Orange County’s longest running and most authentic Oktoberfest is back at the new Phoenix Club in Brea this October. Put on your best lederhosen get ready for German music, food, drinks plus dancing and contests.
Check out all the Orange County Oktoberfests to enjoy this year.
Oktoberfest Details
What: Oktoberfest
Where: The Phoenix Club in Brea
375 West Central Avenue, Brea, CA 92821
Dates/Hours
Saturday, October 5, 12 & 19, 2024 | 3:00pm to 10:30pm *21 + only
Sunday, October 6, 13 & 20, 2024 | Noon to 5:00pm *All ages
Tickets Must Be Purchased in Advance Online
NO ticket sales at the door. You must buy online.
Food, Drinks additional cost
Oktoberfest Activities
- Music and dancing
- Beer drinking & stein holding contest
- Youth dance group performances
- Twist and shout balloon twisters
- Kids crafts
Oktoberfest Entertainment
The biergarten features live performances by:
- Da Stube Buben
- The Blue Birds
- Die Sauerkrauts
- Youth Dance Group (Sunday only)
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:
- Spaten
- Schöfferhofer
- Bitburger Braugruppe
- Paulaner Munchen
- Hofbrau
- Erdinger
- Weihenstephaner
- Veltins
- Köstritzer Schwarzbier
Parking
To guarantee parking on site, you must have a parking voucher, only one voucher is available per purchase. Parking vouchers are only available with a ticket purchase. These vouchers are limited. if you do not have a voucher for parking, Phoenix Club cannot permit parking onsite per city restrictions. There is no street parking. Ride sharing or a ride service is advised.
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 before they sellout.
- Cash at gate and for food and beverage is recommended.
- Cash only except for inside Hall bar, and food kiosk. There is no ATM is available.
- The Bierstube restaurant will not be open during 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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