Oktoberfest
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Home / Special Events - Oktoberfest
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.
Oktoberfest History
2015
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).
Bars
- Adult Root Beer and Floats
- Fresh Squeezed Specialties
- Iowa Beer & Wine
- Pumpkin Beers
- Rathskeller Bier Garten
- Sam Adam's Octoberfest
- Shots and Whiskey
Entertainment
- Brian Congdon
- Damnit Changler
- The Nadas
- Men's and Woman's Oktoberfest themed costume contest.
- Ben Ulin doing walk-around magic.
Food
Park Food
- Alpine Foods - corn dogs and fried specialties
- Dippin' Dots
- 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.
- Main Street Creamery - sundaes and scoops
- Rathskeller - pizza, burgers and brats
Food Vendors
- Baru 66
- Blue Tomato
- Bistro Montage
- Fried Taco Truck
- Lurrua Cocina
- Mediteranean Food Truck
- Strudl Haus
- Tami's Tarts
Games
Free to Play
- Beer Pong
- Connect Four (huge)
- Corn Hole (mentioned in Des Moines Register article; bean bag toss)
- Horseshoes
- Jenga (huge)
- Ladderball (some throw rope loopy things over a stand)
- Ring Toss (?)
- Street Chess (huge chess board and pieces)
Rides Operating
- Balloon Race
- Carousel
- Der Flinger
- Falling Star
- G-Force
- Giant Sky Wheel
- Galleon
- Scrambler
- Space Shot
- Splash Over
- Tea Cups
Shops
- Adult Arcade (where I come from, an "adult arcade" was something different!)
- Airbrush T-Shirts/Hats
- Candy Store - A Train Station
- Caricatures
- Clearance Store
- Souvenir Mugs
- Sweatshirts/T-Shirts
External Links
- http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/altoona/2015/10/05/oktoberfest-comes-adventureland/73364222/ - DM Register article.
- http://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2015/10/04/55-photos-2015-adventureland-oktoberfest/73340308/ - 55 photos.
Video
- https://youtu.be/1J9dUL5qj4Y - YouTube video from 2015 (also posted by the park's official Facebook page and website).
2016
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.
- 5 stages of musical entertainment.
- 13 acts throughout the day.
- "Last Call" fireworks at 9:30pm.
- $15 admission which includes a 16oz Sam Adam's Octoberfest beer.
- Free admission to Season Pass holders (no beer included).
- Free parking.
- Tickets available on the website starting August 22, or sold at the park on the day of the event.
- 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.