Sunday March 8, 2026

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

​Two Tours, One Bockfest!!
​This year we're offering two different tours during Bockfest Weekend!

Tour Option One:
2026 Bockfest Brewery Tour
Join the Brewing Heritage Trail on March 7 & 8 for a special Bockfest Weekend tour featuring exclusive access to a historic brewery not normally open to the public. Explore the former Sohn Brewery site in Over-the-Rhine, tour the modern Cincinnati Beverage Company production brewery, and learn about iconic local brands like Little Kings and Hudy. Guests 21+ enjoy a bock beer as part of this Bockfest-only experience. 🍺

CLICK HERE for Info & Tickets to this Tour!
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Tour Option Two:
​2026 Bockfest Pub Crawl Tour
Celebrate Bockfest Weekend with the Brewing Heritage Trail on March 7 & 8 with a guided pub crawl through Over-the-Rhine aboard the Cincinnati Streetcar. The tour visits four official Bockfest venues, featuring historic brewery sites, neighborhood stories, and samples of unique bock beers—including exclusive releases—ending at the Sam Adams Taproom. 🍻

CLICK HERE for Info & Tickets to this Tour!
Download the FREE Bockfest app for iOS and Android for a full listing of bock beers at each location and event schedules. Plus check in during Bockfest events and win prizes!

Bockfest Halls

All five Bockfest Halls are FREE to enter. Don't forget great specials at participating venues throughout the neighborhood! ​
Arnold's Bar and Grill
210 East 8th Street

​1P-3P The Nati Know It All Trivia Bockfest Edition
Cincinnati’s ultimate trivia night and quiz show! Join us at Arnold’s, Cincinnati’s oldest bar, and dive into the rich history of the Queen City while testing your knowledge! 
Moerlein Lager House
115 Joe Nuxhall Way
Continental Sunday Presented by the German-American Citizens League Continental Sunday is the German-American way of celebrating Sunday afternoons. Historically in Cincinnati this was a time for an afternoon with family and friends for festivities, fun, frolic, and Gemütlichkeit. Come celebrate Bockfest’s version of Continental Sunday at the Moerlein Lager House.

11AM – 2PM Official Bockfest Brunch. Learn more and make reservations HERE.

12PM – 7PM Bock Beer Experience with special sampling package to try 30 of the Bock Beers available at Bockfest. Learn more and purchase tickets HERE.

12PM - 1PM Servatii Bockfest Pretzel Prince & Princess Parade. 

1:30PM Welcome ceremony with the Continental Sunday traditional Keg Tapping and introduction of all German Clubs' flags

1:30P-7PM Vereins Musikanten Band (Traditional German Music)
3P and 4:30P German Dance Groups
German Historic Speaker Series
  • 2PM-3PM: Dr. Carol Trosset, Weilert's Pavilion in OTR
  • 3PM-4PM: Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, The Germania Building in OTR
Northern Row Brewery
111 West McMicken Avenue


​15 bock beers on tap!

Beer Poking All Day!
11A-1P Green Eggs and Bock

12P Character Artist

12P-4P Girl Scout Cookie Sales
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1:30-4P FC Cincinnati Street Team - passing out Swag and showing some skills

2P .05K Fun Run 

1P-6P Live Music Featuring Beware of the Bat/Groove Melon/Cadillac Preachers/Spooky Sips/The Muties
Rhinegeist Brewery
1910 Elm Street

10A-10:30A Goat Yoga Session 1. Sign Up HERE

11A-11:30A Goat Yoga Session 2. Sign Up HERE

12P-3P Historic Walking Tours Start From Rhinegeist, sign up HERE

12P-4P Schmidt's Real German Food 

12P-5P Brewing Heritage Trail Merchandise Booth

12P Southern Gateway Chorus
11A-11:45A Goat Yoga: Bockfest Edition.  Click Here for tickets

3P-7P  Bockfest Luau with Steel Drum Dave Aloha, beer lovers!  Join us for T-shirt tye-dying, tropical games, and island vibes - exactly what we're manifesting for the coming of spring! 

As an official Bockfest Hall, we’re keeping the party going with 12 bock beers on tap all weekend long. 
Rosedale OTR
1910 Elm Street

.05K Fun Run - For tickets click HERE

THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT 164 FEET?
Check out this video from our friends at RESLV then sign up for the .05K Fun "Run" on Sunday March 9 at 2P. All the glory (plus a cool t-shirt, medal, and beer) can be yours! Registration coming soon, proceeds benefit the non-profit Brewery District CURC.

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 Schedule