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 doors of Rosedale OTR.  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 four 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 with $5 Bock Beer Pints

12PM Keg Tapping “Get Your Bock On Happy Hour!!!” Celebrating the 172nd anniversary of the founding of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. and 33nd year of the founding of Bockfest (Bockfest was started to launch Christian Moerlein Bock Beer!)

12PM-9PM Live acoustic music in Tent

8PM-10PM Goat Calling Competition

Northern Row Brewery - 111 West McMicken Avenue

12 bock beers on tap!

6P-9P Live Music! Jazz Trio

6P-8P Beer Poking (caramelize your beer with a red hot poker)

Specials on LK's Beer Brat & Servatii Pretzel and beer cheese

Rhinegeist Brewery - 1910 Elm Street

5PM Rhinegeist Bock Bar Open with 27 local bock beers on draft

7PM-10PM Live music from the Zinzinnati Bierband

Rosedale OTR - ​208 East 12th Street

15 bock beers on tap!

10AM Goat Yoga

7:30PM-8:00PM Post-Parade Ceremonies

8PM-11PM Live music from Überland Band

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!