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OKTOBERFEST HISTORY
 
Munich's Oktoberfest dates to 1810 and began as the elaborate wedding reception of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Saxon Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The event was such a success that the fun-loving Bavarians decided to make it a tradition.
 
This is the 189th year of Oktoberfest at the Theresien Wiese in Munich!

Today, the Free State of Bavaria  (Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 kmē (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost state of today's Germany. Its capital is Munich.

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The Official Site
Oktoberfest 2012
(Click On Above) 
 
September 22 - October 7
 
MUNICH, DE
City Site
 
TOURIST OFFICE
Tourist Page
 
BEER HALLS
Tents & Halls
 
OKTOBERFEST DICTIONARY
The Words That Count
 
The World's Original & Largest Oktoberfest
8 Million Visitors Each Year!
 
 
WEBCAMS FROM MUNICH
(When Live - Translation Flags In Upper Right )
 
 
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
OKTOBERFESTS
2012
U.S.A. Oktoberfests started to develop after WWII
as goodwill events held by German-Americans.
Since then, this event has spilled out of
German-American communities to
major cities everywhere.
Today in the U.S.
 
Oktoberfest is not a holiday;
it is two months of holdays!
 
 
DISCLAIMER
 
THE DATES BELOW ARE NOT ACCURATE FOR 2012. HOWEVER,
THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF CUSTOMARY DATES.
Check event sponsor or sponsor's website for updates.
 WSD is not responsible accuracy, errors, omissions,
broken links, or cancellation notices.
 
 
Red "CA" = CAnada

When
Where

                           Event Links

 EVERY DAY  Las Vegas, NV HofBrauHaus LV Oktoberfest Everyday!
 August 25 - 27  Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati's Germania Society's Original Oktoberfest
 August 26 - 27  Hagerstown, MD Augustoberfest
 September 1 - 4  Berea, OH Berea Oktoberfest
 September 2 - 4  Philadelphia, PA Cannstatter's 139th Volkfest/Oktoberfest
 September 7 - 9  Choctaw, OK Old Germany Restaurant's Oktoberfest
 September 9 - 10  Walpole, MA New England's Largest Oktoberfest
 Visit Website  Manteo, NC Oktoberfest
 September 8 - 10  Covington, KY Village of Mainstrasse Oktoberfest
 September 8 - 10  Sandy, OR Sandy Oktoberfest
 September 8 - 10  Chicago, IL German American Festival

 Sept. 8-10, 15-17 

 Denver, CO Oktoberfest
 Sept. 8-10, 15-17   Vail, CO Vail Oktoberfest

 S 8-10,15-17,22-24

 Glendale, WI Oktoberfest
 September 9 - 11  Buffalo, NY Oktoberfest
 Sept.  9 --> Oct. 30  Torrance, CA Alpine Village -Southern CA Largest Oktoberfest
 Visit Website  Denver, CO Kickers' Clubhouse Oktoberfest
 Sept. 10 --> Oct. 29  Huntington Beach, CA Oktoberfest
 September 14 - 17  Mt. Angels, OR Oktoberfest 
 September 14 - 17  Frankenmuth, MI Frankenmuth Oktoberfest
 September 14 - 17  Addison, TX 19th Annual Oktoberfest
 Sept. 14 --> Nov. 5  Helen, GA Oktoberfest 
 Visit Website  Lansing, MI Michigan Brewers' Winter & Summer Beerfests
 September 15 - 16  Plymouth, WI 3rd Annual Plymouth Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Sterling, CO 6th Annual Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Newark, DE Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Elgin, IL (Chicago) Fox Valley Oktoberfest
 Sept. 16 --> Oct. 3  Cambridge, MA 28th Annual Oktoberfest
 September 16 - 18  Peoria, IL Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  Syracuse, NY Greater Syracuse's Great Tent Party Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Canonsburg, PA Pennsylvania Bavarian Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Lancaster, PA Lancaster's Oldest & Largest Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  El Paso, TX 6th Ft Bliss Oktoberfest
 September 15 - 17  Chippewa Falls, WI 4th Annual Oktoberfest
 Visit Website  Detroit, MI Meadowbrook Music Festival Oktoberfest 
 Sept. 15-17, 22-24  Irondequoit, NY 19th Annual Oktoberfest 
 September 16  Wilmette, IL Oktoberfest
 September 16  Boston, MA Boston Oktoberfest At Park Plaza Castle
 September 16 - 17  Danbury, NH 3rd Annual Oktoberfest
 September 16  Ft. Collins, CO 24th Annual Oktoberfest
 September 16  Omaha, NE Oktoberfest

September 16 - 17 September 29 - 30

 Hays, KS

Oktoberfest - Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest  & FHSU Oktoberfest & Homecoming Weekend.

 September 16 - 17  Hays, KS Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest
 September 14 - 16  Chicago, IL Annual Berghoff Oktoberfest
 September 16 - 17  Dover, NJ Oktoberfest
 September 16 - 17  Cincinnati, OH Annual Oktoberfest Zinzinnati
 Sept. 17 - Oct. 3  Munich, DE Oktoberfest - "Wiesn" 2011 - Official Munich Site
 Sept. 16 --> Oct. 28  Big Bear Lake, CA.

41st Big Bear Lake 6 Weekend Oktoberfest

 Sept. 23 --> Oct. 28  Pembroke, VA 23rd Annual Mt. Lake Oktoberfest
 September 17  Reading, PA Oktoberfest
 September 21 - 24  Manteno, IL Manteno's Oktoberfest 
 September 22  Milwaukee, WI Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 23  Raleigh, NC North Raleigh Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  Ben Lomond, CA Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  Lake Zurich, IL 6th Annual Lake Zurich Area Oktoberfest
 September 23  Auburn Hills, MI German American Marksmen Club Oktoberfest
 September 29 - 30  Kansas City, MO Oktoberfest
 September 23 - 25  Cleveland, OH 8th Annual Midwest Oktoberfest
 Visit Website  Oakford, PA Oktoberfest
 Sept22>Oct29 Wkds  North Las Vegas, NV SITE
 September 22 - 24  Fremont, WA Fremont MicroBrew Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  New Leipzig, ND Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  Peoria, IL 16th Annual Oktoberfest
 Sept. 15-17, 22-24   Stillwater, MN Gasthaus Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 24  Syracuse, NY 46th Annual Oktoberfest
 September 23 - 24  Forest Park, IL Forest Park Oktoberfest
 September 24  Sterling Heights, MI Oktoberfest
 Website Pending  Arlington, VA Blocktoberfest
 September 23-Oct1  LaCrosse, WI Oktoberfest USA 2011
 September 23  Seattle, WA Austrian Club of WA Oktoberfest
 September 23  Manassas, VA Oktoberfest
 September 22 - 23  Chicago, IL Lincoln Park Oktoberfest
 September 23 - 24  Stowe, VT Stowe's 10th Annual Oktoberfest
 September 24 - 26  North Las Vegas, NV SITE NAME
 September 24 - 26  Roselle, IL Annual Oktoberfest & Pig Roast
 September 28 - 30  Appleton, WI Oktoberfest
 Sept.  29 - Oct. 28  New Orleans, LA Original New Orleans Oktoberfest
 September 29 - 30  Tatamagouche, NS CA Oktoberfest  Largests In Atlantic Canada POSTER
 Sept. 29 - Oct 1  Chicago, IL St. Alphonsus Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29 - 30  Boston, MA Harpoon Oktoberfest - New England's Largest
 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1  Dayton, OH Dayton Art Insitutes 41st Annual Oktoberfest
 Sept.   30 - Oct. 1
 October 7 - 8
 San Diego, CA Oktoberfest

 Sept. 29 - 30   Oct.6/7, 13/14

 Pineville, NC Waldhorn Oktoberfest
 October  6 - 8  Tempe, AZ Annual Way Out West Oktoberfest
 Sept 30 - Oct 1, 7-8  San Diego, CA Oktoberfest

 Sept 30 - Oct 1, 7,8

 Hunter, NY Catskill Hunter Mtn Oktoberfest
 Sept 30 - Oct 1  Trevose, PA Oktoberfest and Parade
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Amana, IA Oktoberfest
 September 30  Seattle, WA Plattdeutsche Verein Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Lake Zurich Annual Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Columbus, OH German Village Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Minster, OH Minster Oktoberfest
 September 29 - 30  Chicago, IL Wicker Park Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Wolf Creek, OR Annual Oktoberfest in Wolf Creek
 Sept. 29 - Oct. 1  Doylestown, PA Doylestown Oktoberfest  Alcohol-free Event
 Sept. 29 --> Oct. 7  La Crosse, WI Oktoberfest USA - One of America's Oldest
 Sept. 29 --> Oct. 8  Cullman, AL German Heritage Oktoberfest
 September 30  Greeley, CO Oktoberfest
 September 30  Charlotte, NC Charlotte's Annual Oktoberfest
 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1  East Davenport, IO Village's Oktoberfest
 September 30  Winston-Salem, NC Oktoberfest 
 September 23  Seattle, WA Austria Club's Oktoberfest
 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1  White Face Mtn, NY Annual Whiteface Mtn Oktoberfest
 Sept. 29-30,Oct 6-7, Oct. 13-14  Leavenworth, WA Oktoberfest - 3Wkds!
 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1  Frederick, MD Frederick's Oktoberfest
 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1  Wilmington, NY Oktoberfest 
 VARIOUS DATES  Chicago, IL Oktoberfest Chicago PORTAL
 October 1  Boardman, OH. Oktoberfest
 Oct. 1,8,15,22,29  Adamstown, PA Oktoberfest Sundays/Stoudt's Brewery Hall
   
 October 6 - 8  LeMesa/ElCajon/SD, CA Annual Oktoberfest
 Oct.  6 - 7,  13 - 14   San Antonio, TX Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 7  Hot Springs, AR Annual Arkansas Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 7  Louisville, KY Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Cincinnati, OH Donauschwaben Oktoberfest
 October 7 - 8  Pittsburgh, PA Oktoberfest
 October 5 - 7  Seymour, IN Seymour Indiana Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Old Fort, NC Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Detroit, MI Oktoberfest - At Detroit Zoo
 October 7  Greer, SC Greer Oktoberfest
 October 7  Southwest Harbor, ME Acadia's Annual Oktoberfest 
 October 7 - 8  Gilford, NH Gunstock's Mtn Oktoberfest
 October 8  Gaithersburg, MD Kentland Oktoberfest  
 October 8  York City, NE Oktoberfest
 October 8 - 12  Augusta, GA Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  St. Louis, MO Soulard Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 7  Panama City, FL Oktoberfest
 October 7  Germantown, MD Germantown 28th Annual Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  St. Louis, MO Soulard Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Cincinnati, OH Schwaben Oktoberfest
 October 7 - 8  Nin Mile Falls, WA Days of Old Oktoberfest
 October 6  Modesto, CA Annual Brew-Ha-Ha Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Puyallup, WA (Seattle) Puyallup Fairgrounds Oktoberfest NW
 October 6 - 7, 13-14  New Ulm, MN Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  La Mesa, CA La Mesa Annual Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  Fredericksburg, TX Non-stop Oktoberfest
 October 6 - 8  New Glarus, WI Oktoberfest  
 October 6-8, 13-15    Sarasota, FL Sarasota County's Suncoast Oktoberfest
 October 8 - 9  Louisville, KY

Gesangverein Oktoberfest

 October 6 - 14

 Kitchener - Waterloo, CA

Canada's Great Bavarian Oktoberfest
 October 7 - 8  Windsor, VT Harpoon's Annual VT Oktoberfest 
 October 7 - 9  Newport, RI Annual International Oktoberfest 
 October 13 - 14  Crossville, TN Oktoberfest
 Oct. 13-15, 20-22  Lantana -Lake Worth, FL Annual Oktoberfest
 October 13 - 15  Hickory, NC Annual Oktoberfest
 October 13 - 15  Maggie Valley, NC Annual Maggie Valley Oktoberfest
 October 13 - 15  Rhinelander, WI Rhinelander's Oktoberfest
 October 13 - 15  Winchester, VA Oktoberfest
 October 12 - 15  San Francisco, CA Oktoberfest
 October 14  Cheektowaga, NY Oktoberfest
 October 13 - 14  Dunedin, FL Dunedin Brewery OktoBEERfest
 October 14  Lansing, MI Old Town First Authentic Oktoberfest
 October 14  Timonium, MD Oktoberfest
 October 14  Banner Elk, NC Annual Sugar Mtn Oktoberfest 
 October 14  Accokeek, MD Annual Oktoberfest and Auction
 October 14  Highmount, NY G-A Club of No Catskills NY 11th Oktoberfest
 October 19 - 22  Tulsa, OK Tulsa's Annual Fall Festival & Oktoberfest
 October 21 - 22  Campbell, CA Oktoberfest
 October 20 - 21  Port Alberni, BC CA Oktoberfest On Vancouver Island
 October 21 - 22  Frederick, MD Annual Oktoberfest
 October 20 - 22  Walhalla, SC Annual Walhalla Oktoberfest
 October 20 - 22  Deerwood, MN Annual Oktoberfest
 October 20 - 21  Ruidoso, NM Annual Oktoberfest 
 October 20,22,27,29  Cape Coral, FL Annual Cape Coral Oktoberfest
 October 21 & 28   Benton Harbor, MI Oktoberfest
 October 21  Ben Lomond, CA Oktoberfest
 October 28  St. Germain, WI OktoBEARfest XII 
 October 27 - 28  Richmond, VA Annual Richmond Oktoberfest
 October 27 - 29  Old Tampa Bay, FL Top o' Tampa Bay Oktoberfest
 October 28  Remsen, IA Annual Oktoberfest
 October 28  Galveston, TX Oktoberfest
 October 29  Milwaukee, WI German Heritage Oktoberfest
 November 3  Philadelphia, PA Authentic Bavarian Oktoberfest
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