Where To Celebrate Oktoberfest 2016 In London
September is here, which can only mean one thing — Oktoberfest! And while the official pils-chugging antics are going down in Munich, London’s having a decent slurp of the action too. Here’s our roundup of where to party, and which London-brewed beers to drink. One of the biggest bashes is London Oktoberfest 2016, running various dates from 29 September-9 October. Tents in Millwall Park, Canary Wharf will cram up to 3,300 beer drinkers in, plying them with gallons of beer, mountains of pretzels and earfuls of oompah. Tickets range from £5-£60. Whole tables can be booked too. There’s one beer and one beer alone served at Oktoberfest East, from 30 September-9 October. But rest assured, there’ll be plenty of Hacker-Pschorr to go around. This crisp, malty lager is being shipped over specially from Germany, and dished up under a huge, Alpine-themed canopy. The Hackney Colliery Band add brass to the mix. Tickets £15-£75, with whole tables available.
Oktober Feast at Hawker House near Canada Water is offering up “50 brilliant biers, 10 wünderbars and 20 fantastisch street food traders” from 29 September-1 October. Tickets £16.05. Or you can sign up for the World Cup Final of Beers (£42.80), which scores you 20 x ¼ pint beer tasters. It’s the weekend, after all.
Bermondsey’s Anspach & Hobday take the stage at The Understudy on the South Bank from 23-25 September, pouring their own versions of pretty much every German-style brew under the sun, including The Festival Lager, The Munich IPA, The Rauchbier and The Deutsche Bier. We are The Excited.
Bavarian Beerhouse (Old Street and Tower Hill) and Katzenjammers (London Bridge) do Oktoberfest year-round, and they’ll be putting on even more Oktoberfesty goings-on for the season. Just brace yourself for table-pounding stag dos if you’re going at the weekend. Oktoberfest Pub in Fulham is pulling out the stops too, with special events from 9 September