La Mesa Oktoberfest

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La Mesa Oktoberfest

Name: La Mesa Oktoberfest
Start: 2026-10-03T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-04T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Downtown La Mesa Village, Spring St, La Mesa, CA 91942

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Sat, Oct 3 – Sun, Oct 4, 2026

Sat 9:00 AM PDT – Sun 4:00 PM PDT

Downtown La Mesa Village, Spring St, La Mesa, CA 91942

“La Mesa Oktoberfest: four stages, 20,000 attendees, actual German beer…”

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About

They call it SoCal's Largest Oktoberfest and the numbers back it up — four stages, 20,000 attendees, actual German beer gardens in the middle of a walkable old-town village. The La Mesa locals go all in. Street parking fills by 11AM. Take the trolley.

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