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 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost state of today's Germany. Its capital is Munich. 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  DATE  LOCATION SITE Add Your Event or One That You Know About   Submitter's Name Email address: Phone: Event Name Website Link City: State: Brief Description