LocktoberfestDC is a series of free volunteer-guided walks and bike rides celebrating 19th-century Washington D.C. canals, locks, canal boats, and lockkeeper houses – and the people who built and used them. Our walks and bike rides are followed by a pay-as-you-go Bavarian-style Oktoberfest celebration.
LocktoberfestDC 2024 was held Saturday September 28. Click here to see photos from the event.
Click on Festival Summary to review Locktoberfest 2024 activities.
Click on Canals of D.C. if you want to learn more about D.C.'s two major canals of the 19th century.
We encourage all LocktoberfestDC participants to Support Our Parks, without which our walks and bike rides would be impossible.