Oktoberfest in the Adirondack High Peaks at Whiteface Mt.

Experience a fantastic fall festival near Lake Placid, NY, in the Adirondack Mountains.

Prost! It’s Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain overlooking Lake Placid. Photo courtesy Whiteface Mountain and ORDA.

Join Whiteface Mountain’s annual Oktoberfest, just a few miles east of Lake Placid, for one of the best fall festivals in the Adirondacks on September 21 and 22, 2024.

Every fall, the folks in Wilmington, NY, don their best lederhosen and dirndls, bring out the oompah band, recreate Bavaria in the High Peaks, and serve up delicious Adirondack ale at the Whiteface Mountain Oktoberfest.

The weekend-long celebration at Whiteface Mountain features authentic German music, dancing, food, and beer. SKI Magazine rated it one of the best festivals in ski country.

Authentic Bavarian entertainment from top-rated performers.

The Whiteface Oktoberfest organizers have pulled out all the stops to bring some of America’s top-rated Oktoberfest entertainers.

Schachtelgebirger Musikanten’s Freddie Meier and Ronald Kwas. Placid. Photo courtesy Whiteface Mountain and ORDA.

The stellar entertainment line-up includes die Schlauberger in the Main Entertainment Tent, The Adlers, Schachtelgebirger Musikanten (Scha-Musi) in the Cloudspin Bar & Grill, The Alphorn Trio, and Alpenland Taenzer dancers.

Whiteface’s Oktoberfest is a family-friendly event that offers activities for all ages, such as craft vendors, pumpkin painting, kids’ entertainment with The Give & Take Jugglers, bounce houses, and scenic gondola rides.

Celebrate Oktoberfest safely.

At any of the Adirondacks’ fantastic fall festivals, we strongly urge and highly recommend attending Oktoberfest with a Designated Driver (DD) or planning safe travel home ahead of time.

A great fall day at Whiteface’s Oktoberfest. Photo courtesy Whiteface Mountain and ORDA.

There is an Oktoberfest shuttle between the village of Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain so that you can leave the driving to others.

You can also request a trip with UberX online or directly from the Uber app in Lake Placid.

Full disclosure: we are big reliers of Uber and Lyft in places like NYC, Austin, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and other US metro areas — but we’ve never used them in Lake Placid, so we can’t vouch for the availability of Uber drivers in the High Peaks on a weekend in September.

For complete information and to purchase tickets for Whiteface Oktoberfest online, visit their website. You can also find recent updates and news about the Oktoberfest on the Whiteface Facebook page.

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