First Horizon Pavilion
October 14-15, 2023
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The Chattanooga Market presents the 22nd annual Chattanooga Oktoberfest® – a two-day festival on Saturday, October 14th and Sunday, October 15th. The weekend features German accents such as a live oompah music, cultural food offerings and an expanded selection of beer, food and fun.

Saturday: 10am-8pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

Chattanooga Oktoberfest® is an annual must-attend festival for locals and tourists alike, come enjoy this FREE event. Festive German attire highly recommended!

Event Sales are Card Only

All Oktoberfest merchandise and beer sales are card-only during the festival; cash cannot be accepted at these event-specific sales locations. Visa, MC, AMEX and debit cards are all valid forms of payment along with Apple and Google Pay.

Farms and local artisans in the Kunstmarkt may accept cash, but generally also accept card payments.

Biergarten

Each year, Oktoberfest offers a wide variety of breweries and seasonal offerings to help celebrate the arrival of Fall. Breweries are still reporting in, but here is a partial list for 2023:

Participating Brewers

Local Biergarten: Big River Brewing, Chattanooga Brewing, Cherry Street Brewing, Five Wits Brewing, Hutton & Smith, Naked River Brewing, Wanderlinger Brewing

Regionals: Armed Forces Brewing, Bell’s Brewing, Blackberry Farms, Blake’s Hard Ciders, Black Abbey Brewing, Catawba, Dogfish Head, Founders Brewing, Golden Road, Gypsy Circus Ciders, Highland Brewing, Jackalope Brewing, Rhinegeist Brewing, Sycamore Brewing, Sweetwater Brewing, Tennessee Brew Works, Terrapin, Wicked Weed, Wiseacre Brewing, Yee Haw Brewing

Internationals: Andechs, Ayinger, Erdinger, Flensburger, Hacker, Hoffbrau, Hoppebrau, Michelob, Paulaner, Sam Adams, Schofferhofer, Yuengling Brewing

Bauernhöfe und Kunstmarkt

The finest local farms, artisans and craftsmen from around the Chattanooga area will showcase their fresh produce, artisan foods, as well as locally-produced arts and craft wares at the 22nd Annual Chattanooga Oktoberfest at the First Horizon Pavilion! Enjoy a weekend surrounded by Bavarian Cuisine, a Craft Bier Garden, shopping and plenty of family friendly entertainment.

Schedule

Saturday Hours: 10am-8pm
Sunday Hours: 11am-5pm

Saturday
11:00 am Polka Lessons
12:00 pm Stein Hoisting Contest
1:00 pm Stein Race
2:00 pm Stein Hoisting Contest
3:00 pm Stein Race
4:00 pm Stein Hoisting Contest
5:00 pm Stein Race
6:00 pm Stein Hoisting Contest
7:00 pm Under the main tent the annual Mr. and Ms. Chattanooga Oktoberfest contest will be held. An applause-based, casual and fun contest, it’s a “see and be seen” sort of event.

Sunday
11:00 am Polka Lessons
12:00 pm Chicken Dance, Dance Off
1:00 pm Brat Toss Contest
2:00 pm Chicken Dance, Dance Off
3:00 pm Brat Toss Contest
4:00 pm Polka Lessons

Directions

The festival is located at the First Horizon Pavilion adjacent to Finley Stadium, located at 1801 Reggie White Blvd, Chattanooga TN 37408.  If you are using an iPhone or Android device, click one of the buttons below for turn-by-turn directions.

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