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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.
According to the Oktoberfest Zinzinnati website, this year's event features expanded space, more entertainment and a 300-foot fest tent with seating for over 1,000 people.
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.
After the 2012 Oktoberfest Party the University of New South Wales council banned the celebration of the festival on university campus grounds. [7] Following the end of many of the university based events a private event company, Nokturnl Events, launched 'Oktoberfest in the Gardens' [8] in the Supreme Court Gardens, Perth on 7 October 2011 ...
Gates open from 10 a.m. through 7 p.m., and then on various dates through Oct. 27. See the full schedule online . More: Six apple orchards to visit this fall near the Des Moines metro
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It is one of the largest, and longest running Oktoberfest celebrations in the Midwestern United States. The celebration was first held in 1961, and today draws crowds of up to 150,000 people annually. [1] [2] The festival celebrates the city's brewing tradition and German heritage.
Dieter Reiter opening the barrel in 2017 Dieter Reiter exclaiming "O'zapft is!" The Schottenhamel tent. The exclamation "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian for "It is tapped", standard German: "Es ist angezapft") is a tradition during the tapping of the first beer barrel by the mayor of Munich in the Schottenhamel tent at the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany since 1950.