Beervana pays homage to old King Ludwig in a big way this month, commemorating the 301st anniversary of his marriage celebration in Bavaria with as much spatzle, kraut and stein-slinging as we have weekends in September (excepting, of course, Labor Day, which has traditions of its own).

Mark your calendars and loosen your belts, lager fans, because here’s the complete list of oompah festivals in River City:

• Widmer  Saturday, September 11 from 3 p.m. — 11:30 p.m., at Widmer Brothers Gasthaus, 929 N Russel St. Free admission. http://widmerbrothers.com/events/#7th-annual-widmer-brothers-oktoberfest-5
• Sandy Oktoberfest, Sept 9-11, 18090 SE Langensand Road, Sandy, OR. Family-friendly, free admission. http://www.sandyoktoberfest.net/
• 40th Annual Vancouver Sausage Festival, Sept 9-11, 6500 Highland Rd (St Johns School). Family-friendly, $2 admission. http://www.stjoevanschool.org/sausagefest.htm/
• Mt. Angel Oktoberfest, downtown Mt. Angel, Sept 15-18 (hours vary), http://www.oktoberfest.org/index.html
• Oaks Park Oktoberfest, Sept 23-25 (hours vary), http://www.oakspark.com/oktoberfest.html

We also have special “Portland-themed” Oktoberfests:

• Dogtoberfest, Lucky Labrador Brewing, 915 SE Hawthorne, 11-5, http://www.dovelewis.org/news-events/dogtoberfest/ – wash your dog, have a beer and benefit Dove-Lewis. How Portland is that?
• HUB Biketobeerfest, 2944 SE Powell Blvd, Sept 17 – http://hopworksbeer.com/biketobeerfest – organic beer and sustainable transportation. Can’t be beat.

Prost!

This entry was posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 7:00 am and is filed under Portland News.