Oktoberfest Time

This Friday starts the second of 3 weekends of Oktoberfest 2024. Gates open at 4pm.   Bring your festival chair and sit under the oaks.

The fun continues on Saturday when gates open at 1 pm with more German music, beer and food, of course. There will be a dog parade and costume contest at 3:30pm to benefit the New Orleans Schnauzer Rescue. All breeds welcome. More information including registering your dog *Here*

Our big change this year – We are accepting credit cards as well as cash at all booths!

Friday & Saturday. Admission is $10 – Children 12 and under free. 
 *Event Schedule & More Info Here*

Oktoberfest Volunteers Needed

Yes, Oktoberfest is here.

Fill out our Volunteer Form to let the festival organizers know that you’re coming to help.  You can work one shift or many. We have enough volunteers for the day shift on Friday Oct 18, but we need people on the other shifts. The evening of Saturday Oct 19 is especially short right now. Can you help out?

Go to the Volunteer Page for the form and more information.

German Unity Day

Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:30pm-8pm
at Deutsches Haus

German Unity Day is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on October 3 as a public holiday. It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), so that for the first time since 1945 there existed a single German state.

Sponsored by:

  • The Honorary Consulate of Germany to Louisiana
  • DeutschesHaus
  • German-American Cultural Center of Gretna
  • Ladies Auxiliary of Deutsches Haus