Oktoberfest 2019
September 27-29, 2019
Put on your lederhosen and join us in downtown Hannibal for a weekend of German-themed fun at the 2019 Oktoberfest! Stroll through Historic Main Street and enjoy traditional German beer and food, live performances from Polka bands, Hannibal’s Largest Ever Chicken Dance, local musicians, games, brewery tours, demonstrations, photo booths, and more!
Friday, September, 27th:
5-9pm: Festival Opens
5:30pm: Ceremonial Keg Tapping with Hannibal’s Mayor
6-9pm: ‘Apolkalypse Wow’ Polka Band
Saturday, September 28th:
9-11am: Big Dirt Dig and Pumpkin Hunt
11am-8pm: Festival and Vendors Open
11am-1pm: Pianist, Ned Behrensmeyer, at Java Jive
11am-4pm: Beer Balancing Game
11am-12:30pm: Fake Frankfurter Dog Races
11am-4pm: Family Rootbier Garten
11am-4pm: Petting Zoo and Pony Rides
11am-9pm: Free Mark Twain Brewing Co. Tours
11:30am-8:30pm: German Steinholding Competitions
1-4pm: Fritz Hannibal’s Own German Music Man
1-2pm: Mark Twain Brewing Co. Brat Eating Competition
4-7pm: Chuck Munson
5pm: Oktoberfest Brat Eating Competition
6-9pm: Steppin’ Back Performs
9pm-?: Late Night Polka DJ
Sunday, September 29th:
11am-4pm: Festival Opens
11am-4pm: Family Rootbier Garten
1-4pm: Heidelberg German Band
1-4pm: Eric McKay Trio
Festival Hours:
Friday, September 27th: 5-9pm
Saturday, September 28th: 11am-8pm
Sunday, September 29th: 11am-4pm
‘Apolkalypse Wow’ Polkacore Band
Friday, September 27th from 6-9pm
Saturday, September 28th from 1-5pm
Hill Street Stage
Celebrate Oktoberfest in Historic Downtown Hannibal with a free concert by Alpokalypse Wow a Kansas City based 3-piece party band that rocks Cleveland-style polka with a range of polka standards, covers, and original tunes. Whether they’re polk-a-ing your favorite songs or punk-a-ing your favorite polkas, everyone’s sure to have a good time!
Live Local Musicians
Saturday, September 28th from 2-9pm
Finn’s Patio
Everyone is welcome to this FREE outside concert on the patio of Finn’s Food & Spirits in Hannibal. Tips and donations will be accepted and a few raffles will happen throughout the day. All proceeds will benefit The Child Center, Inc. Music by: Mike Moore, Eric Mckay, Secondhand Bliss, Tim Hart, and Seth Wade.
Erik McKay Trio
Sunday, September 29th from 1-4pm
Finn’s Patio
Enjoy a Sunday Fun Day on Finn’s Patio with Live Music, drinks, and of course, Oktoberfest!
Polka DJ Late-Night Party
Saturday, September 28th starting at 9pm-?
Mark Twain Brewing Co.
Continue the party with the Polka DJ at Hannibal’s own brewery, Mark Twain Brewing Co. Enjoy their selection of beers from the beer garten and polka the night away!
Heidelberg German Band
Sunday, September 29th from 1-4p
Hill Street Stage
Free performance from The Heidelberg German Band from Quincy, IL on Sunday, September 29th, from 1-4pm. The band performs music in the tradition of the German Bier Hall playing Polkas, Waltzes and Big Band music from the 1920's to 1980's pop music. The band has been together since 1969 and performs throughout the Midwest.
Steppin’ Back
Saturday, September 28th from 6-9pm
Hill Street Stage
Free Concert on the Hill Street Stage by local favorites Steppin’ Back! Unwind from a day of polka-ing away and come listen to your favorite hits from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy an evening in downtown Hannibal!
Ned Behrensmeyer, Pianist
Saturday, September 29th from 11a-1p
Java Jive Sidewalk
Ned Behrensmeyer, a local pianist, will perform on the sidewalk of Java Jive. Pop in and enjoy a butter beer from Java Jive, a gingerbread heart cookie, and festive Oktoberfest fun from your local, friendly Java Jive!
Beer Tokens at the Oktoberfest Headquarters
What: Tokens are available for purchase at the Main Street Beer Tent by the Hill Street Stage. Tokens can be accepted at the Oktoberfest Bier Tent and other downtown locations.
Where: Beer Tent at Hill & Main near the Hill Street Stage
Cost: 5 for $20. 1 for $5.
When: 9/27 from 5-9pm. 9/28 from 11-9pm. 9/29 from 11-4pm.
The Official Oktoberfest Tent
Where: Beer Tent at Hill & Main near the Hill Street Stage
Cost: One Token for One Beer
When: 9/27 from 5-9pm. 9/28 from 11-9pm. 9/29 from 11-4pm.
Mark Twain Brewing Co. Beer Garten & Tent
Visit Hannibal’s own brewery, Mark Twain Brewing Co. for free brewery tours on the hour, corn hole tournament, brat eating competition, and more!
The Beers: Doppelbock, Pilsner, Kolsch, Red, IPA, and Paspport to Russia
Where: 422 N. Main St.
Cost: One Token for One Beer (two for Passport to Russia)
When: 9/27 from 5-9pm. 9/28 from 11-12am. 9/29 from 11-10pm.
Other Locations Accepting Tokens:
Finn’s Food & Spirits
Badger Cheese Haus
Main Street Wine Stoppe
Ole Planters
Java Jive (non-alcoholic)
Mark Twain Dinette (non-alcoholic)
Hannibal Area Homebrewers Association Beer Tasting
Saturday, September 28th from 2pm-4pm
Hannibal Area Homebrewers Association will be serving samples of German style homebrewed beers as part of the 2019 Hannibal Oktoberfest. Join us Saturday afternoon to get a taste of some German styles you might not run across every day. There may be a home vinted German wine or two as well!
Beer Brewing Demonstration
Saturday, September 28th from 12-5pm
Mark Twain Brewing Co. Garten
Want to learn how home brews are made? Join the local Mark Twain Brewing Co brewers and Hannibal Home Brewers for live demonstrations all in the Mark Twain Brewing Co Beer Garten. Demonstrations are free to the public.
Free Brewery Tours
Friday, September 27th, from 5-9pm
Saturday, September 28th from 11am-9pm
Mark Twain Brewing Co.
Want to see how beer and where the beer in Hannibal, MO is made? The Mark Twain Brewery will be offering free tours on site through their facilities. Tours will be offered on the hour, every hour. Please contact the Mark Twain Brewing Co for more details.
German Steinholding Competition
Saturday, September 27th from 11:30am-8:30pm
Finals: Sunday, September 28th at 2pm
Beer Tent and Trailer at Main and Hill
Raise a glass and celebrate Oktoberfest in Historic Downtown Hannibal! Steinholding, or Masskrugstemmen, is a Bavarian test of strength and endurance where contestants hold a 1-liter stein of beer (which weighs about 5 pounds) out in front of them at shoulder level for as long as they can.
Sounds simple enough.. but you must maintain good form! No beer spilled. No bendy elbows. And extended arms must be kept parallel to the ground. The winner is the person who can keep their stein aloft the longest.
Steinholding competitions will be held every hour from 11:30-8:30 on Saturday on Main Street behind the Hill Street Stage. All Saturday winners will be invited back for Steinholding Finals on Sunday at 2pm. $5 contest entry. Winner of each round gets a free beer. All proceeds to benefit Access to Healing and Wellness.
Brat Eating Competition
Saturday, September 28th from 5pm
Hill Street Stage.
Brats das good ya?! Show off your weapons of mass consumption on Historic Main Street as Oktoberfest fans cheer you on - prost!. There can only be one Brat Meister— do you have what it takes?
Limited to 20 contestants! First come, first serve. Register now at www.HistoricHannibalMO.com/oktoberfest-brats
Arty Party: Fall Splatter Tree
Friday, September 27th at 7pm
Hannibal Arts Council
Explore the arts in a whole new way with an art experience with no art experience required. The Fall platter Tree Arty Party will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 27 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main St. Participants will use Fall color combinations of their choice to create a decorative “splatter” painting of a tree on a rectangular canvas. All supplies included. The project will be led by local artist and HAC Program Coordinator Brenda Beck Fisher.
Due to limited space, pre-registration and pre-payment is required. Tickets are $25 per person. Purchase tickets here on Eventbrite, call the Hannibal Arts Council at 573-221-6545 or stop by 105 S. Main St.
Beer Balancing Game
Saturday, September 28th from 11am-4pm
Next to the Official Oktoberfest Beer Tent and Hill Street Stage
The Hannibal Jaycees are coming to Hannibal Oktoberfest 2019. Compete against your friends for the chance to win koozies, Jaycees Haunted House tickets, Monster Mash tickets, and more! The game is simple. Balance your beer on the board while using pulleys to lift upwards and drink. The first person to finish without spilling wins! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded to the fastest times of the day.
Family Rootbier Garten
Saturday, September 28th from 11am-4pm
Saturday, September 29th from 11am-4pm
Mark Twain Dinette Parking Lot and Patio
Bring the kids to Oktoberfest for some German family fun! Children will enjoy petting zoo and pony rides. Visit our face painter to have cultural designs. Free entertainment will include authentic German games and yard games, music, a kids craft zone, Rootbier Stein hoist, and more. And of course, the Mark Twain Dinette's famous root beer will be available for purchase as well as pretzels, schnitzel, brats, German potato salad, and other special German menu items
Big Dirt Dig and Pumpkin Hunt
Saturday, September 28th from 9am-11am
Admiral Coontz Armory Parking Lot
The Big Dirt Dig and Pumpkin Hunt is sponsored by Hannibal Parks & Recreation, Hannibal Street Department and Parents as Teachers. Participants are encouraged to bring shovels, buckets, trucks and digging toys.
This free event for children is in conjunction with Hannibal's Oktoberfest.
Fake Frankfurter Dog Races
Saturday, September 28th from 11am-12:30pm
Between North Street and Hill Street on North Main Street.
ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
👉THE “SCOOP”
An excuse for adults (and dogs of all breeds) to make wiener jokes!” 🐾 Keep it clean, mammals! Each pup of any breed (big, small ,short or tall), OUTFITTED IN A HOT DOG COSTUME, will run approximately 75 feet in heats of 10 (according to weight class) to their owner at the opposite end. The winner of each heat will compete in a final race to determine the winning “wiener dog”.
Guns & Hoses Tug of War
Sunday, September 29th from 2-4pm
Hill and Main Street
Watch as Hannibal's finest first responders from police, firefights, sheriff's and EMT's compete for buckets of glory in Hannibal's First Guns & Hoses Tug of War. The contest is free to watch!
After the Guns N' Hoses Contest, public teams are invited to participated in a bracket style tournament. Participation is free. Sign up
Free Cornhole Tournament
Saturday, September 28th from 1-4pm
Mark Twain Brewing Co.
Free Cornhole Tournament by the Mark Twain Brewing Co. Winning team would receive a MTBC Gift card and a case of beer.
List of vendors coming soon!
