49th Richmond Oktoberfest bringing the brezel and bier to Richmond Raceway

Hosted by Gesangverein Virginia and Loveland Distributing the 49th Richmond Oktoberfest offer two days of a Genuine German Oktoberfest experience on October 20th and 21st at the Richmond Raceway Complex.

Traditional and modern German and American dance music, Bavarian folk dancing by the SGTEV Hirschjaeger dancers, beer stein hoisting contests each night for both men and women for entertainment.

For your dining pleasure Bratwurst straight from the grill, Knackwurst, Weisswurst, pork loin, roast chicken (Brathun), potato salad (Kartoffelsalat), our famous potato pancakes (Reibekuchen), Sauerkraut, spiced red cabbage (Rotkraut) and Landjaeger (a smoked sausage for nibbling with your beer).

Oktoberfest without beer is not an Oktoberfest at all. They’ve got you covered.

Our beer comes from two great family owned breweries. We are again importing the very popular Pilsner, Oktoberfest and Dunkel (dark) Warsteiner beers from the Cramer family brewery in Warstein, Germany. This brewery has been operated by the Cramers since 1753. Not quite as old is the Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, which is now in the fifth generation of Yuengling family ownership, since it was opened by David Gottlieb Yuengling, a German immigrant, in 1829. We are proud to offer Yuengling Lager, and Yuengling Oktoberfest, from the oldest brewery in the USA. Just for you wheat beer lovers, we are also importing König Ludwig Weissbier Hell (also known as “Royal Bavarian Hefe-Weizen”) from the König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei (castle brewery) in Bavaria. By the way, in German “hell” means “clear,” “bright” or “shining.”