| Can't make it to Munich, Germany to the official | | | | their own Oktoberfest, such as Santa Cruz do Sul |
| Oktoberfest? Why not check out one of the many | | | | (more than 500,000 visitors in 2004), Rolândia, São |
| other Oktoberfests celebrated around the world? The | | | | José do Cedro, Seara and Itapiranga. |
| largest Oktoberfest outside Germany is held in | | | | In Argentina, a town called Villa General Belgrano in the |
| Kitcheners-Waterloo, Ontario, around the time of | | | | Cordoba Province has an Oktoberfest that is well |
| Canadian Thanksgiving. Another large event is held in | | | | known and the biggest in the country. |
| Cincinnati, Ohio--with over 500,000 visitors during the | | | | Hong Kong has celebrated the Oktoberfest since 1991 |
| 2002 Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati. The pseudo-Bavarian | | | | and it is organized by the Marco Polo Hong Kong |
| village of Leavenworth, Washington holds Oktoberfest | | | | Hotel. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has celebrated |
| during the first two weeks in October yearly. The city | | | | Oktoberfest since 1992 and it is held at the Hotel |
| of New Braunfels, Texas also holds an Oktoberfest, | | | | Equatorial. Not called "Oktoberfest", but very similar in |
| as does Addison, Texas; Mount Angel, Oregon; La | | | | character, is the CannstatterWasen in Stuttgart which |
| Crosse, Wisconsin; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; | | | | starts one week later and is the second largest fair in |
| Panama City, Florida; and the Bavarian-reproduction | | | | the world. Smaller beer festivals similar to the |
| town of Helen, Georgia. | | | | Oktoberfest are common in Germany and take place |
| A huge Oktoberfest is held in the Brazilian city of | | | | throughout the year in bigger German cities. |
| Blumenau (more than 600,000 visitors in 2004), and | | | | Inspired by a joke on The Simpson’s, there is |
| many other Brazilian cities founded by Germans have | | | | now a Scottish version called the Scotchtoberfest. |