Don't Be Spooked, There's Plenty To Do This October

Join us as we celebrate Oktoberfest in the Wild West!

Enjoy live German music at the PolkaFest, the annual Tour de Oktoberfest, free food, and dancing.

Bring the whole family and join us for the now famous “Wiener Dog Races” and Beer Barrel Games!

Our annual Bierbörse festival is a favorite of our local craft beer enthusiasts.

Bierbörse translates roughly to beer stock exchange. At the exchange, beer prices rise and crash dependent on popularity.  Enjoy a variety of activities and polka music!

Saturday night has never been so cool!  Classic cars will roll into Downtown in the late afternoon and stay to show off their rides until the sun goes down.

The Run Crazy Horse Marathon events begin in the shadow of the world's largest mountain carving,  Crazy Horse Memorial, and finishes in the heart of the Black Hills...Hill City, South Dakota. Join us for a half marathon, full marathon, fast 5K and a kids 1K.

South Dakota was the first state to officially celebrate Native Americans’ Day each year on the second Monday in October. Elsewhere, the day is observed as Columbus Day.

Come celebrate Halloween in Deadwood. Deadweird is a little crazy, a little spooky and a WHOLE lot of fun! Make plans for the 9th annual Monster Ball on Friday, Oct.

Tiny ghouls and goblins invade Main Street Square for an afternoon of ghostly family fun. Scare in the Square is held in conjunction with the Downtown Rapid City Business Group’s Downtown Trick-or-Treat.