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Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
Several other smaller beer festivals are held all over Germany throughout the year. The second largest beer festival in Germany and probably in Europe, is the Cannstatter Volksfest, hosted on the Cannstatter Wasen in the Bad Canstatt district of Stuttgart. It starts one week later and is very similar in character to Oktoberfest.
Big Joe the Storyteller presents three shows for kids at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and kids ages 5 and older and free for kids up to age 5. All admission, food, and many ...
When it comes to celebrating, we’ve got plenty of Oktoberfest party ideas. All you need is some beer and plenty of gemutlichkeit —that’s how Germans describe the feeling of friendliness and ...
Munich’s local Oktoberfest was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the festival returns in full force this year. The best (and only) Oktoberfest beers
"Family friendly" and "beer fest" aren't usually words you hear together. But for Oktoberfest, it's true. Children under 6 are allowed inside the beer tents before 8 p.m., and some venues even ...
A new law was in place for the 1976 festival and the event once again signaled the start of Oktoberfest. 1975 was the only year in Oktoberfest history that the keg-tapping did not signal the start of the event. [5] 2019 Reset Needed for Oktoberfest :2019-2020 President Tim Beckett stated that the festival was in need of a reset. Beckett felt ...