GET READY TO EXPERIENCE A TRADITIONAL OKTOBERFEST AT GUILDFORD IN 2025. FOR ONE WEEKEND GUILDFORD IS TRANSFORMING INTO A TRADITIONAL BAVARIAN BASH WITH AUTHENTIC OKTOBERFEST STEINS! TOP UP YOUR STEIN AND STEP INSIDE THE HUGE BIER TENT AND PREPARE TO BE ENTERTAINED – BAVARIAN STYLE! TIME TO GET A MEMBERS GROUP FROM SURREY AND BERKS/BUCKS AND HAVE SOME SINGLE FUN – WHO IS JOINING US?
What is Oktoberfest?
OKTOBERFEST IS THE WORLDS LARGEST BEER AND FOLK FESTIVAL. IT TRADITIONALLY TAKES PLACE IN MUNICH, GERMANY FROM MID SEPTEMBER AND LASTS 18 DAYS.
THE EVENT HAS ATTRACTED AN INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING – WITH MANY UK TOWNS AND CITIES NOW HOSTING THEIR OWN OKTOBERFEST INCLUDING GUILDFORD. DURING THE FESTIVAL, A GIANT TENT CAPABLE OF HOLDING THOUSANDS OF REVELLERS ARE ERECTED AND OVER 6 MILLION LITRES OF BEER IS DRUNK. BAVARIAN MUSIC PLAYS IN THE AFTERNOON AND OFTEN GIVES WAY TO MORE MODERN POP MUSIC IN THE EVENING.
OKTOBERFEST BEGAN IN 1810 TO CELEBRATE THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE LUDWIG TO PRINCESS THERESE OF SACE-HILDBURGHAUSEN. THE ROYAL NEWLYWEDS DEEMED THE PARTY SO GREAT THAT THEY WANTED TO REPEAT IT EVERY YEAR AND SO OKTOBERFEST HAS BEEN CELEBRATED IN MUNICH EVERY FALL SINCE THEN.
