In 2009, the Oktoberfest will start on Saturday, September 19th, at 12 o' clock and end on Sunday, October 4th, 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 7.80 und 8,30 Euro this year.
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 - 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
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 - 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 20th, 2009 - 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 27th, 2009 - 11.00 a.m.
Concert of all the Oktoberfest beer-hall bands at the Bavaria
