We’ll have all of the classic German dishes available at our Oktoberfest celebration. We’re talking about our famous schnitzels, roast pork dinners, pretzels, rotisserie chickens, fried brie, brats, strudels and more.

Tickets must be purchased to purchase food and drinks at the Reading Liederkranz’s Oktoberfest and are good for all five days in 2024.

1 Ticket = 1 Dollar

Tickets sold in sheets of 10 and cash is preferred to purchase tickets. ATM available on site.

2024 Food Menu

Bratwurst platter : Choice of 1 or 2 with Potato Salad and Sauerkraut

Bratwurst on Roll with or without Kraut

Goulash and Noodles

Pork Schnitzel Dinner with Potato Salad and Sauerkraut

**NEW** Mini Schweinshaxe (mini pork shank) (2)

German Potato Salad

Red Cabbage

Sauerkraut

Potato Pancakes (3) w/applesauce

Fried Brie (with crackers & raspberry jam)

Bavarian Pretzel

Roast Pork Sandwich

Roast Pork platter with Potato Salad and Sauerkraut

½ Rotisserie Chicken Dinner with Potato Salad and Sauerkraut

Beyond Burger/Brat

Chicken Corn Noodle Soup

Hamburger

Cheeseburger

Hot Dog w/Kraut

French Fries

Funnel Cake

Cakes, Tortes, & Apple Strudel

Ice Cream

Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate

The beer must flow and at our Oktoberfest we have eight bars to serve you that delicious beverage. We have plenty of German brews such as Spaten, Weihenstephan, and many others but also have domestics and some local craft brews. If beer is not your thing, hit up our inside bar and get your favorite mixed drink or something stronger. Don’t forget the popular Gluhwein! Must be 21 to purchase alcohol. All Oktoberfest goers are ID’d at the gate!

Wine Bar Menu

Gluhwein- Hot Mulled German Wine
Spiked Hot Apple Cider Assorted White & Red Wines

Collectible Souvenir Mugs

Jägermeister Bar Menu

Straight shot of Jäger

Munich Mule
Jager, Lime Juice, and Ginger Beer

The Kermit Special
Jager and Birch Beer

Jägerbombs
Jäger and Red Bull

Assorted Liquor Shots

Assorted Stateside & Surfside Cans

Bier List

German Import

Ayinger Oktoberfest

Bitburger Pilsner

Eichbaum Helles

Eichbaum Pilsner

Franziskaner

Früh Kölsch

Hofbräu Dunkel

Hofbräu Maibock

Hofbräu Märzen

Hofbräu Oktoberfest

Hofbräu Original

Hofbrauhaus Freising Dunkel

Hofbrauhaus Fresing Golden Festbier

Kostritzer Schwarz

Krombacher Dark

Krombacher Pilsner

Schöfferhofer

Spaten

Spaten Oktoberfest

Traunstun Dunkel

Tucher Lager

Warsteiner Dunkel

Warsteiner Pilsner

Weihenstephan 1516

American Oktoberfest

Samuel Adams Oktoberfest

von Trapp Oktoberfest

Yuengling Oktoberfest

 

Import

Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

Domestic

Michelob Ultra

Miller Lite

Yuengling Lager

 

IPA

Dogfish 60 Minute

Mighty Squirrel Cloud Candy

New Trail Broken Heels

Southern Tier Juice Jolt

No Pets allowed at Oktoberfest unless they are a service animal

No outside food or drink permitted without previous consent on Reading Liederkranz grounds.

Vendors AT Oktoberfest

Make sure to stop-by our Oktoberfest Pavilion Tent and check out our Vendors. Get yourself some German & Oktoberfest memorabilia and goods, craft foods, artisan goods, and much more. You’ll find the perfect gift for a loved one or perhaps for yourself.

List of Vendors

Licht Trachtenhaus

St. Obnoxious

Your Chocolate Guys

Little Germany

Name Origins

Peter Piper’s Pickle Palace

Crafted From Faith Jewelry

Iron Oak Creations

Smokey Blu

***Please note Oktoberfest tickets are not valid towards purchases with vendors.***

Oktoberfest MERCHaNDIsE

There will be many RLK Oktoberfest and RLK merchandise items available for purchase at Oktoberfest.

Or visit our online Oktoberset Merchandise Store at the link bellow.

Volunteering at Oktoberfest

Want to help out at Oktberfest? We are looking for volunteers to help out in all positions across all five days of our fall extravanganza. All volunteers who work a shift during Oktoberfest will get free admission, a volunteer parking pass for the day they volunteer, and tickets for food and drink.

To find out more details or to sign up please complete this form to submit your information. Someone from the volunteer committee will be in touch with details and requirements.

Oktoberfest Volunteer Coordinator

Click here to read the 2017 article Rated the #1 Oktoberfest in the USA by USA TODAY!

Click here to read the 2015 article Rated the #1 Oktoberfest in the USA by USA TODAY!

Contest sponsored by USA Today, held in 2015 and 2017.  We are proud to have been voted the winner in both contests.  We THANK everyone that voted for us, and promise that we will strive to live up to this high honor.  PROST!

Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest rated among Top Ten in the WORLD!

Not everyone has the time and money to travel to Munich.  So the editors of Business Insider asked the question, "If you can't get to Munich, where should you go to enjoy Oktoberfest."  They selected 9 festivals, around the world, with the Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest ranked 4th.   CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest rated a Philly Top Spot by CBS Philly!

We are pleased to have been chosen a Philly Top Spot to celebrate the Oktoberfest.  
We thank CBS Philly for the honor and welcome everyone to our annual Oktoberfest. 

 

The history of why Germans celebrate OKTOBERFEST!

The world's biggest festival has become a celebration of international stature:  over six million visitors a year gather in Munich's famed Theresienwiese for 16 days of revelry and they are joined by Oktoberfest celebrations that take place the world over.

The most popular fair on Earth began with the wedding of Prince Ludwig and Princess Theresa of Bavaria in 1810.  The royal nuptials just happened to coincide with the harvest and the tapping of the new beer, and with that the celebration was on permanently.

For over 200 years, and officially since 1818, Oktoberfest has been a celebration in the beer capital of the world, and what a celebration it is!

The festivities are opened annually by a parade of colorfully bedecked, horse-drawn beer wagons and the inevitable marching bands, followed by men and women in traditional Bavarian garb (Tracht), lederhosen and dirndls who animate spectators as they go along.  The party officially begins at the stroke of noon, when Munich's lord mayor taps the first barrel of new beer.

It's not surprising that Munich's Oktoberfest revelers enjoyed over 6.7 million liters of that city's most famous product in the two-week period, but they're a hungry group too.  Hundreds of thousands of chicken, oxen and sausages roast on spits throughout the city, and tons of fish are grilled each year.  

Oktoberfest is not the time to keep the sweet tooth in check either.  Germany's famed chocolates and candies are dispensed with smiles from booths throughout the festival grounds and it's the same for its almost infinite variety of cheeses and delicacies.

Join us for 5 days of fun and excitement, and celebrate Oktoberfest at the Reading Liederkranz!  Prosit!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!!!