Brat Eating Contest at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual weekend

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in the city of

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, Ohio. Based on the original

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Oktoberfest The Oktoberfest (; bar, Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid- or ...

, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States and second largest in the world. First held in 1976, it attracts an estimated 500,000 visitors every year in late September. It is held along six blocks of

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. 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

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s, 80,500

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s, 64,000 sauerkraut balls, 56,250 sausages, 24,640 potato pancakes, 20,000 cream puffs, 16,002

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, 6,000 jumbo pickles, of

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, of German potato salad, of Limburger cheese, 700 pigtails, 400 pickled pigs feet, and 23,004 soft pretzels including giant pretzels made by Servatii Pastry Shop. No live concerts were held in 2020, but virtual ones were held because of the

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. In both 2020 and 2021, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati was recognized as the world's largest Oktoberfest since

was canceled due to the

two years in a row.

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External links

*{{official site, https://oktoberfestzinzinnati.com Beer festivals in the United States Festivals in Cincinnati Oktoberfest German-American culture in Cincinnati September events Cuisine of Cincinnati 1976 establishments in Ohio Beer in Ohio Festivals established in 1976