Continue the Oktoberfest fun with your furry friends! Join us for: Dogtoberfest! The best part is that we will have various rescues that will be bringing dogs that are up for adoption! We will have multiple vendors set up selling various treats, toys, clothes and more! Oh and don’t forget about the 50+ beers to sample!
So bring your family, friends, along with your pup(s) and join us on Saturday, September 28th for cold bier, delicious food and events going on throughout the day for all ages!
***Shipgarten opens at 11 AM & the festival runs from 1 PM until 6 PM. Restaurant closes at 2 AM***
EVENT SCHEDULE
12:00 PM UFC FIght Night Paris Watch Party: Saint Denis vs Moicano
2:00 PM Doggy Games in Our Off-Leash Dog Park (Biggest, Smallest, Best Dressed, Best Trick – $25 Gift Card to Owners and Free Pup Cup to Winning Dogs!)
3:00 PM Dog & Owner Relay Race in Our Off-Leash Dog Park (Quickest through a Hula Hoop, up and down a slide, and catching a treat – $25 Gift Card to Fastest Time!)
4:00 PM Hot Dog Eating Contest (Fastest to Eat 5 Glizzys Wins $25 Gift Card!)
5:00 PM Stein Hoisting (Longest Endurance Holding a Filled Stein Wins $25 Gift Card!)
5:30 PM Doggy Costume Contest Oktoberfest Style ($25 gift card to the Wiener!
3:30 – 7:30 PM Live Music
8:00 PM – 2:00 AM Okotberfest After Party with DJ Bianca Diamond
“Shipgarten offers 2-155″ TV Walls, 8 TVs, 2 outdoor projectors & 3 indoor Projectors to watch ALL the football games Including four games at once.”
ADDITIONALLY
➳ Meet and Greet Brewery Reps from Germany, Belgium, Austria & the US and get some BIER-ducation from them. Throughout the day each rep will talk about the history, flavor and process fo the biers they are pouring
➳ Various beers to sample from local and international breweries
➳ Photo Booth with Accessories for you and your pup(s)!
➳Great food including German style BBQ
➳German mulled wine & cocktails
➳Dog Friendly (Check out our Dog menu, play in the dog park, or just bring your pup along)
➳ Lawn Games & Activities including ladder toss, cornhole, connect 4, giant chess & checkers & MORE)
➳ Giveaways, Competitions & Prizes
We will also be serving samples of all our regular draft beers from Tysons Biergarten and Waffles & Tacos.
History of Oktoberfest:
Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival. Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a folk festival running from mid or late September into October (this year it officially starts in Munich on September 21st), with more than 6 million people from around the world in attendance every year. Locally, it is often called the Wiesn, after the colloquial name for the fairgrounds (Theresienwiese). Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810.
Kronprinz (Crown Prince) Ludwig (1786-1868), later King Ludwig I (reign: 1825-1848), married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the royal event. The fields were named Theresienwiese (“Theresa’s Meadow”) in honour of the Crown Princess, and have kept that name ever since, although the locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the “Wiesn”. Horse races, in the tradition of the 15th century Scharlachrennen (Scarlet Race at Karlstor), were held on October 17 to honor the newlyweds. Every year since this tradition has been repeated and is now called “Oktoberfest”.PARKING: 1700 Old Meadow Road, McLean, VA 22102.
Parking is conveniently located five minutes away by foot and we offer a completely free, pet friendly, and complimentary Shuttle Bus service that runs on a continuous loop to and from the venue and parking lot! Another alternative is a $20 valet service.
We are also conveniently located steps away from the McLean Metro Station.
Uber Drop Off: 7581 Colshire Dr., McLean, VA 22102
