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Four Peaks Oktoberfest
Tempe, AZ · Food & Drink
- When
- October 9–11, 2026
- Where
- Tempe Beach Park · Tempe · AZ
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Tempe's German-style beer festival began in the early 1970s as a small Sister Cities fundraiser called Way Out West Oktoberfest. It now fills Tempe Beach Park for a weekend of German beer, food and live music, drawing thousands of visitors and over a thousand volunteers to run it.
The history within reach
- Four Peaks Oktoberfestsame spot
Tempe's German-style beer festival began in the early 1970s as a small Sister Cities fundraiser called Way Out West Oktoberfest.
Charles Trumbull Hayden ran the ferry at the Salt River crossing and built the flour mill that gave Mill Avenue its name.
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