Oktoberfest Santa Cruz

Messiah Lutheran Church has run this neighbourhood Oktoberfest on its garden campus at the corner of High and Spring since the late 1990s, making it the longest-running independent Oktoberfest in Santa Cruz County. It is deliberately small and outdoors, with a strong family emphasis and plenty of children's activities alongside the German-Bavarian food and music. Guests are encouraged to turn up in lederhosen and dirndls.