Coming to New Ulm for Oktoberfest?
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 2025, New Ulm’s Oktoberfest takes place over two weekends (Oct 3-4 and 10-11) at four main locations: Downtown (Oct 3-4), Best Western Plus (Oct 3-4 and 10-11), Morgan Creek Vineyards (Oct  4 & 11), and the Schell’s Brewery (Oct 11). 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 Oct 3-4 and 10-11 (scroll down past the Oktoberfest-specific events for the full list):
 
Click here for the Oktoberfest website: www.newulm.com/oktoberfest
 
 
 
 
Second Weekend Schedule:
Friday Evening, October 11
5pm-6pm – Concord Singers
6pm-6:30pm – Keg Opening
6:30pm-7:30pm – Concord Singers
8pm-12am – IPolka
Saturday Afternoon & Evening, October 12
2pm-5pm – Concord Singers
5pm-6pm – Bockfest Boys
6:30pm-7:30pm – Concord Singers
8pm-10:30pm – Leon Olsen, Dain’s Dutchmen
11pm-12am – Concord Singers
 

Second Weekend Schedule:
12pm-7pm – Oktoberfest Menu
1pm – 4pm – Alles Gemüte
5:30pm-8pm – Über Jazz Nite
8pm – Close

Click here for Schell’s Brewery Oct 11

10:30am     Gates open
10:45am     Beer wagon arrives
11:00am     Tapping of the fest keg
11:02am     Entertainment begins
4:30pm       Last call for alcohol!
5:00pm       Close
 

Click here for the New Ulm Community Calendar, which has more info about many of these events.  This list is currently being compiled, so please check back for updates!

Second Weekend

Friday, October 10th
Performances
12:00 – 2:30 pm                             Cathedral High School Fall Musical/State Street Theater
5:00 – 6:00 pm                                Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 6:30 pm                                Keg Opening/Best Western Plus
6:00 – 9:00 pm                                Bockfest Boys/ Kaiserhoff
6:30 – 7:30 pm                                Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
7:00 – 9:30 pm                                Pocket Lounge/Grand Kabaret  
8:00 pm – 12:00 am                      I Polka/Best Western Plus
Attractions and Events  
5:00 am – 7:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
6:00 am – 5:30 pm                         Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
10:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
10:30 am – 4:30 pm                      Domeier’s German Store
11:00 am – 6:00 pm                      Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm                      Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 9:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm                     Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 pm – 12:00 am                    Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1 & 3:00 pm                                     Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
4:00 – 11:00 pm                             Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
4:00 – 11:00 pm                             Black Frost Distilling
5:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Tavern 507

Saturday, October 11th 
Performances
8:30 am – 12:00 pm                      Adam Munsterman & Friends/B & L Bar
11:00 am                                          Keg Tapping/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest
11:02 am                                          Entertainment Begins/Schell’s Brewery Oktoberfest
1:00 – 4:00 pm                                Alles Gemüte/Morgan Creek Vineyards
2:00 – 5:00 pm                                Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
5:00 – 6:00 pm                                Buchstabienen/Best Western Plus
5:30 – 7:30 pm                                Über Jazz Trio/Morgan Creek Vineyards
6:00 – 10:00 pm                             Bourbon Street/ Kaiserhoff
6:30 – 7:30 pm                                Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
7:00 – 9:30 pm                                Cathedral High School Fall Musical/State Street Theater
7:30 pm – 1:00 am                         DJ CPR The Pulse/B&L Bar          
8:00 – 10:30 pm                             Leon Olson & Dain Moldan/Best Western Plus
8:00 – 11:00 pm                             IV Play/Royal Oak Event Center
11:00 pm – 12:00 am                    Concord Singers/Best Western Plus
Attractions and Events
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
6:00 am – 3:30 pm                         Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
9:00 am –12:00 pm                       Farmers Market/A to Zinnia Parking Lot
9:00 am – 4:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
9:00 am – 4:00 pm                         Craftoberfest-Craft & Vendor Show/1st St btw MN + Broadway
9:30 am – 4:30 pm                         Domeier’s German Store
10:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 3:00 pm                      Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Wanda Gag House
10:00 am – 5:00 pm                      Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society
10:00 am – 7:00 pm                      Hermann Monument
10:30 am – 5:00 pm                      Schell’s Oktoberfest/Schell’s Brewery (no brewery tours)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 9:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12:00 – 8:00 pm                             Morgan Creek Vineyard
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm                     Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 pm – 12:00 am                    Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 – 11:00 pm                             Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
1:00 – 11:00 pm                             Black Frost Distilling
2:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Tavern 507
6:00 – 10:00 pm                             The Pinball Place

Sunday, October 12th 
Performances
2:00 – 4:30 pm                                Cathedral High School Fall Musical/State Street Theater
Attractions and Events
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
9:00 am – 4:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
10:00 am – 5:00 pm                      Hermann Monument
11:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Wanda Gag House
11:00 am – 7:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm                     Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 9:00 pm                             Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley

**Parking** – Parking is available on any of the streets in downtown, as well as at the various city parking lots. View a parking map here.

**Transportation** – Please be safe when getting around town!

  • Free Shuttle Van Rides, sponsored by B&L Bar, Best Western Plus, & Schell’s Brewery.  Contact these two shuttles for rides – 507-766-6932, 507-217-3850.
  • Amilla Care Transport – 507-887-5195
  • October 11th only – MN Beer Bus rides from Pub 500 in Mankato – Mnbeerbus.com/oktoberfest
  • Uber & Lyft

Helpful Links:

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.
Other things to do and see while in New Ulm: https://www.newulm.com/things-to-do
 
Be sure to come next year for tons of fun at Oktoberfest 2026 – October 2-3 & 9-10!
 
Click here for the Oktoberfest website: www.newulm.com/oktoberfest
 

In case you’re interested in what happened last week, here is that schedule as well:

First Weekend

Friday, October 3
Performances
4:00 – 7:00 pm                                The Misfits – sponsored by B&L/Downtown Oktoberfest
5:00 – 7:30 pm                                Wendinger Band/Best Western Plus
5:00 – 8:00 pm                                Bockfest Boys/The K Bar (Kaiserhoff)
6:00 – 6:30 pm                               Keg Opening/Best Western Plus
7:00 – 9:30 pm                                Timbre Junction/Grand Kabaret
8:00 – 11:00 pm                            Tanner Stark Band – sponsored by B&L/Downtown Okt
8:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Rook/Best Western Plus
Attractions and Events
Various Times                                  City-Wide Garage Sales
5:00 am – 7:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
6:00 am – 5:30 pm                         Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
7:00 am – 1:00 pm                         Fall Pop-Up/Becky Bakes
10:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
10:30 am – 4:30 pm                      Domeier’s German Store
11:00 am – 6:00 pm                      Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm                      Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 9:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12, 1, 3, 5, 6:00 pm                        Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 pm – 12:00 am                    Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 & 3:00 pm                               Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
3:00 – 11:00 pm                                Downtown Oktoberfest – Friday Pre-Party/Minnesota Street
4:00 – 11:00 pm                             Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
4:00 – 11:00 pm                            Black Frost Distilling
5:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Tavern 507

Saturday, October 4th 
Performances
8:30 – 11:00 am                             Munsterman & Friends/B&L Bar
10:00 am                                          Keg Tapping/Downtown Oktoberfest
10:00 am – 12:00 pm                    Concord Singers/Downtown Oktoberfest
12:00 – 1:00 pm                             REVLINE/Downtown Oktoberfest
1:00 – 4:00 pm                                Alles Gemüte/Morgan Creek Vineyards
2:00 – 5:00 pm                                Shirts & Skins/Downtown Oktoberfest
4:00 – 7:00 pm                               The Nate Fredrickson Band – sponsored by B&L/Downtown Okt
5:00 – 6:00 pm                                Bockfest Boys/Best Western Plus
5:30 – 7:30 pm                                Über Jazz Trio/Morgan Creek Vineyards
6:30 – 7:30 pm                                Masskrugstemmen/Best Western Plus
8:00 – 11:00 pm                             Cold Blooded Whisky/Downtown Oktoberfest
8:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Tanner Stark/Best Western Plus
Attractions and Events
Various Times                                  City-Wide Garage Sales
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
6:00 am – 3:30 pm                         Oktoberfest Specials/The Backerei & Coffee Shop
7:00 am – 4:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
8:30 – 10:30 am                             New Ulm Diabetes Walk/Flandrau State Park
9:00 am –12:00 pm                       Farmers Market/A to Zinnia Parking Lot
9:00 am – 4:00 pm                         Craftoberfest – Craft & Vendor Show/MN St btw Center + 1st
9:30 am – 4:30 pm                         Domeier’s German Store
10:00 am                                          Pretzel Necklace Kits, sponsored by Nuvera/Downtown Okt
10:00 am – 11:00 pm                    Downtown Oktoberfest/Center & Minnesota Streets
10:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
10:00 am – 3:00 pm                      Brown County Historical Society Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Wanda Gag House
10:00 am – 5:00 pm                      Popcorn Wagon/Brown County Historical Society
10:00 am – 7:00 pm                      Hermann Monument
11:00 am                                         Germanic-American Day Parade/Downtown Minnesota Street
11:00 am – 3:00 pm                      Blacksmith Demonstration/Historic Kiesling House
11:00 am – 4:00 pm                      Art Gallery & Gift Shop/The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
11:00 am – 6:00 pm                      Museum & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 8:00 pm                      Bier Halle/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 9:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12:00 – 4:00 pm                             (hourly) – Brewery Tours/Schell’s Brewery
12:00 – 5:00 pm                             Axe-Throwing Station/Downtown Oktoberfest
12:00 – 8:00 pm                             Morgan Creek Vineyards
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm                     Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 pm – 12:00 am                    Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley
1:00 – 2:00 pm                                Stein-holding, yodeling, & sauerkraut eating contests/Downtown
1:00 – 11:00 pm                             Sweet Haven Tonics Lounge
1:00 – 11:00 pm                             Black Frost Distilling
2:00 pm                                            Trunk or Treat/Brown County Fairgrounds
2:30 pm                                            Power Wheels/Brown County Fairgrounds
3:00 pm                                            Pumpkin Smash/Brown County Fairgrounds
5:00 pm – 12:00 am                      Oktoberfest/Best Western Plus & Tavern 507
6:00 – 10:00 pm                             The Pinball Place

Sunday, October 5th 
Performances
3:00 – 4:00 pm                                Wind Symphony Concert/Martin Luther College
Attractions and Events
Dawn to dusk                                  Way of the Cross
9:00 am – 4:00 pm                         New Ulm Recreation Center
10:00 am – 5:00 pm                      Hermann Monument
11:00 am – 2:00 pm                      Wanda Gag House
12:00 – 5:00 pm                             Museum, Bierhalle, & Gift Shop/Schell’s Brewery
11:00 am – 7:00 pm                      Historic Turner Hall
12, 1, 3, 5 & 6:00 pm                     Glockenspiel/Schonlau Park
12:00 – 9:00 pm                             Concordia Lanes Bowling Alley