Oktoberfest Celebrations Worldwide

Can't make it to Munich, Germany to the officialtheir 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? TheJosé do Cedro, Seara and Itapiranga.
largest Oktoberfest outside Germany is held inIn Argentina, a town called Villa General Belgrano in the
Kitcheners-Waterloo, Ontario, around the time ofCordoba Province has an Oktoberfest that is well
Canadian Thanksgiving. Another large event is held inknown and the biggest in the country.
Cincinnati, Ohio--with over 500,000 visitors during theHong Kong has celebrated the Oktoberfest since 1991
2002 Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati. The pseudo-Bavarianand it is organized by the Marco Polo Hong Kong
village of Leavenworth, Washington holds OktoberfestHotel. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has celebrated
during the first two weeks in October yearly. The cityOktoberfest 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; Lacharacter, 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-reproductionthe 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 ofthroughout the year in bigger German cities.
Blumenau (more than 600,000 visitors in 2004), andInspired by a joke on The Simpson’s, there is
many other Brazilian cities founded by Germans havenow a Scottish version called the Scotchtoberfest.