Fairplex Oktoberfest runs every Friday and Saturday evening in October 2026 from 6 to 11 PM on the Fairplex grounds in Pomona. It is a 21+ event with German and craft beers on tap, traditional Bavarian food, live polka and oom-pah bands, and the kind of collective rowdiness that only happens when 2,000 people are all holding a stein. The Fairplex venue — home of the LA County Fair — gives the event room that most bar-based Oktoberfest celebrations don't have. The beer garden is genuinely outdoor and expansive. The food program covers pretzels, bratwurst, schnitzel, and the rotating LA food vendor presence that the Fairplex consistently pulls. Pomona is …