Oktoberfest

Week 41 of 2025

Rosieness Revue
October 9th, 2025

Technically, Oktoberfest is over. In Munich, Oktoberfest runs for 16 days from the end of September until October 5th, but in the U.S. Oktoberfest celebrations run all through the month of October. You can find one near you on the link below - or visit your local German watering hole. Here are some of our Oktoberfest favorites.

Find Oktoberfest Near You (2025): The Best Oktoberfests in All 50 States

Find the best "Oktoberfest near you" with this list of the biggest, best, and most authentic Oktoberfest celebrations in all 50 states.

www.mywanderlustylife.com/oktoberfest-near-me

Oktoberfest Bingo

BingoBaker is one of our favorite websites - it’s easy and fun to make custom bingo cards and they have a full line up of Oktoberfest cards to choose from including their Oktoberfest Bingo Blitz bingo card with Dirndl, Herbst, Akkordeon, Wurst, München, Musik, Lederhose, Wappen, Bayrische Fahne and Apfel-schorle

bingobaker.com/view/7904380

Pizza Dough Pretzels

If you love soft pretzels, but don't want to mess up your kitchen making homemade dough, then you'll love these Pizza Dough Pretzels - No Yeast or Mixer Required.

www.gracefullittlehoneybee.com/pizza-dough-pretzels/#recipe

Homemade German Stone Ground Mustard

If you want to make stone ground mustard at home, this authentic German mustard recipe is for you -This delicious condiment is easy to make.

ourgabledhome.com/authentic-german-mustard-recipe-hausgemachter-senf

Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts (Lebkuchenherzen) Recipe

Oktoberfest is all about beer, and Lebkuchenherzen (Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts)

mygerman.recipes/oktoberfest-gingerbread-hearts-lebkuchenherzen

Beer Brats

Bratwurst Brats are simmered with onions and spices in beer for fantastic flavor, then finished up on the grill for a perfectly crispy, charred exterior.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/149975/beer-brats

Surprise! Non-alcoholic beer projected to overtake ale as the second-largest beer category worldwide this year

Major beer brands like Guinness, Budweiser and Heineken have rolled out non-alcoholic alternatives over the last five years. We have tried and liked Guiness and Clausthauler.

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/non-alcoholic-beer-to-pass-ale-in-sales-volume-this-year.html

Everyone can make a difference

What Are the Origins of Oktoberfest?

What started as a royal wedding became a global beerfest.

www.history.com/articles/oktoberfest-origins

This Week in History

“Porgy and Bess,” the first great American opera, premieres on Broadway | 1935

On October 10, 1935, George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess premieres on Broadway. Porgy and Bess began its journey t...

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-10/porgy-and-bess-the-first-great-american-opera-premieres-on-broadway

Word of the Week

Cheers! in German

What We are Reading

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

A Tale of Two Families. Set in Ohio from the 1920s to the 1960s. Straddling both world wars. Incredibly well written with humor and emotion.

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What We are Watching

The Lost Bus (2025) ⭐ 7.3 | Biography, Drama, History

2h 9m | R Streaming on Apple TV - Based on the true story of a bus driver and teacher who kept 22 elementary school children safe as they evacuated from The Paradise Fire in 2018. After you watch it -you can read the piece from The Decider below to fact check.

www.imdb.com/title/tt21103218/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

'The Lost Bus' true story: How accurate is Matthew McConaughey's movie to the real bus driver Kevin McKay?

Hollywood loves to exaggerate.

decider.com/2025/10/03/the-lost-bus-true-story-kevin-mckay-bus-driver-matthew-mcconaughey-movie

Fun Find of the Week

MODGY Luminary Lanterns, Halloween Candle Holders with Flameless Floating LED Candles

MODGY Luminary Lanterns come in a four pack, fold flat - you fill with water and the flameless floating tea light turns on automatically when you put it in the water - turn off when you take it out - Can be used indoors or outside. Easy to store in a drawer.

amzn.to/4mR8VBi