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German American Societies Oktoberfest

Name: German American Societies Oktoberfest
Start: 2026-10-02T11:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-02T16:00:00-07:00
Location: German American Societies, 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020

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Friday, October 2, 2026

11:00 AM PDT – 4:00 PM PDT

German American Societies, 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020

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The recipes here are family recipes. That is the whole difference. When the German American Societies of San Diego throw their Oktoberfest, the food and the beer and the music do not need theming, because they are the real thing - handed down, not designed for tourists who wanted a costume version of a Tuesday in Munich. The German American Heritage Center is not an event venue; it is a place that exists to keep a community tethered to its own history, and once a year that community opens its door to the rest of the city. The band plays this music because it belongs to them. The biergarten atmosphere is an actual tradition, not a reconstruction of one. And the setting does something no other city's Oktoberfest can touch: Heritage Park, ringed by Victorian architecture in the middle of Old Town, gives the whole thing a specific San Diego character. Come for the schnitzel and the pretzels. Stay for the beer and a conversation with people who have been doing this years longer than you have been showing up. October 17th in Old Town. See gas-sd.org for tickets and the schedule.

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