Seaside Heights will host its first-ever Oktoberfest celebration this month, complete with beer tastings, good trucks, entertainment – including traditional German music – plus events for kids.
The event will be held the weekend of Oct. 22 and 23, Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Admission to the festival is free for children under 12 and $5 for adults. Oktoberfest will be held on the Boulevard between Webster Avenue and Dupont Avenue.
Numerous breweries will on hand to provide tastings of their beers.
The featured beers on hand will include:
- Beach Haus Kickback Amber
- Beach Haus Strawberry Radler
- Rinn Duin Trinity Scotch Ale
- Rinn Duin Ichabods Return Belgian Dubbel
- Double Nickel Vienna Lager
- Double Nickel Buffalo Nickel Bourbon Barrel
- Spellbound Pale Ale
- Spellbound Cherry Belgian
- Firestone Union Jack IPA
- Firestone Luponic #3, IPA
- Victory Prima Pils
- Victory Berliner Weiss
- Breckenridge/Elysian Mango Mosaic Pale
- Breckenridge/Elysian Spacedust IPA
- Shocktop/Goose Island Pretzel Wheat
- Shocktop/Goose Island Honkers Ale ESB
- Shipyard Pumpkinhead
- Shipyard Island Time Session IPA
- McKenzies Black Cherry Cider
- McKenzies Pumpkin Cider
Beer tasting will be $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are available online. Tasting sessions options are 12 – 2:30 p.m. and 3:30-6 p.m. each day.
Festhalle beers on tap:
- Weihenstephan Oktoberfest
- Spaten Oktoberfest
- Ramstein Double Platinum Weissbock
- Bud Light Lager
Food trucks include:
- Hai Street Kitchen & Co.
- Mannino’s Cannoli Express
- Debbie O’s Concessions
- Spanky’s BBQ & Catering
- Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que
- Star of the Sea Seafood
- Taco Shelly’s
- Jammin’ Crepes
- Sammy’s Pizza Kitchen
- Carnivale Donut Bar
- Stuf’d Truck
Kids Activities will include an inflatable obstacle course, sand art, hands on crafts, face painting, hair wrapping, tattoos, balloon animals, kids games and much more.
