Oktoberfest criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer. The breweries that can produce Oktoberfest beer under the aforementioned criteria are: Oktoberfest Beer is a registered trademark by the Club of Munich Brewers, which consists of the above six breweries. The Oktoberfest is known as the largest "Volksfest" (folk festival) in the World. In 1999 there were six and a half million visitors to the 42 hectare Theresienwiese. – 72% of the people are from Bavaria. – 15% of visitors come from foreign countries like the surrounding EU countries and other non-European countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and East Asia.
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