Awesome band, love the internationals! The beer stein was huge and authentic German beer good. The food was authentically good. Dancing fun! read more

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This may not be the biggest Oktoberfest in the Bay Area but it sure is a fun one! I actually volunteered to pour beer for several days and during breaks I was able to join in the festivities. There was a huge tent set up for music, games and dancing, with tables set up inside and outside. They also had various bands and dancers each day. German beers and food were available for sale, along with some traditional clothing. Every participant received either a 1L stein or a .5L glass mug and a ticket for one beverage. Additional tickets needed to be purchased for food and beverages. The weather was great throughout the week and everyone seemed to be having a great time! Parking is plentiful on the street and in various garages nearby. I have never enjoyed singing along to John Denver and Sweet Caroline so much! Yes where were lines for everything but they moved fairly quickly. Kids were welcome and there were plenty during the day. read more

I loved this Oktoberfest!!! We went on the last night and it was just great. We were on time for our slot and didn't have to wait long in line to get entry, perhaps 5min. We got a real sized Stein that holds 1L of liquid! I love the Stein so much! That alone is worth the admission! When I saw that they don't have my favorite Radler (Stiegl's) but mixed it themselves, I was hesitant to order it at first but upon the first taste, it was great, just like Stiegl's. The Pretzel with salami, cheese and mustard was really yummy. I loved it. The sausages however weren't my favorite. The bratwurst was a little bland and the polish a little bit too fatty. The Sauerkraut was legit though! I enjoyed the music and dancing a lot as well as the little games like Stein holding contest - how long can you hold a full Stein with an extended. The bathroom situation surprised me most - no wait times, many bathrooms available and clean! Well organized event with great music, good Radler and decent food! We will be back next year. Prost! read more

Fun local Oktoberfest in Redwood City that has grown nicely. Huge festival tent with a music stage. Ticket includes 1 liter stein and a 1/2 liter pour of beer. 4 Spaten beers to choose from as well as Devils Canyon Root beer. Food was ok, but would be nice to have a little more to choose from. Music is different for each session. There are 5 night and 3 day ticketed sessions, Friday and Saturday nights sell out fast. Wine might be a good option for non beer drinkers! Kids welcome too Run with mostly volunteers so tip well to help the local Arts and Park scene so we can get more fun events like this locally. read more

Oktoberfest - Beer stein holding contest - Festivals Near Me - Redwood City, California

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Peninsula Oktoberfest tickets were offered by two seatings on the weekends (12-4 & 5-9). I got my fiance' and I tickets at $18 each for the 12-4 on Saturday. That included entry to the event under a big white tent spanning over RWC's Courthouse Square and a liter beer mug - which is actually quite nice. Beyond that, what other pleasantries Oktoberfest had to offer were overshadowed by all lines we had to wait in starting from entry, acquiring tickets, getting beer and another line if you want something to eat with your brewsky. Although, I purchased my tickets prior to the event, we had to wait in line which was surprising to me. They had various sandwich boards of letters to categorize people by first name which essentially channeled three different lines to the door. I stood in my appropriate line only to hear an event organizer shout if we had purchased our tickets already. Of course, we went right in after. So that was strike one. All the long lines were mixed with those who already bought tickets and those wanting to purchase tickets. There went 15 minutes of wasted time. Once in, we had to head to another line for food and beverage tickets at $2.50 each. It took 3-5 tickets for beer (1/2 liter or liter) or a plate of food -pretzel, salami & cheese plate or a couple sausage/bratwursts. After buying 30 tickets, we headed to the 3rd line for beer. Of course, we fill our mugs to avoid waiting in line AGAIN for a refill. This line wasn't too bad, but we were hungry. I decided to grab us seats at a table and the Mr. stood in line. I must have sat there for about 10 minutes before he returned to the table empty handed protesting his refusal to stand in the line under the hot sun that had barely moved. So together we sat there drinking beer on empty stomachs watching the line for food which grew to almost the entire width of Courthouse Square and moved slow as molasses based on watching the guy that was in front of him. I'd say it was about 30 minutes or more to get to the front. While waiting for the line to die down, we did watch some cultural dance with an accordion player and a Yodeling Contest which was most amusing. The performers were sitting at our table and one of them was nice enough to offer part of his pretzel. I bashfully obliged. It was saving me from getting overly inebriated! When the line shrunk to only a 15-minute wait, we got a pretzel, salami & cheese plate with a couple bratwursts. We actually had to return to stand in line again for the bratwursts which weren't ready yet. The soft, large, pretzel and bratwursts were tasty, but it was disappointing that they ran out of mustard. Basically, we came to Oktoberfest and waited in line 5 times which pretty much sucks up about an hour of your time minimally. Looks like the aversion we felt towards this event has remained consistent since 2014. Get a clue Oktoberfest. read more

Oktoberfest - Spaten Oktoberfest beer - Festivals Near Me - Redwood City, California

I know this was a first time for an Oktoberfest in the Peninsula, but the event was excellent! I was honestly pleasantly surprised at the turn-out, being that it was 1) the first time 2) the weather wasn't the greatest.. But what can you say? A little rain isn't going to stop folks from drinking & eating! They had some really great food and beer vendors -- especially for beer enthusiasts. I could appreciate that they really tried to branch out and have different types of food vendors -- celebrating the Bay Area's diversity really. My friends and I had a great time. I can't wait to go next year!! P.S. I too was in love with Louis Vuitton. He had sunglasses from Neiman Marcus! LOL I hope he makes an appearance next year!!!! read more

Oktoberfest - Louis Vuitton!!! - Festivals Near Me - Redwood City, California

- Poorly organized. - LONG LONG lines for Food and Beer. - Understaffed. - Took forever to even get in. - Attendees are territorial despite seating being long benches. - White Trash convention. read more

I heard about this event on Yelp and managed to drag a Redwood City friend to this event to check it out. In the first five minutes, I won free beer all day at the Whrrl app promotion booth. Before I knew it, friends were joining me from as far away as San Francisco to help me out with the free beer. I ended up staying all day, being thoroughly rained upon, hearing the amusing live bands. I loved the country music cover of Purple Rain by The Famous. I made friends with many of the food and beer vendors, and by the end of the evening I was friends with many of the local hobos. Afterwards we headed to Tarboosh for hummus, baba ganoush and lamb. Epic day. If this event happens again, I will definitely be back. I enjoyed the wide selection of Devil's Canyon beers, especially the Lager Diabla. We also enjoyed the Tied House wheat beer, and the Spaten Oktoberfest and premium beers. read more

First time for this event in Redwood City apparently, maybe first time anywhere. Went to the farmer's market this morning and lo, twas a beer fest just opening up downtown when I left. Nice. Later in the afternoon there was decent live music on stage in the square, sundry beer and vittles booths, festive throngs, men in leiderhosen, etc... but sadly, no buxom barmaids. Highlights: Devil's Canyon Brewery (the event producer, I think...) has an ale, "California Sunshine" ale, which is the best ale I've ever had, damn it was good, even out of a plastic cup under a cloudy sky! Since it isn't sold in stores, does anyone know of a local place that serves it? "Louis Vuitton" the tiny ultra-cool dog wearing sunglasses and a bonnet. With designer jeans and appliques on it! OK... that's a B-52s song, but Louis did, actually, have cool shades and quite the yellow outfit and was the darling of many cooing, cuddling young women who were no doubt, ovulating and overwhelmed by nurturing, loving feelings for small adorable animals... a feeling I rarely share, but Louis the canine fashionista did elicit some involuntary snorts of appreciation from me, I admit (this was after the California Sunshine...). Half the crowd was cell-phoning at Louis while going "awww...". (See photo above posted by one of those people.) It rained on us a bit late in the day, but by then nobody cared. Hope they make a tradition of this event. read more

There were a lot of tents. But the beer selection was kind of boring. We were there on Saturday, so of course, it was too packed. They also ran out of rootbeer...... Lots of food trucks/stands. I was amused by the Oktoberfest hat tent. I was disappointed with all of the real estate, astound and other 'marketing' tents. It was out of place. Prices = reasonable. I got the LivingSocial deal for two people for $20. (Included 4 beers and two souvenir glasses.) Maybe it was because it was the last day of the festival or something, but there was hardly any German music. We were amused as to the amount of children in attendance, considering how many drunk people were there.... Otherwise, they kept the Courthouse Square pretty clean, as there were plenty of people picking up, cleaning up, and throwing away trash/compost. read more

I had a really good time here! I had just attended the big one in SF, but I wanted more so I came here and have zero regrets. I will definitely be back next year. The weather around here is always really nice, my SF-spoiled self even had to complain about the heat a few times! There were really cool food trucks like a Whole Foods truck that had an "mmm"-inducing apple, bacon, and bri sandwich, another food truck that had macaroni and cheese eggrolls, and some others I can't really remember because I didn't eat at them. There was also a pickle booth called Jerk N' Pickle - better than Claussen, not kidding. Anyways, there were only a few beer booths, but when you consider that one has 2-3 types to offer, there really is quite a selection, and the prices were more than reasonable ($20 = 5 beers). Also, there were these little wooden tokens that people kept giving me that were good for a free beer, I don't know where they got them, but will keep my eye out. Also, one booth's tap kept running foamy, so they were nice enough to let you drink half your beer and then get a full fill-up, even though only the top inch or 2 was foamy. There were some businesses out there advertising, and the event itself is in a busy area, with Five Guys' and a theater and tons of other stuff. I will definitely be back next year! read more

The band was great and the dancing was so much fun! Thanks Redwood City. read more

Oktoberfest - Festivals Near Me - Redwood City, California

An actual Oktoberfest in our little RWC? Hard to believe and surprised at the size and turnout too. Bigger and better than most festivals I've been to in the city. The only German brewery making an appearance however was Spaten. I'd like to see more German biers next year! read more

We had a great time at the first annual Oktoberfest. There was good beer and a good turnout, despite the rain and the baseball playoffs going on at the same time. There maybe could have been a couple more food options, but having trucks come and set up was a good idea. Looking forward to next year when they can put into practice what they learned from the first go-round! read more

Spaten beer, the Internationals, great food, great company and to top it off beautiful weather can't wait until next years event. Needless to say the event was awesome! read more

Oktoberfest - The Internationals - Festivals Near Me - Redwood City, California

Food and beer, what more could you ask for on a sunny Saturday afternoon? The location is perfect because of the open space and ample seating (something you don't find too often at these types of events), plus there are other reasons to be there besides just the fair (restaurants, theater, shops). Parking in the structure is free for the first 1.5 hours too! read more

I walked into this event with my family and left within 15 minutes. I thought we'd get a chance to enjoy some German food, beer, and music, but this was just ridiculously busy. If you're limiting tickets/seating for an event, I don't think you should have to wait in line for food tickets and then wait in a different (30 minute) line for food. Oh, and it's a different line for beer. Waste of money. I really hope they make this a better organized event in the future, or just ditch it. I preferred the big street event that they used to have, but honestly I'd just rather hang out at the Gourmet Haus Staudt. read more

Even though this was its first year, the Peninsula Oktoberfest was well organized and much better than Oktoberfest by the Bay. The food and beer selections were good, the lines were short, and you didn't need to buy a ticket to get in. Despite the few sprinkles of rain, everyone seemed to have a great time. read more

This event was not as fun as I thought it would be. Perhaps because it was raining. There was not a great variety of beers. There was also a lack of great food. Other than food and beer, the other booths were not particularly interesting. A couple of local stores with some simple games to win coupons or branded merchandise. read more

A great gathering of beer and food trucks that's satisfying for both kinds of appetite! Try some of the unique microbrew and eat some sausage. A great afternoon to be had. read more

Great event for the entire family. It was nice to have a few beer selections, unlike the SF Oktoberfest. It started sprinkling here and there, but it didn't seem to bother anyone. Overall, I had a lot of fun and definitely returning next year. read more

Much improved from last year. More German food, beer, and music. Loved the pork feet & red cabbage with spetsle, brauts with curry powder, an interesting twist, pretzels, apple cuchin, and another cuchin (German cheesecake) which I cannot remember the name of. The beers from the Czek Republic and I do not know where else were wonderful as was the polka music. My how it it has grown. Keep up the good work guys. read more

This was the first year I did not enjoy the Oktoberfest in RWC. They changed it for the worse. Limited selection of beer, poor sound system under the tent, no children's area. It was a great festival before someone decided to change it. I'll look elsewhere to celebrate next year. read more