Sam Adams Oktoberfest Merges With Boston Calling
The Boston Calling Music Festival is a three day city wide celebration held at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston. This years event combines with the annual Sam Adams Oktoberfest to give us a huge...
View ArticleO’zapft is! Oktoberfest 2012 in Munich has Started
It is tapped. The world’s biggest party has begun. At noon in the Schottenhamel tent, which was twenty minutes ago according to my complex time zone analysis, the mayor of Munich, Christian Ude, swung...
View ArticleEnjoy Oktoberfest in Cincinnati and Northern KY
Cincinnati Oktoberfest Zinzinnati – Cincinnati, OH – September 18-20, 2015This Cincinnati Oktoberfest is the largest in the United States with over 500,000 visitors a year. Six blocks of Fifth Street...
View ArticleOktoberfest Recipes
I’ll include a few Oktoberfest recipes. The selection of the food is almost as important as the purchase of some Oktoberfest beer. I really shouldn’t have to write this section on German food. Because...
View ArticleCleveland Oktoberfest Celebrates 10th Labor Day Weekend
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds plays host to the 10th Annual Cleveland Oktoberfest this Labor Day weekend. It runs August 29th through September 1st, 2014. Admission is $10 above the age of 12. Parking...
View ArticleOktoberfest in Maine
Maine only has 100,000 residents with German heritage so the fact that it hosts four festivals for Oktoberfest is impressive. Don’t forget to enjoy the fall foliage while you are on your way to enjoy...
View ArticleOktoberfest in Oklahoma
Celebrate 2015 with an Oktoberfest in Oklahoma festival. I never would have expected Oklahoma to have half a million residents of German descent. But it does. And it has one fine Oktoberfest...
View ArticleOktoberfest has come to America
When I posted the information about Oktoberfest, I had only researched the most popular German festivals in the United States. For the past couple of days, I’ve been working to expand the list to...
View ArticleFour Ways to Survive Work During Oktoberfest
Early numbers are in for the world’s largest 2012 beer festival. Despite Saturday’s rain, 850,000 people attended opening weekend of Oktoberfest in Munich. It didn’t slow beer consumption either: One...
View ArticleCelebrate Oktoberfest in Boston
BSV Oktoberfest – Walpole, MA – September 12-13, 2015. Several thousand attend this two day Oktoberfest with German food, beer, games and even a full-contact medieval fighting exhibition. Location:...
View ArticleOktoberfest Munich Throws Out Iconic Beer Tent
The tradition laden Oktoberfest in Munich has banned the celebrity favorite Hippodrom Beer Tent from the 2014 festival. After 111 years the Hippodrom is out and their spot on the Teresienwiese...
View ArticleOktoberfest in Washington, DC
Washington D.C. doesn’t have to have an especially large number of Oktoberfest celebrations because there are some great ones nearby in Maryland and Virginia. But if you live in the District of...
View ArticleIt’s Labor Day Weekend!
I know that Fall technically starts September 22nd. But I don’t think anyone will arrest us for celebrating fall a little bit early this year. Labor Day weekend really does feel like the start of Fall....
View ArticleMunich Oktoberfest Register Early For Largest Beer Tents
What Are the Most Famous Oktoberfest Beer Tents In Munich? If you attend Oktoberfest in Munich then you must plan your days to get into the beer tents of your choice. They open early and sell out...
View Article11 Oktoberfests You Will Miss If You Wait Until September
Imagine my surprise to wake up and find that Maysville, Kentucky has already had their Oktoberfest event. I checked Funtober and found 11 Oktoberfest in August events. Seems while this German harvest...
View ArticleOktoberfest in Kansas
Celebrate fall at a Kansas Oktoberfest in 2015 and enjoy the music, cuisine and beer of Germany with your friends and family. If you live near Kansas City, Topeka or Wichita, be sure to mark your...
View ArticleOktoberfest in North Carolina
It looks like North Carolina has a pretty decent list of 2015 Oktoberfest festivals. I would expect nothing less from a state that has one million residents with German heritage. You represent even...
View ArticleOktoberfest in West Virginia
Very few things are more fun than Oktoberfest in West Virginia celebrations. West Virginia doesn’t have an especially large German population. Only 350,000 residents claim German heritage. But West...
View ArticleMy Day Trip to the Arden Fair
I started Funtober in part to give myself a great excuse to participate in more fall fun. I work way too hard not to take more breaks and enjoy life. Yesterday, I took a break from building Funtober to...
View ArticleFall Things To Do As We Countdown To Halloween Day 217
Day 217 Journey To Halloween Fun Hope you are enjoying our updates, trivia, and news about Halloween, haunted houses, festivals, Oktoberfests, ghost stories and more. We hope to keep our countdown...
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