Grab your pretzels, beer, lederhosen, dirndls and little ones to raise your mug at a bunch of German festivities this month! While the real Oktoberfest is celebrated from September 22nd to October 7th in Munich, Germany, New Jersey’s celebrations are going strong throughout October. Your whole family can show off your best chicken dance, sample sausages and sip a lager in the biergarten (ok, that one is for mom & dad, only!). A few not to be missed: Morey’s Piers in Wildwood where everyone can have a rousing good time among the boardwalk rides, Zeppelin Hall in Jersey City with live music that actually feels like you’ve been transported to Germany and at the gorgeous Laurita Winery in New Egypt, where you can say prost (cheers!) while relaxing by the firepit.
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Here are Oktoberfests you need to know about around New Jersey this fall:
Atlantic Highlands Oktoberfest
October 5, 2PM-9PM
Veterans Park
Highlands, NJ
Cost: free, parking is free
Historic Smithville Oktoberfest
October 5 at 10AM – October 6 at 5PM
Smithville, NJ
Cost: free
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xGZNFgFTh/?igshid=1gq6a2s8o61z2
Oktoberfest at Morey’s Piers
October 4 – 6, 11 – 13
Wildwood, NJ
Cost: Ride passes $20-$35
Quakertown Fire Company Oktoberfest
October 5, 3PM – 9PM
67 Quakertown Rd
Pittstown, NJ
Cost: free
Laurita Oktoberfest with Food Trucks & Fire Pits
October 5, 11AM – 9PM, October 6, 11AM-7PM
85 Archertown Rd
New Egypt, NJ
Cost: $8-$10 in advance, $10-$12 at the door, under 20 free
The Craft Show at Oktoberfest
October 12
38 Park St.
Demarest, NJ
Cost: free
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UkwnpA0gs/?igshid=xljdl7butor5
Asbury Park Festhalle & Biergarten Oktoberfest Celebration
October 12 – 13
527 Lake Ave
Asbury Park, NJ
Cost: free
Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest
October 3 – October 19
88 Liberty View Dr.
Jersey City, NJ
Cost: free
New Brunswick 2nd Annual Oktoberfest
October 12, 12PM – 5PM
New Brunswick City Center
New Brunswick, NJ
Cost: free
New Jersey Oktoberfest
October 12, 11AM – 5PM
Forest Lodge
Warren, NJ
Cost: $8 adults, kids 10 and under free
Oasis Oktoberfest
October 18
McBride Field
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Cost: free, donations suggested
Edelweiss Passaic Oktoberfest
October 19, Doors open at 6:30
1 Perrin Ave.
Pompton Lakes, NJ
Cost: Adults $40, Kids 13-20 $22, 6-12 $12, 5 and under free
Avalon Oktoberfest
October 19, 1PM-8PM
125 79th St.
Avalon, NJ
Cost: Adults $5-$20, Under 21 free
Hamilton Oktoberfest
October 20, 11AM-5:30PM
Veterans Park
Hamilton, NJ
Cost: free