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
Cannstatter Volksfest slogans like "die Krüge hoch". No doubt, it’s "Volksfest" time in Bad Cannstatt. Annually around four million festival people gather at the biggest carnival festival in the world since 1818. In 1815 a gigantic eruption of the Vulcano Tambora in Indonesia led to a climatic catastrophe even in Europe. The incredible explosion hurled around 100 cubic km of rocks, ashes and dust up to 70 km high and darkened the sky. The blast equalled to 170,000 Hiroshima bombs. The shockwave could be felt 1,500 km away. 10,000 people died due to the eruption. Another 100,000 died because of the aftermath.