Munich Festivals: Oktoberfest 2008

 
 
 
 
 

Munich Festivals: The 175th Oktoberfest in 2008

 
 
In 2008, the Oktoberfest will start on Saturday, September 20th, at 12 o' clock and end on Sunday, October 5th, at 11.30 p.m.

Hours of opening: From Monday to Friday you get beer from 10.00 a.m. to 10.30 p.m., on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays from 9.00 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.
The "Weinzelt" and the "Käfer Wies'n-Schänke", however, close at 1.00 a.m. and you can get your last beer at 0.15 a.m.


One liter of beer will probably cost between 7.70 und 8,- Euro this year.

 
 
 



Saturday, September 20th, 2008 - 10.45 a.m.

March of the Oktoberfest innkeepers to the Wies'n with their brewery horses - lead by the Münchner Kindl and the Major of Munich
Route:
Sonnenstr., Schwanthalerstr., Theresienwiese

  Oktoberfest Munich
 
 
 

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 - 12.00 a.m.

Tapping of the first barrel of beer in the beer tent Schottenhammel by the Major of Munich, Christian Ude

 
 
   

Sunday, September 21st, 2008 - 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.

Large parade of traditional costumes and riflemen to the Wies'n
Route: Siegestor, Odeonsplatz, Briennerstr., Maximiliansplatz, Lenbachplatz, Stachus, Sonnenstr., Schwanthalerstr., Theresienwiese


 
 
   

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 - 11.00 a.m.

Concert of all the Oktoberfest beer-hall bands at the Bavaria

 
 
   
 
   
 
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