After Des Moines Oktoberfest event organizers moved the event from its Water Works Park location to Ankeny for the foreseeable future, the Des Moines Biergarten announced its own celebration.

The Des Moines Biergarten is bringing a taste of Germany to Water Works Park this fall. The Biergarten is launching its own ...

Karwan and Sara watch as smugglers hoist Mohammed, their six-year-old son, and Alina, their four-year-old daughter, onto ...

Biergarten will host its version of the German celebration in Water Works Park, where Oktoberfest had been held the previous ...

Tickets for central Iowa's largest Oktoberfest go on sale Friday, marking the start of a new era for the long-standing ...

Oktoberfest owner and organizer Mindy Toyne said the move gives the festival a chance to set down roots in a new place.

After nearly two decades in downtown Des Moines, Oktoberfest’s organizer is relocating the event to Ankeny. The impetus for ...

The festival, launched in 2004, will celebrate its 22nd year at The District at Prairie Trail.

A beloved Bavarian celebration held for 20 years in Des Moines is heading north. Des Moines’ Original Oktoberfest, founded in 2004, will move to The District at Prairie Trail in Ankeny this fall.

A favorite Des Moines festival will be moving to a new location this year. For 20 years, Oktoberfest has been bringing Iowans ...

Landon Benge led Ankeny past Des Moines Roosevelt with two goals in the Iowa high school boys soccer state quarterfinals.

It’ll be time to dance the nights away when Oktoberfest returns Friday, Oct. 4. The Van Halen tribute band Completely Unchained will headline the three-day festival. They’ll hit the stage running on ...