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
Applefest amphitheater. Admission is free. The Hilton Apple Fest, located in Hilton, New York is also held in October each year and attracts approximately 70,000 visitors. The festival donates $5,000 per year on average to groups such as Ambulance Corps, local libraries, village parks, the Food Shelf, Camp Good Days and Special Times, the Historical Society, Braddock Bay Raptor Research, and other community center projects. Applefest is also a yearly three-day festival held in Franklin, Pennsylvania that starts the first Friday of October that attracts over 300,000 people. The three-day event is the largest crafts festival in western Pennsylvania. The festival