Celebrate Oktoberfest in style as a two-day celebration is taking place at a Norwich pub this weekend. 

The beer festival will be at The Whalebone in Magdalen Road on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1 with free entry. 

It is the sixth year of Oktoberfest at the popular NR3 pub and manager Steve Fiske has made the event bigger and better for 2023. 

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There will be a range of German beers on offer, including some imported especially for the event, and glass steins will create an authentic experience. 

Norwich Evening News: Oktoberfest returns to The Whalebone in NR3 for its sixth year Oktoberfest returns to The Whalebone in NR3 for its sixth year (Image: The Whalebone)

Staff will be traditionally dressed and customers in costume will get a free Jägermeister shot.

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The food on offer, served from 1pm on both days, will include bratwurst, a cheeseburger, a pork hot dog, hot pastrami, chicken schnitzel, smoked pork knuckle and apple strudel for dessert. 

An oompah brass band is set to perform at 6pm on Saturday and 4pm on Sunday. 

Oktoberfest is a world-famous beer festival that was first held in Germany in 1810 to celebrate the future King Ludwig getting married.