We’ll have all of the classic German dishes available at our Oktoberfest celebration. We’re talking about our famous schnitzels, roast pork dinners, pretzels, rotisserie chickens, fried brie, brats, strudels and more. Tickets (cash only) are required to purchase food at the Reading Liederkranz’s Oktoberfest and are good for all five days in 2023.

Food Menu 2023

1 TICKET = $1.00

Schnitzel Dinner (Pork) - 14
Roast Pork Dinner - 12
Roast Pork on Kaiser Roll - 9
Bratwurst Dinner (1 or 2 brats) - 10 / 14
Bratwurst on roll with kraut - 8
1/2 Barbecued Chicken dinner - 12
Goulash and noodles (pork) - 11
Veggie Burger - 8
Cheeseburger - 5
Hot dog - 3
Soup (Chicken corn noodle) - 4
German Potato salad (side order) - 2
Sauerkraut (side order) - 2
Red cabbage (side order) - 2
French fries - 5
Potato pancakes (with apple sauce or sour cream) - 6
Fried brie (with raspberry jam and crackers) - 9
Landjager (single or pair) - 3 / 5
Cakes - 5
Funnel Cake - 7
Apple Strudel - 6
Apple Strudel (with ice cream) - 7
Ice Cream (vanilla or chocolate) - 5
Brez’n (soft pretzel imported from Munich) - 4
Coffee, Decaf, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Juice - 1


Wine Bar Menu

Wines - 7 Tickets

Burgundy
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Merlot
Moscato
Pinto Grigio
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Sauvignon Blanc
White Zinfandel


Available Saturday Only at the Inside Bar

Bloody Marys
(8 tickets for well / 10 tickets for call)

Mimosas
(7 tickets)


Hot Drinks - 8 Tickets

Gluhwein
Spiked Hot Cider

Collectible Souvenir Mug - 20 Tickets


Jägermeister

Straight shot of Jäger - 5 tickets

Munich Mule
Jager, Lime Juice, and Ginger Beer - 7 tickets

The Kermit Special
Jager and Birch Beer - 7 tickets

Jägerbombs
Jäger and Red Bull - 7 tickets



Food and beverage tickets available on site - ATM available as needed

Tickets —> $1 = 1 Ticket

Bier Listing (By Tap Location)

Outside Main Bar (Bar #1)
Schofferhofer
Hofbrau Original
Hofbrau Oktoberfest
Spaten
Spaten Oktoberfest
Warsteiner Oktoberfest
Fransiskaner

Bar #2 (Victory Trailer)
Brotherly Love IPA
Juicy Monkey
Prema Pils
Road to Victory IPA

Bar #3  (Workhorse)
Par Punch
West Coast IPA
Golden Lager
Queen of Prussia IPA
Doppelbock
Downeast Apple Cider Donut

Bar #4 (Origlio)
Yuengling Lager
Yuengling Flight
Miller Lite
Yuengling Oktoberfest
Sam Adams Oktoberfest

Bar #5 (Mueller/Warsteiner)
Schofferhofer Grapefruit
Hofbrau Marzen
Hofbrau Dunkel
Hofbrau Keller
Hofbrau Oktoberfest

Bar #6 (PENN)
Andechs Weissbier Helles
Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel
Spaten Oktoberfest
Krombacher Pilsner
Krombacher Dark

Bar #7 (Shangy's)
Gaffel Kolsch
Einstok White Ale
Southern Tier Harvest
Ace Pumpkin Cider
Southern Tier 8 Days a Week Blonde Ale
Southern Tier Juice Jolt
Southern Tier Nu Haze
Southern Tier Pumking
Weihenstephan Dunkel 
Weihenstephan Original
Weihenstephan 1516
Weihenstephan Festbier

Bar #8 (31st and Wharton)
Kostritzer
Wurzburger Festbier
Kostritzer Pale Ale
Bitburger PIlsner
Traunstein Dunkel
Ayinger Oktoberfest Marzen

Inside Bar 
Weihenstephan 1516
Weihenstephan Dark Wheat
Fransiskaner
Spaten Oktoberfest
Kostritzer
Work Horse West Coast IPA
Yuengling Lager
Schofferhofer
Hofbrau Original
Sam Adams Summer Ale
Guinness
Southern Tier Pumking
Miller Lite
Yuengling Black and Tan
Spaten Lager
Weihenstephan Original
Lancaster Brewing Co Double Chocolate Stout

Bier Pricing

1/2 l. of domestic - 5 tickets
1/2 l. of import - 7 tickets
1 L. of domestic - 10 tickets
1 L. of import - 14 tickets
Pitcher of domestic - 20 tickets
Pitcher of import - 28 tickets


Parking and Directions

Onsite Parking

On-site parking is limited to pre-paid parking passes and volunteers. Volunteers must have their Volunteer parking pass and park in the wooded lot behind the Playground.

Click for Information about on-site parking passes for club members only.

Offsite Parking

Offsite parking is available for all visitors.
Shuttle buses run while the Oktoberfest is open.

Antietam Valley Recreation & Comm Center
905 Byram Street Reading, PA 19606
905 Byram St - Google Maps

Victory Gardens
(signs will direct you from the club to the parking area)


Past Performers at Reading Oktoberfest


The beer must flow and at our Oktoberfest we have eight bars to serve you that delicious beverage. We have plenty of German brews such as Spaten, Weihenstephan, and many others but also have domestics and some local craft brews. If beer is not your thing, hit up our inside bar and get your favorite mixed drink or something stronger. Don’t forget the popular Gluhwein made by Judy! Must be 21 to purchase alcohol.


No Pets allowed unless they are a service animal


Volunteering at Oktoberfest

Want to help out at Oktberfest? We are looking for volunteers to help out in all positions across all five days of our fall extravanganza. All volunteers who work a shift during Oktoberfest will get free admission, a volunteer parking pass and tickets for food and drink.

To find out more details or to sign up please complete this form to submit your information. Someone from the volunteer committee will be in touch with details and requirements.

Oktoberfest Volunteer Coordinator

Vendor Information for Oktoberfest

Make sure to stop-by our Oktoberfest Pavilion Tent and check out our Vendors. Get yourself some German & Oktoberfest memorabilia and goods, craft foods, artisan goods, and much more. You’ll find the perfect gift for a loved one or perhaps for yourself. Please note Oktoberfest tickets are not valid towards purchases with vendors. Please speak with them about payment options.

Interested in being a vendor at Oktoberfest? Complete the form below and someone will be in contact with you to discuss the requirements.


Oktoberfest Merchandise

Fest Exclusives
These can be purchased ONLY at the Merchandise Tent at the front of the Grove

Online Oktoberfest Merchandise

This merchandise can be purchased through the RLK Shop and shipped right to your home anytime!


Click here to read the 2017 article Rated the #1 Oktoberfest in the USA by USA TODAY!

Click here to read the 2015 article Rated the #1 Oktoberfest in the USA by USA TODAY!

Contest sponsored by USA Today, held in 2015 and 2017.  We are proud to have been voted the winner in both contests.  We THANK everyone that voted for us, and promise that we will strive to live up to this high honor.  PROST!

Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest rated among Top Ten in the WORLD!

Not everyone has the time and money to travel to Munich.  So the editors of Business Insider asked the question, "If you can't get to Munich, where should you go to enjoy Oktoberfest."  They selected 9 festivals, around the world, with the Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest ranked 4th.   CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Reading Liederkranz Oktoberfest rated a Philly Top Spot by CBS Philly!

We are pleased to have been chosen a Philly Top Spot to celebrate the Oktoberfest.  
We thank CBS Philly for the honor and welcome everyone to our annual Oktoberfest. 

 

We thank Dan Brandt, Kevin Boyle and Steve Grimner, students at Kutztown University, for this video which they produced.

The history of why Germans celebrate OKTOBERFEST!

The world's biggest festival has become a celebration of international stature:  over six million visitors a year gather in Munich's famed Theresienwiese for 16 days of revelry and they are joined by Oktoberfest celebrations that take place the world over.

The most popular fair on Earth began with the wedding of Prince Ludwig and Princess Theresa of Bavaria in 1810.  The royal nuptials just happened to coincide with the harvest and the tapping of the new beer, and with that the celebration was on permanently.

For over 200 years, and officially since 1818, Oktoberfest has been a celebration in the beer capital of the world, and what a celebration it is!

The festivities are opened annually by a parade of colorfully bedecked, horse-drawn beer wagons and the inevitable marching bands, followed by men and women in traditional Bavarian garb (Tracht), lederhosen and dirndls who animate spectators as they go along.  The party officially begins at the stroke of noon, when Munich's lord mayor taps the first barrel of new beer.

It's not surprising that Munich's Oktoberfest revelers enjoyed over 6.7 million liters of that city's most famous product in the two-week period, but they're a hungry group too.  Hundreds of thousands of chicken, oxen and sausages roast on spits throughout the city, and tons of fish are grilled each year.  

Oktoberfest is not the time to keep the sweet tooth in check either.  Germany's famed chocolates and candies are dispensed with smiles from booths throughout the festival grounds and it's the same for its almost infinite variety of cheeses and delicacies.

Join us for 5 days of fun and excitement, and celebrate Oktoberfest at the Reading Liederkranz!  Prosit!