Oktoberfest Chicago – Page 2

Randolph Street Market

5, 19: Free! Cruise Nites | Berwyn
7-10: Chicago In-Water Boat Show | 31st Street Beach
8-9: Free! Art and Garden Street Fair | Homewood
8-10: Free! Chicago Blues Festival | Grant Park
8-9: Free! Forest Park Summer Fest | Forest Park
8-10: Ribfest Chicago | North Center
8-10: Free! Rockin’ in the Park | Rosemont
9-10: Andersonville Midsommarfest | Andersonville
9-10: Free! Printers Row Lit Fest | South Loop
9-10: Wells Street Art Festival | Old Town
11: Free! Movies in the Parks kicks off | Various parks
13: Free! Grant Park Music Festival kicks off | Millennium Park
15-16: Scottish Festival and Highland Games | Itasca
15-17: Festa Pasta Vino | Heart of Chicago
15-17: Taste of Randolph Street | West Loop
16-17: 6 Corners BBQ Fest | Portage Park
16-17: Custer’s Last Stand Festival of the Arts | Evanston
16-17: Pizza Fest Chicago | Uptown
16-17: Spring Awakening Music Festival | Soldier Field
21: Free! Chicago Gospel Music Festival | Millennium Park
22: Free! Gospel Music Festival | Chicago Cultural Center
22-23: Chicago Pride Fest | Boystown
22-24: Long Grove Strawberry Festival | Long Grove
23-24: Chicago Gospel Music Festival | Ellis Park
23-24: Chicago Summerfest | Lincoln Park
23-24: Fountain Square Art Festival | Evanston
23-24: Green Music Fest | Wicker Park
23-24: Randolph Street Market Festival | Near West Side
24: Free! Chicago Pride Parade | Boystown
27-July 1: Eyes to the Skies Festival | Lisle
29-July 1: Craft Beer Festival | Old Town
29-July 3: Naperville Ribfest | Naperville
29-30: Old St. Pat’s World’s Largest Block Party | West Loop
30-July 1: Free! Gold Coast Art Fair | Butler Field, Grant Park
30-July 1: L.A.T.E. Ride | Buckingham Fountain
30-July 1: Wavefront Music Festival | Montrose Beach

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Oktoberfest Events at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub

Where: Timothy O’Toole’s Pub Chicago
622 N. Fairbanks Ct.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 642-0700
www.timothyotooles.com

Oktoberfest 101 Class and Weekend Party Plans

Oktoberfest 101
Thursday, September 29

Oktoberfest Celebration
Friday, September 30 – Saturday, October 1

Oktoberfest 101
Timothy O’Toole’s on-going Fall series of drinkable and edible education will continue with “Oktoberfest 101” on Thursday, September 29. At 7:30 p.m., participants will gather to learn more about the tradition of Oktoberfest, German brews and fare. Four beers and four paired bites will be sampled, menu below. The fee is $20 per person. Please call O’Toole’s to reserve a spot in this event.

Spaten: served with warm soft pretzel and spicy brown mustard
Leinenkugels’s Oktoberfest: served with beer bratwurst with saurkraut, grilled onion and mustard sauce
Sam Adams Octoberfest: traditional knackwurst over beer spaetzel with bacon and apples
Great Lakes Oktoberfest: puff pastry with cherry preserve, vanilla ice cream with honey drizzle

Oktoberfest Weekend
From Friday, September 30 to Saturday, October 1, Timothy O’Toole’s Pub will hold an Oktoberfest celebration. Each day, from 11 -2 a.m., guests are encouraged to enjoy German beer specials (25-ounce HackerPschorr jumbo brews $6.50) and Oktoberfest-inspired fare (brat burgers, soft pretzels, Viennese beef goulash) all served by “beer wenches.” Costumes are welcomed. Fun contests, prizes and giveaways will all take place throughout the weekend.