When you can purchase tickets for Oktoberfest 2025

The keg is tapped at Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest!

“Ziggy zaggy, ziggy zaggy. Oi! Oi Oi” will soon be heard at festhallen across Waterloo Region.

Tickets for Canada’s biggest Bavarian festival go on sale May 15 at 10 a.m. on the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest website.

The event officially kicks off on Sept. 26 and runs until Oct. 18.

To celebrate another year of Oktoberfest fun, organizers are hosting a massive Chicken Dance event at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market on Saturday, May 31. Participants are asked to arrive at 10:45 a.m. to start practicing their moves.