Philly Area Oktoberfest

Should be on the BA calendar soon - http://www.brauhausschmitz.com/#menu-11

I imagine that besides VIP tix, it would still be free general admission with beers/food being pay-as-you-go like the last couple years.

 

Yea brauhaus us the only way to go. last years was a blast.

 

another vote for brauhaus. it gets pretty crowded but having a block or so of south street shut down for outdoor drinking and eating is a fun time.

 

Just an FYI, I'm not sure if the VIPs are even still available, but they're $100. I probably should have confirmed the before buying two as I assumed they were in the ~$50 range. Totes my fault, but just something to factor in to your decision. I better not ever have to wait for than 30 seconds to get my pee on!

 

Stoudt's has a decent Oktoberfest as well, but it's a bit outside Philly, in Reading

http://www.stoudtsbeer.com/events_oktoberfest.html

 

Outside of Philly, but we do it up pretty big in Delaware.

http://www.delawaresaengerbund.org/v5_Oktoberfest.shtml

 

Yeah, it was quite enjoyable up until about 5:00pm or so. Then, it felt like being in Time Square, which is pretty much what I think my personal hell would be. We were also hanging out right where this white trash guy smacked a cop and got beat down. It was crazy. That was certainly not indicative of the crowd, just a very crazy person.

For the VIP, you got $48 worth of tickets, a $12 shirt and mug with an indeterminate value since I think you only got it with $60 worth of tickets(?) so it was roughly $40 for the VIP section with it's exclusive beers (including two Zwickels so I was happy there) and the private bathrooms, which occasionally had lines, but those were way shorter and faster than anywhere else down there. I would say it was worth it for the VIP, but I wish the area was larger or something because it was just wall to wall **** later on in the day.