Get Ready for the Wurst Day of the Year
Wurst Friends Fest is DCBC’s annual invitational celebration of Oktoberfest, Texas craft beer, and good friends! Join us Sunday, September 13 for an afternoon featuring 25+ Texas breweries pouring Oktoberfest, German-inspired, seasonal, and specialty beers. Your festival experience includes beer tastings, a bratwurst, a limited-edition tasting glass, music, and plenty of Wurst Friends fun in Downtown Denton.
VIP Early Access & Rare Beer Tasting: 12–1 PM • General Admission: 1–4 PM • 21+ Only
Sunday, September 13th • 21+ Only
- 12–1 PM – VIP Early Access & Rare Beer Tasting
- 1-4 PM – General Admission
Wurst Friends Fest 2026
The wurst kind of friends are the best kind.
Wurst Friends Fest is back for year two — bigger, wurst-er, and bringing even more of our brewery friends to Downtown Denton!
Join Denton County Brewing Co. on Sunday, September 13 from 12–4 PM for an afternoon celebrating great beer, good friends, and the start of Oktoberfest season.
This year, we’re bringing together 25+ Texas craft breweries, each showcasing an Oktoberfest, German-inspired, seasonal, or specialty beer. It’s your chance to explore some of the best breweries around, meet the people behind the beer, and sample a lineup you won’t find together anywhere else.
And because every great beer festival needs a little wurst, we’ll have bratwursts, limited-edition festival merch, music, and plenty of Oktoberfest fun throughout the afternoon.
Time for a good time:
- Admission to Wurst Friends Fest from 1–4 PM
- 8 (3oz) pours
- Limited-edition Wurst Friends Fest tasting glass
- 1 Bratwurst + fixin’s
- Limited-edition festival sticker
Wurst Friends Fest T-shirt – Bundle | $65
Includes everything in General Admission + an awesome limited-edition Wurst Friends Fest T-shirt. ($28 value)
- Sizes are first come first serve on pickup – indicate your preference below!
VIP Early Access & Rare Beer Tasting | $89
Want the wurst experience possible?
VIP guests get exclusive access to the festival from 12–1 PM, a full hour before General Admission. During the VIP hour, participating breweries will break out rare, specialty, and limited beers just for VIP guests.
VIP includes:
- Everything from the General Admission Package
- Wurst Friends Fest T-shirt – Sizes are first come first serve on pickup – indicate your preference below!
- Early festival access from 12–1 PM
- Exclusive rare and specialty beer tastings
- Two tasting cards, 16 x (3oz) pours
Keep the Wurst Times Going
Want to sample even more? Additional tasting cards are available for $10, giving you 8 more 3 oz pours to explore even more great Texas craft beer.
Before you head home, grab a Wurst Friends Fest Mixed 4-Pack for just $12 — build your own four-pack of festival beers to take home and enjoy later.
Additional tasting cards are available to 21+ festival attendees. Mixed 4-packs available while supplies last.
Non-Drinker / Designated Driver Admission: $12
Not Drinking? You’re still our wurst friend.
Come along with your crew and enjoy everything that makes Wurst Friends Fest a great afternoon — the festival atmosphere, one bratwurst, an N/A beverage, friends, and Wurstoberfest fun — no beer required.
Sunday, September 13, 2026 | 12–1PM VIP | 1-4 PM General Admission
Denton County Brewing Co. | Downtown Denton, Texas
25+ Breweries. One Afternoon. Nothing but Wurst Friends.
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Participating Breweries:
3 Nations Brewing | Autonomous Society Brewpub | Celestial Beerworks | Community Beer Co. | Cowtown Brewing Co. | Denton County Brewing Co. | False Idol Brewing | Four Bullets Brewery | Good Line Beer Co. | Keyworth Brewing Company | Manhattan Project Beer Co. | Oak Highlands Brewery | Odd Muse Brewing Company | On Rotation Brewery | Peticolas Brewing Company | Pondaseta Brewing Co. | Rollertown Beerworks | Saint Arnold Brewing Company | Smittox Brewing | Tall City Brewing Co. | Three Wide Brewing Co. | Toasty Bros. Beer | Tupps Brewery | Turning Point Beer | Two Docs Brewing Co. | Union Bear Brewing Co. | Vector Brewing | Westlake Brewing Company | White Rock Brewing Co.
