Webcams - 190th Munich Oktoberfest: Sept. 20–Oct. 5, 2025 / broadcast live 24 hours a day

190th Munich Oktoberfest - Live via Webcam

The start of the Munich Oktoberfest on September 20, 2025, and the Wiesn webcams - live 24 hours a day!

190th Oktoberfest from September 20 to October 5 at the Theresienwiese (Français, Italiano , Deutsch , English)

Munich. In just over 13 days, the world's largest Oktoberfest will kick off on the Theresienwiese in the Bavarian capital. The parade with the Münchner Kindl (Munich Child), Mayor Dieter Reiter, and Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder, the entry of the Wiesenwirte (innkeepers), and the 'Ozapfn' (O beer tap) are all part of the traditional Oktoberfest kickoff. To enjoy a view from a distance, six live webcams, including the Bavaria-Webcam, will be installed during the Oktoberfest. Live images and videos allow guests and Oktoberfest fans from all over the world to be part of the celebrations in Munich.

Munich Oktoberfest - Press photo archive : Helga Waess (cover blog)

Important dates for the 190th Oktoberfest 2025

The world's largest folk festival will take place for the 190th time from September 20th to October 5th.

Saturday, September 20th, 2025, at 10:45 a.m. – Parade of the Innkeepers & Breweries

The Münchner Kindl, Munich's Mayor Dieter Reiter, and over 1,000 participants will march through the city toward the Oktoberfest grounds.

The "Procession of the Innkeepers" and their decorated carriages have marked the beginning of Oktoberfest since 1887.

 

 Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 12:00 PM – "O'zapft is" at the Schottenhamel Festival Hall

At the stroke of 12:00 PM, the beer will be tapped and flowing on the Theresienwiese.

The mayor will tap the first liter of festival beer and, in keeping with tradition, hand it over to Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder for tasting.

At the top of the Bavaria there is a superb viewing platform, Photo: Helga Waess (Oktoberfest construction - Press archive)

Here are the links to the webcams on the Theresienwiese - Oktoberfest Live Webcams

• The view from the Bavaria-Webcam shows the city skyline in the background - at this link

• Across from the northeast entrance, there's a Webcam at Café Guglhupf - follow this link

• From the crossbowmen's tent, you can use the Webcam to look south over the festival grounds.

• A webcam can be found at the "Devil's Wheel" on Schaustellerstraße - follow this link

• At the Paulaner Turm , a webcam at this link offers a 24-hour live view of Matthias-Pschor-Straße, the Bavaria statue, and the Oide-Wiesn.

• There's also a webcam on the Löwenturm, which can be found at this link, offering a 24-hour live view of the Oktoberfest.

• A webcam at aria is located on Paulskirche = St. Paul's Church, and there's a great viewing platform. Photo: Helga Waess (Oktoberfest Setup - Press Archive) 

Entrance to the Munich Oktoberfest seen from Esperantoplatz, Photo: Helga Waess (Press archive - previous year)

2025 Oktoberfest camping in Munich - "Messestadt-Ost" 

The campsite is "open ONLY during Oktoberfest (from September 17 to October 6, 2025)," according to the website, where you should make your reservation now. (Link to the website:  www.oktoberfest-camping.com) 

The Oktoberfest starts on September 20, 2025 at 12 noon and ends on October 5, 2025.

Munich Oktoberfest - photo impressions from last year

 A little foretaste for 2024: A visit to Oktoberfest 2023 in pictures

A visit to the Munich Oktoberfest conveys a Bavarian attitude to life that can only be found here...

Munich Oktoberfest - photo impressions from last year - 2023 on the Theresienwiese

 

Munich. We were looking forward to the Oktoberfest meadow in the morning and in fact, at 11 a.m., when the rides, stalls and stands opened, it was still pretty clear. Little by little the Oktoberfest streets filled up and here and there the music started in the tents. The world's largest folk festival takes place once a year on the Theresienwiese in Munich.

Paulaner carriage on Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Munich Oktoberfest, photo: Helga Waess

What is she doing with this Munich Oktoberfest? Why does the whole world come to Munich to really celebrate?

 The “Wiesn”, as the Oktoberfest is affectionately called by locals, is unique. It is more than just a folk festival! It is, and not just for Munich residents, a special attitude to life, one that sums up everything that makes this Bavarian country special. Conviviality is very important. You sit side by side and often don't understand the languages, but the Oktoberfest language is the emotion, it's the fun, the music and the same beat that everyone follows when they stand on the bench in the tent, raise their voices and sing along. For newbies who manage to get a spot here and there in one of the huge festival halls, the motto is “Sit here, then you can do more!”

 

Guests from Australia in lederhosen before entering the SCHOTTENHAMEL festival hall from the Spatenbrauerei, photo: Helga Waess - Friday, 11 a.m

The Munich breweries brew an Oktoberfest beer with more original wort specifically for this purpose

 

 

Pschorr Bräurosl - serves delicious Hacker Pschor Wiesnbier - Photo: Helga Waess

 And everyone should try it once. When the barley juice, whether with or without alcohol, refreshes your throat at an almost summery 25 degrees and the band plays Bavarian music, then you're almost there: in the traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest feeling!

 

Dumpling rösti with chicken and fried onions, a giant pretzel goes well with the Oktoberfest beer, photo: Helga Waess

 

The waitress rushes over with eight beer mugs, the pretzel seller walks repeatedly through the aisles and white sausage, pork knuckles or fried chicken are brought out on huge serving boards by muscular waitresses.

 

The delicacy kitchen conjures up Bavarian delicacies in the Pschorr Braurösl tent, photo: Helga Waess (press photo)

A walk through the Munich Oktoberfest is a lot of fun

Whether it's a Herzl as a souvenir, a ride on a Ferris wheel or a carousel, or a snack on delicious Bavarian cuisine at the many delicacies, there's something for everyone. The many dirndls and lederhosen lift the mood and show that you are not in Berlin or Hanover. It is not at all comparable to a local Schützenfest or “Little Oktoberfest” - as it is called elsewhere - even if the Schützenfestzelt, which is the first to be built every year, is right at the foot of the Bavaria. Many Munich restaurateurs, like the Käfer family with the beetle tent, which also serves delicious coffee, are there every year. All hosts have their regular places.

 

Wiesnhendl, knuckle with dumplings, Kasspatzn and sausages with cabbage

Bavarian dishes - freshly prepared and delicious, photo: Helga Waess

 

These are the real “makers of the Munich Oktoberfest beers”

 And the big innkeepers serve the local festival beers from Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner and Spaten. By the way, the annual Oktoberfest beer is only brewed by these six big Munich breweries and can only be served by them at the annual Oktoberfest. A reason for us to mention Munich's master brewers by name:

• Andreas Brunner (Augustiner),

• Rainer Kansy (Hacker-Pschorr),
• Rolf Dummert (Hofbräu),
• Bernd Kräußel (Löwenbräu),
• Christian Dahncke (Paulaner)
• und Friedrich Geiger (Spaten)

View from the balcony of the Pschorr Bräurosl tent towards Bavaria and Paulaner and Löwenbräuturm - in the background the Ferris wheel under a Bavarian blue sky on Friday at 11:30 a.m., photo: Helga Waess

The opening times of the beer tents

The Oktoberfest 2023 began with the tapping of the first Oktoberfest barrel

•     Monday to Friday the tents open at 10 a.m. and close at 11:30 p.m.
•     On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the serving starts at 9 a.m. and the tap is at 11:30 p.m.
•     In the large festival halls the last beer and the last music is at 10:30 p.m.
•     In the small tents such as chicken roasteries, snack bar and café tents, serving and music don't end until 11 p.m.
• ...
  

It's still quiet in the stands - the music will soon be playing - Photo: Helga Waess 11:00 a.m. on the Oktoberfest meadow in the tent

The Käfer Wiesn-Schänke and Kufflers wine tent

    are open until 1 a.m., the last drinks are available here at 12:30 a.m.

Visitors line up at Käfer's Wiesnschänke on Friday at 10:30 a.m., photo: Helga Waess

 

Opening hours for fish rolls, balloons more at the Oktoberfest 2023 in Munich

•     Monday, from 10 a.m. to midnight - otherwise until 11 p.m
•     Saturdays from 9 a.m. to midnight
•     Sundays and public holidays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m
•  The reserved tables in the beer tent fill up around 11:45 a.m

The reserved tables in the beer tent fill up around 11:45 a.m., photo: Helga Waess

You can still find empty beer benches almost everywhere at 10 a.m. in the morning

In the Wiesnzwelt - Photo: Helga Waess

In addition to cotton candy and ice cream, there are also balloons and stuffed animals for the little ones

Oktoberfest gifts, photo: Helga Waess

This Paulaner beer carriage stands in front of the tent at the Oktoberfest for three hours and shows that fresh Oktoberfest beer has arrived

Paulaner team at the Oktoberfest - Photo: Helga Waess   

 
     The HOchreiter family of festival hosts brings delicious food to the Munich Oktoberfest

Hier gibt es Löwenbräu und Franziskaner, Foto: Helga Waess

 
Der Morgen - so bis 12 Uhr - eignet sich sehr gut für einen Wiesnrundgang

 Munich Oktoberfest - Schottenhamel Festhalle, photo: Helga Waess

Munich: Tollwood Summer Festival 2024

 Munich: Celebrate in Munich - this weekend 20/21. July 2024 again with a family visit to Tollwood

Final spurt at the Tollwood Summer Festival: this is the last weekend of enjoyment and experience

 

Summer festival this weekend until July 21, 2024 in the Olympiapark Süd

 

MUNICH. The summer festival is coming to an end, so you can secure (cheaper advance tickets) for the music arena at the Festival du Cirque in winter - we have listed the cheaper prices below! The Tollwood in Munich is worth a visit in summer and winter. Now it's time for the end of the great summer festival, which thrilled everyone with the market of ideas, beer culture and acrobatics and big concert moments in the music arena. So this weekend 20th/21st. July 2024 again with a family visit to Tollwood? In the children's area the little ones can cook, do crafts and play. And two children's concerts on Sundays attract people to the Half Moon Bar: “Turning around the world upside down” is the motto there on July 21st. And in the amphitheater everyone marvels at the artist's art - as in around 90 percent of the events with free admission.  If you want to have your bike checked again, you have the opportunity at Bikepick (on July 21st). While the bike is being checked for free, you can enjoy a coffee from the bike barista.

Looking forward to the: Tollwood Winter Festival on Munich's Theresienwiese, press photo archive: Helga Waess

 

And 15 Feet6 invites you to the finale of the Tollwood Summer Festival until July 21st

– with a lot of humor, impressive acrobatics, sporty and fast. If you just want to relax, you can enjoy the moon on Andechser Hügel, the Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram. And when the catchy rhythm of Maurice Ravel's “Bolero” suddenly sounds in the crowd - as was the case on July 21st - the audience is musically surprised.

Strolling through the market of ideas

... you can admire the around 170 lovingly designed market stalls. This summer, too, the public had the choice of the most beautiful market stall. This year’s vote was won by “The World of 1,000 Sounds”. There are singing bowls, gongs, musical instruments, drums. “Simaru” came in second with bags and accessories made of cork. Third place goes to “Ware Freude” with handmade, unique shirts and special gifts. The criteria for the choice were sustainability, beauty of the stand and selection of products.
All market stalls look forward to a visit until July 21st.

www.tollwood.de

Two more - unfortunately sold out - concerts in the music arena

•     By Wegen Lisbeth & Kytes (July 20)
•     and PUR (July 21)

Get your early bird discount for the Tollwood Winter Festival on the Munich Oktoberfest meadow now

At the end of the Tollwood Summer Festival, secure the early bird price for the Festival du Cirque at the Tollwood Winter Festival. Between November 26th and December 22nd, 2024, Tollwood is bringing three outstanding representatives of contemporary circus to Theresienwiese. This emotional journey will fascinate and inspire. With Circa, Circo Zoé and The 7 Fingers, three of the world's best companies from three continents bring three impressive and distinctive circus productions to the Tollwood theater tent.

    Tickets are available until the end of the Tollwood Summer Festival from 34 euros, reduced prices from 25 euros.

•     And if you want to see all three extraordinary circus productions, you can secure tickets for the respective premieres from 29.25 euros (reduced prices from 21.75 euros) - in addition to the trilogy tickets, Tollwood serves an aperitif per show.
•     After the Tollwood Summer Festival, tickets for each of the productions at the Festival du Cirque are available from 39 euros (reduced: 29 euros) at the Tollwood ticket hotline 089 38 38 50 0 (free shipping) or via München Ticket, information at

www.tollwood.de.

Tollwood Music Arena 2024

•     Jul 20, 2024 | By Wegen Lisbeth & Kytes – Start: 6:30 p.m. – SOLD OUT
•     Jul 21, 2024 | PUR – “Personal” – Start: 7 p.m. – SOLD OUT

189th Munich Oktoberfest 2024 is being built

 189th Munich Oktoberfest 2024 from September 21st to October 6th, 2024

Bavaria watches from above how her Theresienwiese is being built and we watch everything from the side!

Oktoberfest countdown: 78 days left until the start of the Munich Oktoberfest

Munich. The Oktoberfest is growing every day, no, every hour. One beer tent after the next with its wooden framework rises towards the Oktoberfest sky and the elements for the Löwenbräuturm have already been delivered. The 189th Oktoberfest will take place this year from September 21st to October 6th, 2024 on Munich's Theresienwiese...

The Bavaria was built on July 3rd, 2024, some tower elements of the Löwenbräuturm are on the right, the Munich Oktoberfest is growing more and more every hour, photo: A. Waess

The next photo shows the same view, which is now complemented by the wooden scaffolding of the Wiesnhallen in the afternoon!

Let's look forward to the large Oktoberfest tents that will be set up as if by magic in the next few days:

 

•     The crossbow rifle tent represents the long tradition of shooting on the Theresienwiese in Munich.
•     The Augustiner Festival Hall is family-friendly every year
•     At the Oidn Wiesn, visitors are delighted by the “Tradition Festival Tent”, where celebrations take place like in the old days.
•     The Fischer-Vroni marquee delights with fresh fish and pink Monday.
•     The Hacker Festhalle has a romantic send-off.
•     The Hofbräu festival tent invites you to join in the celebrations with the farm's renowned beer.
•     The Käfer Wiesn-Schänke lets celebrities celebrate in comfort and meet the Munich chic crowd.
•     Kufflers wine tent is the place to go for wine lovers. The party goes on here until 1am.
•     At the Löwenbräu festival tent, the lion roars with the 1860 fans, the celebrating Italians and a lot of tradition.
•     The Marstall marquee with the horse team above the entrance lures you into a cozy Oktoberfest living room with delicious Bavarian delicacies.
•     The Ochsenbraterei delivers great meat specialties, the “Nomen est omen”.
•     The Paulaner festival tent is announced by the tower with the huge Paulaner jug.

 

 On the afternoon of July 3rd, 2024, hall scaffolding was already in place - Photo: Helga Waess   

•     The Pschorr festival tent Bräurosl is rich in tradition and stylish.
•     The Schottenhamel festival hall is the opening tent of the Oktoberfest - here the mayor of the city of Munich, Dieter Reiter, will announce on September 21st: O'zapft is! The tapping and the first Oktoberfest beer are tradition.
•     In the Schützen marquee and on the cozy flower balcony you have a good view of the riflemen's sporting shots on the stairs below the Bavaria.
•     The Volkssängerzelt Schützenlisl delivers Bavarian joie de vivre and a great musical tradition

 

Marquee construction on July 3rd, 2024 - The Munich Oktoberfest meadow is being built on! Photo: A. Waess