Oktoberfest Zinzinnati Oktoberfest Zinzinnati Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual weekend festival in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States. First held in 1976, it attracts an estimated 500,000 visitors every year in late September. It is held along six blocks of Downtown Cincinnati. As of 2016, Oktoberfest is held on 3rd Street to clear room for Cincinnati Streetcar operations. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati claimed the world record for the largest Chicken Dance in 1994, with over 48,000 participants. It also boasts approximately 87,542 metts, 80,500 brats, 64,000 sauerkraut
Uptown Art Fair Uptown Art Fair The Uptown Art Fair is the largest art fair of its kind held in Minnesota. The three-day-long fair is held every year, always during the first full weekend in August and always in Uptown, an eclectic neighborhood in south Minneapolis. The fair features artists in 12 media including sculpture, painting, jewelry, ceramics, wood and more. More than $2 million worth of artwork is sold during the event. The event attracts around 375,000 people over the course of the three-day weekend, and features about 350 artists, 20 food vendors and hundreds of volunteers. The art fair is the