Oktoberfest Oktoberfest Oktoberfest () is the world's largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year. Locally, it is often called the Wiesn, after the colloquial name for the fairgrounds, Theresa's meadows ("Theresienwiese"). The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since the year 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modeled after
Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival estimated that 150,000 people attended the festival. Although originally intended to supplement the Community Fair the Gaslight Festival would eventually replace it entirely. Today the festival is an eight-day event beginning the Sunday before the 3rd weekend in September and attracts over 200,000 visitors. Making it the second largest festival in Kentucky behind the Kentucky State Fair and a key event for the city. Over this eight-day stretch several events take place such as a motorcycle rally, 5K road race, and a parade culminating with the gaslight festival weekend. The gaslight festival weekend is a three day street festival with