Festzelt Tradition
The largest beer tent of the Oide Wiesn ist particularly traditional offering brass music and a cultural program including traditional dancers.
With 5000 seats inside and 3040 in the beer garden, Festzelt Tradition is the largest beer tent at the Oide Wiesn. It is a typical Bavarian beer tent where people dance on the dance floor and not on the benches. In general, the atmosphere in the tent is quite relaxed, as is the search for a seat, although the tent is already as full in the morning as very few other tents are.
In 2025, there will once again be itinerant pickle sellers in the beer garden. This type of selling pickles, which used to be common at the Oktoberfest, was revived once before in 2010 on the occasion of Historische Wiesn.
Music and Dancing
The music is provided by the Münchner Oktoberfestmusikanten under the direction of Wolfang Grünbauer every day from 10 a.m., while the dancing is provided by different traditional costume groups every day alongside the patrons. Each day is organized by a different gauverband, whose groups perform folk dances or goaßlschnoizer, for example, throughout the day. You can find out who is performing when in the program.
The performances of the traditional costume clubs start every day at 1 pm. At 1:50 pm, they even march across the Oide Wiesn in a small parade. The guest bands play from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 7 pm. The evening program from 6 p.m. onwards is organized by changing groups from the Isargau.
2026 Program
| Sunday, 20 Sept. | Bayerischer Inngau Trachtenverband with the Gaugruppe Lindenthaler Hebertsfelden and the Lindenthaler Goaßlschnoizern Musikverein "Eintracht" Kissendorf e.V. Evening: Isargau, Birkenstoana Stamm Oberschleißheim with Zornedinger Goaßlschnoizer |
| Monday, 21 Sept. | Allgäuer Gauverband with the Trachtenvereine D' Oberleiblachtaler Opfenbach, D´Hochstraßler Oberreute, Leiblachtaler Heimenkirch as well as the Goaßlschnoizern Hochstraßler-Oberreute Musikkapelle Pflugdorf-Stadl Evening: Isargau, Edelweiß-Stamm München Lerchenau |
| Tuesday, 22 Sept. | Oberer Lechgauverband with the Trachtenverein D´Stoiwändler Wald, the Waldbergler Goaßlschnoizern and the Allgäuer Ziachblosn Stadtkapelle Landau an der Isar Evening: Isargau, Egerländer Gmoi z´Geretsried |
| Wednesday, 23 Sept. | Trachtengau München und Umgebung e.V. with the Riesengebirgs-Trachtengruppe München, Heimatverein Garching, GTEV Edelweiß Unterföhring, GTEV Alt Miesbach München, GTEV D´Schloßbergler Anzing, GTEV D´Roager Buam Ismaning, GTEV D´Ammertaler Ottendichl and the Heimat- und Brauchtumsverein Lechler München Musikverein Billenhausen e.V. Evening: Isargau, Oberilmtaler Jetzendorf with Pfaffenhofer Goaßlschnoizer |
| Thursday, 24 Sept. | Oberer Lechgauverband with the Gaugruppen Oberlandler Wies, Älpler Trauchgau and the Steingadener Goaßlschnoizern Musikverein Blaskapelle Wehringen e.V. Evening: Isargau, Maisachtaler Maisach |
| Friday, 25 Sept. | Oberer Lechgauverband with Oberlandler Gauverband with the Gaugruppe Edelweiß Lechbruck e.V, the Alphörner Edelweiß-Lechbruck and the Gaugruppe of the Oberlandler Gau with Goaßlschnoizern Musikverein Blonhofen e.V. Evening: Isargau, Chiemgauer München |
| Saturday, 26 Sept. | Trachtengauverband Niederbayern with the Heimat- und Volkstrachtenverein Pauluszell Music competition “Tradition meets Brass Music” Evening: Isargau, s´Almröserl Wessobrunn-Haid with Kühnhauser Goaßlschnoizer |
| Sunday, 27 Sept. | Loisachtaler Gauverband with the Gaugruppe of the Loisachgau and the Goaßlschnoizern Musikverein Siebnach e.V. Evening: Isargau, Staffelseer München |
| Monday, 28 Sept. | Bayerischer Inngau Trachtenverband with the Trachtenverein Eichenlaub Schönau and GTEV Edelweiß Bad Aibling Stadtkapelle Tittmoning Evening: Isargau, Riadastoana Feldmoching |
| Tuesday, 29 Sept. | Oberpfälzer Gauverband with the Oberpfälzer Gautanzgruppe, Gauplattergruppe and the brass band “BloßBlech” Stadtkapelle Leipheim e.V. Evening: Isargau, D´Würmlust-Stamm Gauting |
| Wednesday, 30 Sept. | Altbayrisch-Schwäbischer Gauverband with the Gaugruppen of district Gundelfingen, Trachtenverein Edelweiß Syrgenstein with its Goaßlschnoizern, Trachtenverein D´Roaner and Trachtenverein D´Zusamtaler Wertingen Blaskapelle Moorenweis e.V. Evening: Isargau, Schmied von Kochel, Kranzbergler München |
| Thursday, 01 Oct. | Gauverband 1 – Gebiet Berchtesgaden with the Vereinigten Trachtenvereinen des Berchtesgadener Landes e.V and the BGD-Musikanten Harmonie Neubiberg Evening: Isargau, Alpenrösl Allach with Allacher Goaßlschnoizer |
| Friday, 02 Oct. | Donaugau Trachtenverband with the Gaujugend-, Gauaktiv-, Gauvolkstanz-, Gauplattler-Gruppe and the Donaugau Gaumusik Musikkapelle Schwindegg e.V. Evening: Isargau, Almrausch-Stamm München with Atzinger Goaßlschnoizer |
| Saturday, 03 Oct. | Dreiflüsse Trachtengau Passau with the Heimat- und Trachtenvereine Salzweg, Aigen am Inn, Gögging, Lämmersdorf, the Goaßlschnoizern of Dreiflüsse Gau and the Soizweger Tanzlmusi Musikvereinigung Gaismarkt-Niederraunau-Winzer e.V. Evening: Isargau, HuGTEV Seetaler Kirchseeon e.V. with Goaßlschnoizer Kirchseeon |
| Sunday, 04 Oct. | Heimat- und Trachtenvereinigung Huosigau with the Gaugruppe of the Huosigau and the Weilheimer Goaßlschnoizern Musikkapelle Ketterschwang e.V. Evening: Isargau, Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben München with the Wolfersdorfer Goaßlschnoizer |
Kids and Families
One family-friendly feature is the dedicated soda garden in front of the tent. Since 2015, there have been unique children's toilets throughout the Oktoberfest and - to make them really useful in the first place - a soda fountain. Children up to the age of 12 can tap their own soda there - without any quantity restrictions. All they have to do is borrow a special cup for one euro (plus a €1 deposit). The Limogarten will even be expanded in 2024.
Cuisine
Overall, there is not much left of the original gastronomy concept, which was intended to revive dishes and rituals that had been pushed into the background over the decades, such as grilling your own food, except for a traditional dish that changes every year and is otherwise rarely found on menus. Otherwise, the extensive menu contains everything you would expect from ambitious Oktoberfest cuisine. A specialty is the steckerlfisch (fish on a stick), which is otherwise only sold by stalls Fischer-Vroni, as well as the organic chicken. There are also special offers during the Mittagswiesn.
In keeping with the concept, Oktoberfest beer from Munich's oldest and most conservative brewery, Augustiner Bräu, is served exclusively from wooden barrels, just like at the real Wiesn. This is served at the Oidn Wiesn in stone mugs (keferloher). Franziskaner wheat beer is also served in the beer garden.
Reservations 2026
While there was no minimum consumption requirement for reservations until 2023, one was introduced in 2024 to prevent too many seats being reserved unnecessarily - but only for larger groups. Beer and chicken tokens are still not required to be purchased in advance for groups of up to 20 people. The times can be chosen flexibly, whereby it should only be noted that lunch reservations are granted until 4 pm at the latest and evening reservations cannot start before 5 pm. The reservation form opened on April 1st, as usual, with all days and times.
| Sun., September 20 | 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Mon., September 21 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Tue., September 22 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Wed., September 23 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Sun., September 27 | 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Mon., September 28 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Tue., September 29 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Wed., September 30 | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Sat., October 03 | 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
| Sun., October 04 | 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM - 10:30 PM |