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Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual German-heritage festival in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the original Munich Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States [1] and second largest in the world. [2] First held in 1976, as of 2024 it hosted over 800,000 attendees each year.
Outside of Germany, three Oktoberfest events claim to be the largest after Munich’s, with over 700,000 visitors annually: the one in Blumenau, Brazil; [1] the one in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (700,000-800,000+ visitors); [2] and the one in Kitchener, Ontario (formerly Berlin) and surrounding cities in Waterloo Region, Canada.
As beer is an important part of the original Oktoberfest celebration in Germany, the La Crosse Oktoberfest has always had a beer tent as part of the festivities. G. Heileman Brewing Company was the official supplier of beer during the fest's early years. While this beer tent worked in the early years of the fest, by 1966, the beer tent was ...
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Local Oktoberfest celebrations take place across the U.S., and German-themed restaurants or pubs are likely to host an event, Culture Trip reported. If not, “have your own party,” the travel ...
It's time to toast the region's German heritage and culture at one of the many Oktoberfest celebrations taking place over the next month.
The biggest is Oktoberfest Hannover, which represents the second biggest Oktoberfest in Germany with around 500,000 visitors a year. From September 23 to October 2, 2011, the first "Viennese Wiesn" on the Kaiserwiese between Praterstern and Riesenrad in front of the Wiener Prater was visited by 150,000 people with three tents.
The Oktoberfest of Blumenau is a festival of German traditions that happens in middle October in the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. [1] It is considered the 2nd biggest German festival in the Americas , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the third biggest Oktoberfest celebration in the world after the original Oktoberfest from Munich .