Let's go to the Wiesn 2024

927 applications and 470 admissions

The festival site covers an area of 34.5 hectares. 927 businesses applied for the Oktoberfest 2024. 470 businesses were approved this year, including 153 from the catering sector, 123 fairground businesses, 194 market traders and several service businesses. This year, 101 businesses applied for the Oidn Wiesn. 41 were approved, of which 18 were catering businesses and 23 were showmen.

New at the Wiesn 2024

The ‘vr4kids’ participation project is new and inclusive. This year, it is offering a virtual visit to the Oktoberfest for the first time, especially for children and young people with disabilities. The project has just been honoured with the German Mittelstand Innovation AWARD. The award is presented to products, projects and pioneering achievements that sustainably improve life through innovation and progress.

Wiesn fans can look forward to three new round rides, two show and amusement rides and a new wild water ride:

• The ‘Kick Down’ offers a dynamic experience by combining three different motion sequences: A rotating arm with an inclined axis of rotation moves a platform in the opposite direction. Five free-swinging four-person gondolas are located on this platform. At full speed, the gondolas reach speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour. (Str. 2, No. 7)
• The renowned carousel manufacturer Höpler has produced the ‘Hupferl’ ride, a Bavarian classic from 1987. While the ride turns and bounces up and down, the passengers have to hold on by their own strength. The ‘Hupferl’ has a round bench with a diameter of 9 metres, on which around 50 people can sit. A hydraulic system accelerates the circle up to 14 revolutions per minute. (Str.1, No. 14)
• The Grand Carousel is a multi-storey carousel that combines traditional art with modern technology. Visitors can access a second floor via a stairs from the entrance level to a second floor. There gondolas and horses in a mixture of Baroque, Rococo and Renaissance styles, Rococo and Renaissance styles. Driven by an The carousel is driven by an electric motor and is climate-neutral and emission-free. Every detail of the 14 metre high construction has been carefully and authentically designed to create a historical ambience. (Str. 4, No. 5)
• Oktoberfest 2024 welcomes ‘Laser-Pix’, the first ride in which visitors can which visitors can actively participate. They are immersed in a video game game. Using a small pistol, passengers aim and shoot at various targets various targets - hidden, moving or animated - to land as many hits as possible. hits as possible. The unpredictable course of the ride ‘Laser-Pix’ provides additional thrills. (Schaustellerstraße 41)
• ‘Big Picture 2.0’ is a 12D cinema that amazes the audience with numerous special effects.Here they become part of anadventurous story.The use of wind, rain and snowconveys an immediate ‘live’ feeling. (Str. 3, No. 10)
• ‘Jim & Jasper's Wild Water’ promises an exciting driving experience. WithEurope's largest transportable wild water ride, Blume, an eighth-generationcompany in its eighth generation, is setting new fairground standards.(Str. 5, No. 18) company in its eighth generation, is setting new fairground standards.

New at the Oidn Wiesn

There is a "Holzpfosten-Scooter’ at the Oidn Wiesn this year.This is a classic bumper car as we know it from the 60s and 70s. By reactivating what is probably the only historic "Holzpfosten-Scooter’ in Germany, Richard Müller is helping to preserve and revitalise a piece of fairground history. The Richard Müller family business can look back on a long tradition dating back to the 16th century. (OW No. 5)

There is a new musicians' tent at the historic Oktoberfest this year - the Boandlkramerei. The landlord family Petra and Peter Schöniger have 33 years of folk festival experience. Winfried Frey is responsible for the music programme. Well-known artists from the folk music scene will be on stage, as well as new, as yet unknown folk music groups. The cuisine is characterised by vegan and vegetarian dishes as well as traditional Bavarian delicacies. Wiesn beer from Augustiner Bräu is also served. Visually, the tent is reminiscent of an old pub. Raised boxes ensure that guests have a good view of the action on stage. Inside, the tent offers 1,750 seats and a further 1,100 seats in the beer garden. (OW 30) 

Anniversaries at the Wiesn

The Oide Wiesn on the southern part of the Theresienwiese has been an integral part of the Oktoberfest since 2011. This year it will be held in its familiar form for the tenth time. Nostalgic folk festival attractions, colourful traditional costumes, historical rides, a museum tent with a children's programme and festival tents where the focus is on cosiness and Bavarian customs make the event an absolute crowd favourite. This year, the Oide Wiesn on the Theresienwiese was supposed to make way for the Bayerische Zentral-Landwirtschafsfest (ZLF), which was cancelled by the organisers.

The Krinoline is celebrating its 100th birthday at the Oktoberfest this year. The nostalgic ride is the only one with its own brass band. The Krinoline has been delighting visitors with its leisurely ride since 1924. Originally operated by hand, it was electrified in 1936 and has been travelling at a maximum speed of 15 kilometres per hour ever since. Since 1938, a brass band has provided musical entertainment during the ride. (Str. 10, No.9)

Kuffler's Weinzelt is celebrating its 40th anniversary and is supporting brotZeit e.V. with a donation to mark the occasion. One euro from every ‘Großer Kuffler brotZeit’ sold goes to the organisation, which provides schoolchildren with a healthy breakfast.The total amount is doubled by Kuffler at the end of the Wiesn.Since Roland Kuffler and Dr Erich Kaub took over in 1984, the wine tent has been an integral part of the Wiesn. In 1999, ‘Kufflers Weinzelt’ was officially founded, followed by the new festival hall in 2005.(Matthias-Pschorr-Straße 36)

New in the catering sector

‘Corn in a Cup’ offers loose corn in a cup with various sauces, spices and toppings.(Wirtsbudenstraße 22) The ‘AuerOx & Suppenküche’ stand is also new to the Wiesn. In addition to classics such as the organic ox shred bun and Munich fried chicken, there are also vegetarian options, as well as homemade soups and stews made from regional produce. (Str.3, No.4) ‘Wiesn for all’ is the name of the new Münchner Stubn promotion to revitalise the Mittagswiesn (Monday to Friday until 5 pm). During the Oktoberfest, anyone who orders a meal gets two pints of beer for the price of one. (Wirtsbudenstraße 26)

Accessibility at the Wiesn

Accessibility at the Wiesn oktoberfest.de is offering individualised maps of the large festival tents on the ‘Accessibility’ subpage for the first time this year. These include the location of barrier-free entrances, seating for the disabled and barrier-free toilets. The what3words system is used for this purpose. This is already being used by security forces such as the police, fire brigade and emergency services for localisation and location determination. What3words has divided the entire world into 3 x 3 metre squares and assigned 3 random words to them. The system can also help Oktoberfest visitors to find drinking water fountains. And this is what it looks like: ///geld.abkühlen.schaffen ///haar.niemand.nadel ///absagen.günstige.riechen

Free drinking water

There are now ten fountains with free drinking water on the site. These are located on the Oidn Wiesn, at the toilet facilities, at the entrance to the Familienplatzl and at the Wiesn entrance on Esperantoplatz. There is also a fountain at the Fahrenschon family's wheat beer carousel.

Aicher Ambulance

The Aicher Ambulanz ambulance service will be providing first aid again this year

Construction site tours on the Theresienwiese again

This year, Munich Tourism is again offering 90-minute guided tours of the Wiesn construction site with official guides at the weekends, thus opening the gates to the large construction site exclusively.The tours take place on Fridays at 3 and 5 pm and on Saturdays and Sundays at 9.30 and 11.30 am (last tours on Sunday, 1 September).

Wiesn for families

The two family days, which take place on the first two Tuesdays, are a good opportunity for a stroll around the Wiesn.There are reduced ticket, admission and sales prices here

Organisation of the Oktoberfest

The Oktoberfest is a festival organised by the City of Munich. It is organised by the city's Department of Labour and Economic Affairs (RAW).Clemens Baumgärtner is responsible for the organisation and running of the Oktoberfest.