Bockfest is Cincinnati’s annual celebration of Spring, Over-the-Rhine's brewing heritage, and Bock Beer. It stumbles into its 32nd year on March 1-3, 2024 in and around Over-the-Rhine's historic Brewery District.

We return to our roots in the neighborhood with three breweries hosting events as our Bockfest Halls: Moerlein Lager House, Northern Row Brewery & Distillery, and Rhinegeist Brewery.

Schedule of Events:

Friday March 1, 2024

Party Like a Bockstar

Friday night of Bockfest is the perfect way to end your week and kick off the best festival in Cincinnati. Watch the funkiest parade in town and celebrate the Coming of Spring! 

Parade

The Bockfest Parade steps off at 6PM in front of Arnold's Bar & Grill, and heads up Main Street to the steps of Old Saint Mary's.  Join us for the traditional blessing of the beer and sing along to the "Bock Beer" song as we kick off the Bockfest weekend.

Bockfest Halls

All three Bockfest Halls are FREE to enter. Don't forget great specials at participating venues throughout the neighborhood!

Moerlein Lager House - 115 Joe Nuxhall Way

12P-6P Official Bockfest Happy Hour $5 Bock Beer Pints
12PM Keg Tapping “Get Your Bock On Happy Hour!!!” Celebrating the 171st anniversary of the founding of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. and 32nd year of the founding of Bockfest (Bockfest was started to launch Christian Moerlein Bock Beer!)
12PM-9PM Live acoustic music in Tent

Rhinegeist Brewery - 1910 Elm Street

5PM Rhinegeist BockBar Open with 21 local bock beers on draft
7:15PM-10:15PM Live music

Beer

Bock bier is the rich, complex, malty, low-hop style of lager that we celebrate every year at Bockfest. We are excited to offer over two dozen different bock biers this year at Bockfest Hall!

Saturday March 2, 2024

Bock Beer Blowout

Celebrate beer, history, and sausage queens with all kinds of events on Saturday of Bockfest.

Historic Brewery Tours

Take a unique behind the scenes tour of a historic Cincinnati brewery. Don't miss out on this very limited opportunity, available exclusively through the Brewing Heritage Trail.

Buy Tickets

Bockfest Halls

All three Bockfest Halls are FREE to enter. Don't forget great specials at participating venues throughout the neighborhood!

Moerlein Lager House - 115 Joe Nuxhall Way

10AM-2PM Bockfest Brunch (Special Bockfest Menu Featuring all the Bockfest Favorites See www.moerleinlagerhouse.com for details)
12PM-9PM Bock Beer Experience Bock Bier Tasting $25 gets you 10 – 5oz samples and a bottled water. For $15 more get a Stein and fill (you keep the stein). All Bockfest Beers on tap.
12:30PM Tapping of the 2023 Bockfest Brewing Champions Beer
1PM-5PM Live music with Zinzinnati Beer Band
1PM-5PM Jim Effler Poster Signing
12PM-3PM Bockfest Speaker Series (In Beer Baron Hall at Moerlein Lager House)
Technical Brewing Presentations
12PM-1PM Roxanne Westendorf Overview of Homebrewing and its origins and tools needed to get started
1PM-2PM Nick Landers – Moerlein Lager House Head Brewer What’s it like to be a commercial brewer
2PM-3PM Speaker TBD Sensory: what are we looking for in a well made beer and what’s not supposed to be there
4PM Bock Beer Competition winner announcements and award ceremony
5PM-9PM Live acoustic music in Tent

Rhinegeist Brewery - 1910 Elm Street

OPEN AT 12P

12PM-6:30PM LIVE MUSIC
7PM-8:30PM Sausage Queen Finals
8:30PM-10:30PM LIVE MUSIC  with the Hot Magnolias

Beer

Bock bier is the rich, complex, malty, low-hop style of lager that we celebrate every year at Bockfest. We are excited to offer over two dozen different bock biers this year at Bockfest Hall!

Sunday March 3, 2024

Goats and Gemütlichkeit

Take it easy with goats, German heritage, and a .05K fun run on Sunday of Bockfest.

Historic Brewery Tours

Take a unique behind the scenes tour of a historic Cincinnati brewery. Don't miss out on this very limited opportunity, available exclusively through the Brewing Heritage Trail.

Buy Tickets

Bockfest Halls

All three Bockfest Halls are FREE to enter. Don't forget great specials at participating venues throughout the neighborhood!

Moerlein Lager House - 115 Joe Nuxhall Way

10AM – 2PM Bockfest Brunch (Special Bockfest Menu Featuring all the Bockfest Favorites See www.moerleinlagerhouse.com for details)
12PM – 7PM Bock Beer Experience Bock Bier Tasting $25 gets you 10 – 5oz samples and a bottled water. For $15 more get a Stein and fill (you keep the stein). All Bockfest Beers on tap.
1:00PM Welcome ceremony with the Continental Sunday traditional Keg Tapping and introduction of all German Club’s flags
1:30P-6PM Live German Band
3P and 4:30P German Dance Group
German Historic Speaker Series
12PM – 1PM: Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann Cincinnati’s Beer Barons in the Golden Age of Brewing
2PM-3PM: Dann Woellert Decoding Pre-Prohibition German-American Beer Pinup Girls
3PM-4PM: Andrew Houghthaling Subject to be announced
1PM-6PM Winner, Winner, Bockfest Chicken Dinner pre-sell tickets redeemable 1-6pm
$25 purchased online gets you Spaetzle, Braised Red Cabbage, ½ Rotisserie Bockfest Chicken. Visit www.moerleinlagerhouse.com for link to pre-purchase chicken dinner.

Rhinegeist Brewery - 1910 Elm Street

9:30A-10:30A Goat Yoga w/ Good Green Earth Farm
10:45A-11:45A Goat Yoga w/ Good Green Earth Farm

Beer

Bock bier is the rich, complex, malty, low-hop style of lager that we celebrate every year at Bockfest. We are excited to offer over two dozen different bock biers this year at Bockfest Hall!

Date: March 1-3, 2024

Admission to enjoy the Parade, bock beer, music, and entertainment at all Bockfest Halls and official venues is FREE all weekend long.

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