The 2023 Oktoberfest at the Phoenix Club is cancelled as their new location in Brea is not quite ready to host Oktoberfest. The Club suggests attending the Garden Grove Elks’ Oktoberfest. It will offer a similar atmosphere to theirs on a more intimate scale.
Here is a list of many more Orange County Oktoberfests to enjoy this year.
The Garden Grove Elks event will feature live music by Da Stube Buben and DJ Musikmeister Jürgen Picard, to get the crowd going. German festival foods will be available, and a selection of German beers will be on tap.
On Saturday and Sunday, you can look forward to performances by Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler, along with contests and prizes. Additionally, the Schützen will be hosting a shooting competition with foam dart guns all three days.
This event is one weekend only, Friday, October 20 to Sunday October 22, 2023.
Purchase tickets to this fun and festive event here.
Location Name: Elks Lodge Garden Grove
Address: 11551 Trask Av., Garden Grove, CA, 92843
With parking limited, carpooling or utilizing ride-share services is encouraged.
Oktoberfest Details
What: Oktoberfest
Where: The Phoenix Club in Anaheim
1340 S. Sanderson Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 (off 57 at Ball Rd.)
Date: September 16 – October 23, 2022
Hours:
Friday (21+ Only) 6:00 PM – Midnight $20
Saturday (21+ Only) 5 PM – Midnight $20
Sunday (Family Days, All Ages) 12 PM – 5 PM $20, Ages 3-12 $5
Tickets Must Be Purchased Online
NO ticket sales at the door. You must buy online.
Food, Drinks additional cost
Oktoberfest Activities
- Beer drinking & stein holding contest
- Sausage eating contest
- Shooting gallery: The Phoenix Schützen (traditional air rifle club) will have the rifle range open to the public on set days
- Air rifle shooting contests
- Youth dance group performances
- Twist and shout balloon twisters
- Opening day parade
Oktoberfest Activities for Kids
Children’s playground and activities are available everyday plus…
- Bounce house
- Choo-Choo
- Fire engine
- Hay rides
- Del Rio Stables and Equestrian Center will host $5.00 Pony Rides for the kids all Sundays in October
Oktoberfest Entertainment
The biergarten features live performances by:
- The Express Band
- DJ Musikmeister
- Die Gemutlichen Schuhplatter (Saturday and Sundays)
- Youth Dance Group (Sunday)
Oktoberfest Food
German food includes generous portions of bratwurst or smoked bratwurst, pork or chicken schnitzel, weisswurst, Leberkäse, schweinshaxe (pork shank) with sauerkraut, bread dumpling and beer sauce. Sides include pretzels, sauerkraut, and German potato salad. Cheeseburgers, hot dogs, fries and garden salads will also be served.
Dessert options include ice cream and cake.
Oktoberfest Drinks
There is a full variety of on German beers on tap or by bottle. There is also wine, cocktails and liquor plus soda, bottled water and coffee.
Some of the German beers include:
- Schöfferhofer
- Bitburger Braugruppe
- Paulaner Munchen
- Hacker-Pschorr
- Benediktiner Weissbler
- Warsteiner
- Köstritzer Schwarzbier
Parking
Limited On-site parking is available and requires a parking voucher. One parking voucher is available per purchase when you order tickets. On-site parking can not be guaranteed without a voucher.
Oktoberfest Tips
- Dress up for Oktoberfest in a traditional Bavarian outfit called Tracht (Tra-oct) or for women dirndl (DEERN-dul) dresses or for men leather lederhosen (LAY-der-hozen) shorts.
- Bring your own stein or drinking vessel.
- No table reservations. Table space can be claimed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- As in Bavaria, it is not uncommon to share tables with strangers on busier weekends.
- Buy tickets early to avoid lines.
- Cash at gate and for food and beverage is recommended.
- Cash only except for inside Hall bar, and Cocktail Booth. ATM is available at the gate.
- Due to space restrictions, No strollers will be allowed in the indoor Beer Hall, there will be stroller parking at the Hall entry door.
- The Bierstube restaurant will not be open for the duration of Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest History
On October 12, 1810 there was a royal wedding where Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I, was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on 12 October 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities and hence Oktoberfest was born.
Oktoberfest traditionally starts in the third weekend in September and ends the first Sunday of October. Today, the Oktoberfest in Munich is the largest festival in the world, with an international flavor characteristic of the 20th century.
Oktoberfest at the Phoenix Club started in 1961 as way to celebrate German heritage and educated non-Germans on the culture.
Did you know German immigrants helped establish Anaheim?
In 1857 a band of German immigrants established a vineyard colony that was incorporated 21 years later as the town of Anaheim. In fact Anaheim is a hybrid, combining the Spanish Ana (from the Santa Ana River) with the German heim (for home).
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