulm!/Morgan Creek Vineyards

12-5pm – Axe-Throwing Station/Downtown Oktoberfest

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12pm-1am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

1-2pm – Stein-holding, yodeling, & sauerkraut eating contests/Downtown Oktoberfest

1-11pm – Black Frost Distilling

1pm-12am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill

1:30pm – Appearance by the New Ulm Royalty/Downtown Oktoberfest

2pm – Puppet Wagon Show/Downtown Oktoberfest

2-9pm – Starkeller Brewery & Tap Room

2-10pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

3:30pm – Puppet Wagon Show/Downtown Oktoberfest

6-10pm – The Pinball Place

 

Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

9am-5pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)

9-11:30am – Adult only lap swim/New Ulm Recreation Center

9am-12pm – Domeier’s German Store

9-1pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

10am-7pm – Hermann Monument

11am-2pm – Wanda Gag House

11am-5pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery

11am-7pm – Historic Turner Hall

12-3pm – Christmas Haus

12-4pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

12-5pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12pm-10pm – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

1 & 3pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery

5-8pm – Sister Cities Celebration Banquet

5-6pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus

6-6:30pm – Keg Opening/Best Western Plus

6:30-9pm – Ben Marti/Morgan Creek Vineyards

6:30-9pm – Bockfest Boys/Best Western Plus

7-9pm – Harper’s Chord (country/folk)/Grand Kabaret

8-10pm – The Josh Norman Musik Meisters/Green Mill Patio

9pm-12am – I Polka/Best Western Plus

5am-9pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)
Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

6am-5pm – Oktoberfest Specials @ The Backerei & Coffee Shop

9am-5pm – Domeier’s German Store

10am-2pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame

10am-4pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum

10am-5pm – Hermann Monument

10am-5pm – Christmas Haus

11am-4pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture

11am-5pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery

11am-8pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery

11am-9pm – Historic Turner Hall

1 & 3pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery

12:00pm – Hermann 5K

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12pm-1am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

2-10pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

4-9pm – Morgan Creek Vineyards

4-9pm – Starkeller Brewery & Tap Room

4-8pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

4-11pm – Black Frost Distilling

5pm-12am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill

 

9:00am – 12pm – Adam Munsterman/B & L Bar

11am – Keg Tapping/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest

11am-1:30pm – Schell’s Hobo Band/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest

1:30pm-5pm – Alpensterne/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest

2-3pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus

3-7pm – Leon Olsen and Dain’s Dutchmen/Best Western Plus

4-8pm – Heidi & the Good Ole Boys/B&L Bar

7-8pm – Concord Singers/Best Western Plus

7-11pm – HBB/Kaiserhoff

6:30-9pm – Über Jazz Trio/Morgan Creek Vineyards

8-10pm – Tanner Stark/Green Mill Patio

8:30pm-12am – Powerhouse/Best Western Plus

Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

6am-1:30pmpm – Oktoberfest Specials @ The Backerei & Coffee Shop

7-11:30am – Adult only lap swim/New Ulm Recreation Center

7am-5pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)

9am-12pm – Farmers Market/Downtown on German Street

9am-5pm – Domeier’s German Store

10am-1pm – Made Rights at the American Legion

10am-2pm – Minnesota Music Hall of Fame

10am-3pm – Brown County Historical Society Museum

10am-4pm – Christmas Haus

10am-4pm – Wanda Gag House

10am-4pm – Craftoberfest-Shop the Lot Craft & Vendor Show/1^st North Downtown

10am-5pm – Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society

10am-7pm – Hermann Monument

10:30am-5pm – Schell’s Oktoberfest/Schell’s Brewery (no brewery tours today)

11am-9pm – Historic Turner Hall

11am-9pm – Morgan Creek Vineyards

11am-2pm – Wine Cafe Brunch/Morgan Creek Vineyards

11am-4pm – Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture

12-4pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12pm-1am – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

1-11pm – Black Frost Distilling

2-9pm – Starkeller Brewery & Tap Room

2-10pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

2pm-12am – Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Green Mill

6-10pm – The Pinball Place

 

Dawn to dusk – Way of the Cross

9am-5pm – New Ulm Recreation Center (indoor playground and gym)

9-11:30am – Adult only lap swim/New Ulm Recreation Center

9am-12pm – Domeier’s German Store

9-1pm – Rush Rooftop Restaurant

10am-7pm – Hermann Monument

11am-2pm – Wanda Gag House

11am-7pm – Historic Turner Hall

11am-5pm – Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery

12-3pm – Christmas Haus

12-4pm – Swimming Pool/New Ulm Recreation Center

12-5pm – Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery

12-5pm – George’s Ballroom Street Dance

12, 1, 3, 5 & 6pm – Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park

12pm-10pm – Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

1 & 3pm – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery

3-4:30pm – ProMusica Minnesota: Fly with Us to 19th Century Europe (MLC)

 

Click here for the Oktoberfest website: www.newulm.com/oktoberfest

Click here for the New Ulm Community Calendar, which has more info about many of these events.

New Ulm Dining: www.newulm.com/visitors-community/things-to-do/dining

New Ulm Shopping: www.newulm.com/visitors-community/things-to-do/shopping

Other things to do and see while in New Ulm: www.newulm.com/visitors-community