It's hard to go wrong with beer, bratwurst, and soft pretzels, which is exactly why choosing between Seattle's plethora of Oktoberfest events can be overwhelming. To make things easy for you, we've picked the biggest and best places to sport your dirndls and lederhosen all season long, from major players like Leavenworth Oktoberfest to the Masonry's beer-nerd delights to hammerschlagen and ceremonial tappings at Prost! Tavern. See the roundup below, and find even more options on our complete Oktoberfest calendar.

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SEPTEMBER 19

The Pine Box
The Pine Box, Capitol Hill's mortuary-turned-watering-hole, will celebrate with ceremonial tappings, a stein-holding contest, and live music from accordionist Joseph Serko and "Seattle's premier German-themed punk rock band" Hammerschlagen.
Capitol Hill

SEPTEMBER 20-21

Prost! Tavern
Prost! Phinney Ridge's weekend-long festivities include hammerschlagen (a drinking game involving driving nails into a stump), steins for purchase with Andechs Spezial Hell Festbier, and a ceremonial tapping of a Hacker Pschorr keg—dirndls and lederhosen very much encouraged. Kids can get in the fun by making their own lebuchenhertz (gingerbread heart necklaces).
Phinney

SEPTEMBER 20-22

Fremont
Hoist your heftiest steins in celebration of "Seattle's largest beer festival," where you can taste over 100 German and domestic craft beers (excuse us, "biers") and feast on Bavarian-style food like Bratwurst and soft pretzels.

Future Primitive Brewing
Enjoy the traditional trappings of Oktoberfest: German-inspired foods from Das Wagon, ceremonial tappings of festbiers, and stein-holding competitions. 
White Center

Marina Park
Grab a bier and celebrate Oktoberfest with live oompah music, DJ dance parties, keg rolling, stein hoisting, and even weiner dog racing. Proceeds from the event benefit multiple Eastside charities, such as Imagine Housing, the American Cancer Society, Sibling House, and more.
Kirkland

SEPTEMBER 20-28

Queen Anne Beerhall
How heavy of a stein can you raise with your brute strength? Find out at this two-weekend bier fest, where you can dance around to live music from the Bavarian Beer Garden Band, Prom Date Mixtape, Caspar Babypants, and others, feast on hearty delights (like German-style sausages), and drink lots of beer.

SEPTEMBER 21-27

Rhein Haus
Revel in a tap list of Oktoberfest biers from Silver City, Wasteiner, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Ayinger, pFreim, Reuben’s, and others, and test your strength with a stein holding contest. There's bocce and live Bavarian music, and kids can amuse themselves by crafting paper Lebkuchenherzen heart cookies.
Central District

SEPTEMBER 22

The Masonry
If you’re a beer nerd, this "nutzo amazing" Oktoberfest event (per Lester Black) should be at the top of your list. The Fremont wood-fired pizza destination the Masonry and the cult-favorite Pennsylvania craft brewery Tired Hands will team up to showcase beers from a stacked lineup of breweries, including Aslan, Cellarmaker, E9, Green Cheek, Half Acre, Heater Allen, Highland Park, Holy Mountain, Mahr's, Monkish, Stoup, Tired Hands, and Wayfinder.
Fremont

OCTOBER 4-6

Washington State Fair Events Center
Enter the indoor Munich and Bavarian Festhalles for an Oktoberfest celebration filled with German-style food, bier, and live entertainment. Families can also enjoy wiener dog races, a Stein Dash 5K or kids' Root Beer Run, and more.
Puyallup

OCTOBER 4-19

Leavenworth Festhalle
Since Leavenworth is Washington's Bavarian-style village all year round, we believe them when they say that their Oktoberfest celebration is "the next best thing to Munich." Kicking off with an opening ceremony complete with a keg tapping and an oompah-style marching band dressed in dirndls and lederhosen leading a procession, the festival promises German-style fare like bratwurst and coleslaw, family activities, and enough beer to keep your stein full at all times.

OCTOBER 5

The Maple
Grab a spot at a long table under the bier garden tent and knock back some special festival beers. Plus, hoist a hefty stein to win a prize and fill up on hearty Bavarian-style food like turkey legs, brats, and potato salad.
Maple Leaf

South Lake Union Discovery Center
Twenty-five Seattle food trucks and over 30 breweries will convene curbside for a day of Bavarian-inspired feasting at the fourth annual Trucktoberfest, which also includes live music and lawn games.

OCTOBER 11-13

Ounces
Ounces' three-day celebration involves live Bavarian music, a stein raising contest, a beer barrel roll race, a kazoo parade for kids, a brat and pretzel eating contest, a chicken dance, a cornhole tournament, a General Porpoise Doughnuts pop-up, a free 5k run/walk, and Austrian schnitzel from local food truck Itty Bitty Schnitty.
West Seattle

OCTOBER 25

Maximilien
If you can't afford a jaunt to the Alsace region, this Bavarian-inspired fĂŞte featuring a choucroute garnie (an Alsatian dish with cabbage, sausage, salted meats and charcuterie, and sometimes potatoes) and plenty of beer from Pike Brewing Company and Old Stove Brewing Company is the next best thing. Bonnie Birch will set the mood with traditional accordion music.
Downtown