Name: Minerva Oktoberfest
Start: 2025-09-27T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Minerva Ohio Municipal Park

Celebrate fall at Minerva’s Oktoberfest on Saturday, Sept. 27, noon to 8 p.m. in Municipal Park with live music, food, crafters, children’s activities, contests for all ages, a beer garden, craft breweries, and wineries. There is no admission fee for the festival.
The day’s activities will begin with a Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 9 to 11 a.m., in the park, organized by Minerva Memory Makers. For more information about the walk, contact Theresa Linder, 330-205-5561.
Live music begins at noon with Visinata, playing polkas and other tunes, followed by T. Free & the Panic Attacks, at 3:30 p.m. Bands are sponsored by Gionino's Pizzeria, Harding Heating and Cooling, Summit Glove, and The Hart Mansion Restaurant.
Family activities will include free pumpkin painting sponsored by Consumers National Bank, a free hayride sponsored by Uptown Auto, a Lost French Golf scavenger hunt provided by Bartley Funeral Home with a gold nugget grand prize, pumpkin bowling, a petting zoo, pony rides, and more.
Entries for the pie-baking contest, sponsored by The Komfort Zone, must be in by noon, with adult, teen and youth categories. The beer stein slide returns this year, and will be open throughout the festival. Sack races, sponsored by Real Integrity Real Estate Services Agent Brandy Berry, will begin at 2 p.m., as well as the Power Wheel Demolition Derby, adult and kids events. Registration through donations is from now until September 17th, with all proceeds going to Hogs Helping Heroes. Please text 330-205-8755 or 330-610-4614 to register. A Dress-Your-Dog contest will take place at 4:30 p.m. sponsored by Loudon Motors Ford.

The beer-stein lifting contest, sponsored by Megan Eckstein, Keller Williams Real Estate, will be held at the stage at approximately 6 p.m., with divisions for men and women. The person who can hold a full beer stein parallel to the ground with an extended arm for the longest time will be proclaimed the winner. And new this year, a beer carrying obstacle course, sponsored by Minerva Area YMCA and E4 Undercoating at approximately 6:30 p.m., with divisions for men and women. The person who can make it through the obstacle course the fastest and with the most liquid remaining in their glass will be declared the winner.
Several rounds of chicken poop bingo will take place throughout the day.
A variety of food trucks will be available, a beer garden selling domestic beer products, Tipsy Farmer Winery, Hidden Trails Wine Cellar, as well as craft beers from Sandy Springs Brewing Company and Aeonian Brewing Company.
Crafters, businesses, and community groups will have wares for sale and information available throughout the festival.
For more information, call the Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce office at 330-868-7979, or e-mail [email protected].