I have heard of Octoberfest?

Question

What exactly is it?

Answer 1

And, just so as to save some confusion and misinformation, Oktoberfest is NOT a celebration of beer, just as Christmas is NOT a celebration of shopping, or Valentine's day is NOT a celebration of chocolate, and memorial day is NOT a celebration of BBQ and car races.

Answer 2

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

Answer 3

It actually starts in September an goes on for I think 16 days until the beginning of October.

It's a very traditionel Volksfest which started over 100 years ago on a little island near Munich before it moved to the Wiesn. Of course there are a lot of tourists, but there are also a lot of German people.

And it is NOT just a celebration of beer! Although most people think it is. It's about tradition an being together, having fun. There are Oktoberfests all over Germany, but the one in Munich is the one best known because it's so big.

Answer 4

BEER BEER AND MORE BEER!!!! Its a German holiday origanally and im German so i no a lot about it.  Email me with specific questions

Answer 5

town festal

Answer 6

It is actually a wedding anniversary or sorts.  It started when a king got married and held a big wedding reception.  Ever since then they've celebrated the anniversary...except that now it's more about the beer than anything else.  In the US it would be somewhat comparible with a State Fair (except for the farming aspect) or a carnival, and you don't pay admission, you just go and you pay for your rides and your food and drinks etc. The rides will be the same as you will find at any fair or carnival in the US...the same companies make them..the themes might just be a little different. And yes, it starts in September.  Every big bavarian brewery (Hacker Pschorr, Loewenbraeu, Spaten, Paulaner etc) has a beer tent.  They are temporary and they are huge!  Probably about as big as a football field.  It is tradittional to drink beer out of 1liter (1qt) mugs and they are pretty expensive....I tend to share with my husbad.  In the US we'd call that a pitcher!  Other traditional foods are the HUGE pretzels, the Emmenthaler cheese, candied almonds and cotton candy, big gingerbread hearts that sweethearts usually buy eachother and have a string so you can wear them around your neck.  Just immagine the biggest carnival you've ever been to and you're getting close.  Most towns in Germany will have some kind of fest, though.  They'll be a lot smaller and are referred to as a Volksfest.  They'll have about the same format, with the beer tents and food and rides, but Oktoberfest is the one in Munich that everyone knows and is world famous.

Answer 7

im from germany so i can help u!! The Oktoberfest is a festival where u can drink a lots of beer!!! (Yummi!!!)

there´s party all day and night!! there r lots of big tents and they´re full of people!!!  it´s every year the same! people from all over  the world come to munich to make party!

Answer 8

well it like sitting in a large tent, listening to very bad bavarian folkmusic and drinking lots of beer nothing special for germans but the tourists think its funny...*hahaha*

Answer 9

a fest in october, self explanatory really.  All german festivals are pretty much the same, they involve beer and food so this one does as well.  I have been to fish, asparagus, sport and easter festivals, same thing different reasons.

Answer 10

The historical background: the first Oktoberfest was held in the year 1810 in honor of the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig’s marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities began on October 12, 1810 and ended on October 17th with a horse race. In the following years, the celebrations were repeated and, later, the festival was prolonged and moved forward into September.

By moving the festivities up, it allowed for better weather conditions. Because the September nights were warmer, the visitors were able to enjoy the gardens outside the tents and the stroll over “die Wiesen” or the fields much longer without feeling chilly. Historically, the last Oktoberfest weekend was in October and this tradition continues into present times.

Answer 11

Oktoberfest is the German celebration of October and the Fall. There is lots of Beer and German food. Yummy!!!

Answer 12

A celebration of beer

every October in Munich - it is great and you get to drink lots of beer

Answer 13

It's a very, very large celebration that takes place in Munchen (Munich), in southern Bavaria, from mid-September to the beginning of October, each year.  People crowd into tents to feast on various kinds of wurst and other local foods, drink large krugs of beer (they're called "bierkrugs", not "biersteins", by Germans--"bierstein" translated into English would mean "beer stone").  The festival attracts not only thousands of Germans, but hundreds of Americans stationed in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, and countless tourists eagerly believing they're getting a real "German experience".  While most certainly it is a definitive German holiday, it can also be quite touristy and there are plenty of less crowded holidays and places throughout the country where a thoroughly enjoyable German experience may be had, with or without beer :)

Answer 14

Go the Munchen in Germany in October and you with another hundred thousand people can drink all the beer you want, listen to the hoompah,hoompah bands and have a h**l of a good time. Gesundheit.