Is the world's largestVolksfest

More than 6 million people from around the world attend

the event every year.
There are currently fourteen large tents and twenty
small tents at the Oktoberfest. The tents are wooden
non-permanent structures which are
constructed for and only used during
the festival. The beer served in each is
in the accompanying table.

Held annually in
Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a
16-day folk festival running from
mid or late September to the first
weekend in October.

Volksfest (beer
festivalandtravel
ling funfair)

Principal events
Entry of the restaurateurs and breweries
Began in 1887

Beer barrel tapping

After the parade of the restaurateurs from downtown to the festival grounds, at exactly 12:00 clock the mayor
opens the first beer barrel in the Schottenhammel tent.
"O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!") the Oktoberfest is declared as opened.

Costume and riflemen parade

One of the worlds largest parades of its kind.
Traditional costume and rifle clubs, musical bands, marching bands, flag-wavers and about 40 carriages with
decorated horses and carts.

Beers

Only beer conforming to theReinheitsgebot, and

brewed within the city limits of Munich, can be served at
the Munich Oktoberfest. Beers meeting these criteria are
designatedOktoberfest Beer

Augustiner-Bru
Hacker-Pschorr-Bru
Lwenbru
Paulaner
Spatenbru
StaatlichesHofbru-Mnchen

Reinheitsgebott
"German Beer
Purity Law

"O'zapft is!"