LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (September 27, 2016) --- Come to Wilmington, N.Y., this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2, to celebrate 25 years of Oktoberfest fun at Whiteface Mountain. The 25^th Oktoberfest, presented by Spaten, features adult Oktoberfest games, tall mugs of beer, delicious food, specialty vendors, adventure zone, fun for the entire family and great music.

Visitors to Oktoberfest can tag their favorite festival photos with #WFLPFallFests. Favorite tagged photos will be selected and featured as Whiteface Mountain’s “Fall Festival Photo of the Day” on www.WhitefaceLakePlacid.com.

WHAT: 25^th Whiteface Mountain Oktoberfest

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 1, 12-8 p.m., with fireworks at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

WHERE: Whiteface Mountain, 5021 Route 86, Wilmington, NY 12997

Returning musical favorites this weekend include die Schlauberger, Spitze, Alpenland Taenzer, Schachtelgbirger and the 3 Alphorns. Guests can also look forward to Herbie and his Accord-A-Tones playing inside the Cloudspin Bar & Grill.

Special $35, two-day Oktoberfest tickets are available online, to persons 21 and over. These tickets give guests two days of festival admission, a ride on the Cloudsplitter Gondola, a commemorative one-liter stein and their first fill of Spaten beer.

Single day festival and gondola tickets, for both Saturday and Sunday, are also available online for just $20. Admission to the festival, without the gondola, is $16 for adults, $10 for seniors and free for youth 12 and under.

Saturday, Oct. 1

• 12-5:00 p.m. - Cloudsplitter Gondola Rides, authentic German food, beer & music, Adventure Zone activities, crafts and more.
• 5-7 p.m. - The SPATEN Games: challenge your friends to some traditional and other non-traditional beer drinking games and win prizes.
• 7 p.m. - Fireworks Show sponsored by KOA Holiday (*please note: ALL Oktoberfest ticket holders, including those with single day tickets, may enter the festival on Saturday night to enjoy the fireworks show for our 25th Anniversary)

Sunday, Oct. 2

• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. - Cloudsplitter Gondola Rides, authentic German food, beer and music, Adventure Zone activities, crafts and more.

Media planning on attending and covering Oktoberfest, contact Jon Lundin, ORDA public relations, Tel: 518-523-1655 ext. 5313 or email: jlundin@orda.org.

Photos from last year’s Oktoberfest can be found HERE.