La Mesa Oktoberfest

“FOUR STAGES. You are going to hold a stein you…”

Four stages going at once, and the only decision the whole night asks of you is which corner of the festival to stand in. La Mesa fills a full block of its downtown district with SoCal's largest Oktoberfest, and the numbers earn the claim: multiple beer gardens, traditional German food vendors, and a crowd that comes for the experience itself, not because it happens to be nearby. Admission to the grounds is free; beer is purchased inside. It runs over a full weekend, so you can go both days without seeing the same programming twice. Live music on every stage simultaneously means the festival never has a dead corner - just a choice about which one you want to be in. Come for one afternoon or come for both. Downtown La Mesa.