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| In 2015, Adventureland began hosting an Oktoberfest event. The event is held each year during the first Saturday of October (the weekend after the final weekend of Adventureland's season). A portion of the park will be open with some rides operating, but the main focus are all the food and adult beverage stands that are added, as well as live entertainment. Live music is a big part of the celebration, as well as costume contests, and plenty of free-to-play games scattered about the park. They also offer some unique drinking-themed pay-to-play games, like playing "Speedball" with a shaken up can of beer rather than a baseball.
| | Adventureland held its first Oktoberfest on October 3, 2015, with plans that, if successful, it would become an annual event. |
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| = Oktoberfest History =
| | # [[Oktoberfest 2015]] - October 3, 2015 |
| == 2015 ==
| | # [[Oktoberfest 2016]] - October 1, 2016 |
| The first annual Oktoberfest was held on October 3, 2015, from 11am to 8pm. Parking was free, and admission was $10 which included one Sam Adam's Octoberfest beer. Season pass holders received free admission, but no free beer. Everyone got to download a free souvenir photo of them against an Oktoberfest backdrop ([[Professor Bellows]]).
| | # [[Oktoberfest 2017]] - September 30, 2017 (date announced on the 2016 show guide) |
| === Bars ===
| | # [[Oktoberfest 2018]] - October 6, 2018 |
| # Adult Root Beer and Floats
| | # [[Oktoberfest 2019]] - October 9, 2019 (date announced on banners at the 2018 show) |
| # Fresh Squeezed Specialties
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| # Iowa Beer & Wine
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| # Pumpkin Beers
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| # Rathskeller Bier Garten
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| # Sam Adam's Octoberfest
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| # Shots and Whiskey
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| === Entertainment ===
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| # Brian Congdon
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| # Damnit Changler
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| # The Nadas
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| # Men's and Woman's Oktoberfest themed costume contest.
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| === Food ===
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| ==== Park Food ====
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| # [[Alpine Foods]] - corn dogs and fried specialties | |
| # [[Dippin' Dots]]
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| # [[Iowa Cafe]] - fried chicken $7, bier braised knackwurst w/sauerkraut $5.25, pork wienderschnitzel $6, German potato salad or spätzle $2, desserts (German chocolate cake, turnovers, pumpkin pie) $2. Plus drink stand: fresh squeezed orange or grapefruit juice $5, Cedar Ridge Blanc De Blanc $6, bloody beer $9, Bernie's bloody mary $9, fresh squeezed screwdriver $9, fresh squeezed greyhound $9, ultimate fresh squeezed greyhound $12, Moscow mule (flavor options) $9. Popcorn and fudge.
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| # [[Main Street Creamery]] - sundaes and scoops | |
| # [[Rathskeller]] - pizza, burgers and brats
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| ==== Food Vendors ====
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| # Baru 66
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| # Blue Tomato
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| # Bistro Montage
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| # Fried Taco Truck
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| # Lurrua Cocina
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| # Mediteranean Food Truck
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| # Strudl Haus
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| # Tami's Tarts
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| === Games ===
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| # [[Can A Ball]]
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| # [[Coors Bank a Ball]]
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| # [[Hamm's Beer Speed Pitch]]
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| # [[Hi-Striker]]
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| # [[Keg Bowling]]
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| # [[Mr Frog]]
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| # [[Wine Duck Pond]]
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| ==== Free to Play ====
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| # Beer Pong
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| # Connect Four (huge)
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| # Corn Hole (mentioned in Des Moines Register article; bean bag toss)
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| # Horseshoes
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| # Jenga (huge)
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| # Ladderball (some throw rope loopy things over a stand)
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| # Ring Toss (?)
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| # Street Chess (huge chess board and pieces)
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| === Rides Operating ===
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| # [[Balloon Race]] | |
| # [[Carousel]]
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| # [[Der Flinger]]
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| # [[Falling Star]]
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| # [[G-Force]]
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| # [[Giant Sky Wheel]]
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| # [[Galleon]]
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| # [[Scrambler]]
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| # [[Space Shot]]
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| # [[Splash Over]]
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| # [[Tea Cups]]
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| === Shops ===
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| # [[Main Street Arcade|Adult Arcade]] (where I come from, an "adult arcade" was something different!)
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| # [[Airbrush Avenue|Airbrush T-Shirts/Hats]] | |
| # [[A-Train Station|Candy Store]]
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| # [[Caricatures]]
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| # Clearance Store
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| # Souvenir Mugs
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| # Sweatshirts/T-Shirts
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| === External Links ===
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| * http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/altoona/2015/10/05/oktoberfest-comes-adventureland/73364222/ - DM Register article.
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| * http://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2015/10/04/55-photos-2015-adventureland-oktoberfest/73340308/ - 55 photos.
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| === Video ===
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| * https://youtu.be/1J9dUL5qj4Y - YouTube video from 2015 (also posted by the park's official Facebook page and website).
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| == 2016 ==
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| The 2nd annual Oktoberfest is scheduled for October 1, 2016, from 11am to 10pm, with rides operating until 9:30pm. It will be sponsored by Star 102.5 and Sam Adams. 21+ and older only. Valid photo ID required for admission.
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| * 5 stages of musical entertainment.
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| * 13 acts throughout the day.
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| * "Last Call" fireworks at 9:30pm.
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| * $15 admission which includes a 16oz Sam Adam's Octoberfest beer.
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| * Free admission to Season Pass holders (no beer included).
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| * Free parking.
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| * Tickets available on the website starting August 22, or sold at the park on the day of the event.
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| * Adventureland Inn special: $89 room rate with 2 passes and 2 "Recovery Brunch" buffets at [[Spectators Sports Bar and Grill]] for the morning of 10/2/16.
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Home / Special Events - Oktoberfest
Adventureland held its first Oktoberfest on October 3, 2015, with plans that, if successful, it would become an annual event.
- Oktoberfest 2015 - October 3, 2015
- Oktoberfest 2016 - October 1, 2016
- Oktoberfest 2017 - September 30, 2017 (date announced on the 2016 show guide)
- Oktoberfest 2018 - October 6, 2018
- Oktoberfest 2019 - October 9, 2019 (date announced on banners at the 2018 show)