Manning Oktoberfest

Manning, IA · Food & Drink

When: September 26, 2026
Where: Manning Hausbarn Heritage Park, 130 Heritage Drive · Manning · IA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Manning's Oktoberfest gathers each September at the Hausbarn Heritage Park, home to an authentic 17th century German farmhouse shipped from Schleswig-Holstein and rebuilt here in 1999. The free festival features German food, music and dancing rooted in the town's northern German settler history.

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