Sunday October 12th 4-8 PM ALL ARE WELCOME for this FREE Oktoberfest event! Don your dirndl or leg it in your lederhosen and bring all your pumpkins, big and small to Oktoberfest, presented by Shakespeare Opera Theatre and St. Thomas Episcopal Church in McLean! Get your fall pumpkins in our Giant Pumpkin Patch (proceeds go to local charities), and enjoy German food and drink any time from 4-8 PM in our lively beer garden in Hudson Hall. 4-6 PM features family fun, games, crafts and activities and relaxing folk music by The Timbre Trio in the pumpkin patch and garden. From 6-8 PM enjoy live German and American classics and catch a preview of SOT’s 2025-26 Season. Enter the drawing for season tickets, and shop the silent auction to support the Galloway fund for Shakespeare Opera Theatre artists. Entrance is FREE, ($25 suggested donation appreciated), kids are welcome and encouraged–see you there!