Oktoberfest Weekend: September 27-29, 2024
Our 3-Day Weekend Celebration will feature German-style beer, festive fare, live music & games!
Guten Tag! Join us for Fireforge Oktoberfest in downtown Greenville, September 27-29! Wear your lederhosen, dirndl – or simply a tasty pretzel necklace – and be ready for stein hoisting and pretzel-passing competitions amid live music throughout the weekend!
Festival Hours:
💙 Friday, 5-10 p.m. (Taproom will be closed earlier in the day to prep for festival.)
💙 Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
💙 Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Festival “Haus” Rules:
🍺 To receive a wristband and purchase alcohol, you must be 21+ and show your valid ID at our Entry Welcome Tent in the Bank of TR Parking Lot on Friday starting at 5 p.m. & all day on Saturday.
🥨 On Sunday, we’ll resume normal taproom service for all beer & festy food orders through our main taproom.
🐶 Please leave pets at home for their safety and the safety of other guests. Oktoberfest gets crowded. Service animals allowed.
👶 Please keep your children with you at all times. Oktoberfest is not a free-range event.
🚭 This is a non-smoking & non-vaping event.
Live Music Schedule:
🍺 Friday, 9/27: The Foothills Oompah Band (6-9 p.m.)
🍺 Saturday, 9/28: Randomonium (5-8 p.m.)
🍺 Sunday, 9/29: Appalachian Freunde Polka Band (2-5 p.m.)
Festival Merch:
Commemorative glass steins, lederhosen t-shirts, festival socks, stickers, flower crowns, pretzel necklaces & more will be available for purchase at our merch tent and in the taproom. Steins will also be available for purchase at our main taproom bar and outdoor Community Tap trailer bar.
Special Food Menus:
🌭 Fireforge’s festy fare menu will feature Fireforge Bratwurst from Chop Shop Butchery, with sauerkraut, German potato salad, Rotkohl (braised red cabbage and apples), cucumber salad, pretzels and more! Try our new Beef on Weck sammie: shaved house-roasted beef, cabbage and fennel slaw, apple horseradish sauce on a Rise Bakery Kummelweck roll. Or, go for ALL the fixin’s with our Oktoberfest Brat Platter! And, be sure to save room for 🍎 apple strudel from Strossner’s Bakery!
🥟 Sum Bar will be serving squash dumplings, Char Siu BBQ sliders and custard buns from their food tent, as well as offer a limited menu and drinks in their dining room! (Saturday only.)
Special Activities:
💪 All weekend: Stein Hoisting & Pretzel Pass Competitions will be held a various times Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday.
👩🎨 Saturday: Visit the Kid’s Tent for free face painting and cotton candy (for purchase) (1-4 p.m.)
🎵 Saturday: Swanson’s Oktoberfest After Party with Runaway Gin. Purchase tickets in advance on the Swanson’s Warehouse website or at the door. Wear your fest wristband to receive a complimentary Swanson’s beverage at the show. (Doors open at 8 p.m.)
Festival Beers:
Our German-style and fall seasonal brews will be on tap, along with commemorative steins for purchase! The full beverage menu will be available in the main taproom, while our outdoor bar in the Bank of TR lot will be serving limited German-style offerings and some Fireforge classic brews.
🍺 Oktoberfest Festbier
🍺 Leisure Services Kölsch Ale
🍺 Day on the Lake German-style Pilsner
🍺 He Ain’t Hefe He’s My Brother Hefeweizen
🍺 Fade to Schwarz Schwarzbier
🍺 Fraggle Rogg Roggenbier (Rye Beer Collab with The Southern Growl)
🍺 It’s Five O’Bock Somewhere Bock
🍺 Fred the Dort Dry-Hopped Dortmunder
We look forward to seeing you! Prost!