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The Munich Oktoberfest is the largest public festival in the world with an estimated 6 million people in attendance each year. The "Wiesn" - as it is known by the locals - will be celebrated over a sixteen-day period by celebrators who will consume over 5 million liters of beer, 500,000 roasted chickens, more than 800,000 wursts and sausages, and thousands of pounds of sugar coated almonds.

This event began not as a festival, but as a public celebration of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (later to become King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen of Saxonia. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend their marriage, which took place on October 12th, 1810 in a large meadow in front of the city gates.  This meadow was later named Theresienwiese ("Theresa's fields" or "Wiesn") - in honor of the Crown Princess. The festivities included the re-enactment of a traditional Bavarian horse race, music, dancing, and plenty of food & beer. As yearly anniversary celebrations continued and grew in popularity, Ludwig decided to issue a royal decree making October festival time in Munich. Later, as immigrants from Germany came to North America, they continued their Oktoberfest celebrations and traditions, and today, the Oktoberfest is celebrated in more than 1,000 U.S. towns and communities.

German-American Festival 2012 - Parma, Ohio
www.fogas.org

 

June 15th  & June 16th
     
Milwaukee GermanFest - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
www.germanfest.com
  July 26th  -  July 29th
 
Alpine Oktoberfest - Honesdale, Pennsylvania
35th Annual
www.thealpineonline.com

August 17th - August 19th

     

German-American Festival - Oregon, Ohio
47th Annual
www.gafsociety.org/fest.htm

 

August 24th - August 26th

 

 

 

Mt. Angel Oktoberfest - Oregon
47th Annual
www.oktoberfest.org

 

September 13th - September 16th

 

 

 

German Fest - Sterling Heights, Michigan
www.carpathiaclub.com
  September 14th - September 15th

 

 

 

Big Bear Oktoberfest - California
42nd Annual
www.bigbearlakeoktoberfest.com

 

Weekends
September 15
th - October 27th

 

 

 

Frankenmuth Oktoberfest - Michigan
23rd Annual
www.frankenmuthfestivals.com
September 20th - September 23rd

 

 

 

Cincinnati Oktoberfest - Ohio
37th Annual
www.oktoberfest-zinzinnati.com
September 22nd - September 23rd

 

 

 

Irondequoit Oktoberfest - New York
25th Annual
www.irondequoit.org/content/view/89/650/
September 14th - September 16th
September 21st - September 22nd

 

 

 

Munich Oktoberfest - Germany
179th
www.oktoberfest.de
September 22nd - October 7th

 

 

 

La Crosse Oktoberfest - Wisconsin
52nd Annual
www.oktoberfestusa.com

 

September 28th - October 6th

 

 

 

Fredericksburgh Oktoberfest - Texas
32nd Annual
www.oktoberfestinfbg.com

October 5th - October 7th

 

 

 

Torrance Oktoberfest - California
45th Annual
www.alpinevillage.net

September 7th - October 28th

     
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest - Ontario
44th Annual
www.oktoberfest.ca
October 5th - October 13th
 
Tulsa Oktoberfest - Oklahoma
34th Annual
www.tulsaoktoberfest.org

October 18th thru October 21st

     
Ocean City Oktoberfest - Maryland
31st Annual
www.oceanpromotions.info

 

TBA

 

 

 

 


 
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