Shares2Shares2Share with your friendsYour NameYour EmailRecipient EmailEnter a MessageI read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called 7 reasons to drop everything and go to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and is located at https://www.cheaptickets.com/blog/2016/09/oktoberfest-zinzinnati/.CaptchaSubmit Krista BurtonSeptember 8, 2016 1 Comment Hello there. Do you like beer? Do you like sausage? If you’re nodding your head ‘yes,’ then it might not be a big jump to think you might enjoy an Oktoberfest celebration. But the original Oktoberfest, a festival dedicated to all things autumnal and German, is all the way in Munich! We can’t afford Munich right now! Thank heavens we have Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. First held in 1976, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati (in Cincinnati, Ohio) is America’s largest Oktoberfest celebration—more than 500,000 people visit each year! Here’s why you should stop what you’re doing and head to Ohio for the party: Repeat after us: dachshunds in hot dog costumes. Every year, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati opens festivities with the Running of the Wieners, this year on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. What is the Running of the Wieners? It’s 100 dachshunds in hot dog costumes streaking down the street in race heats towards their owners while thousands of people cheer. Only one dachshund can be the King of the Wiener Dogs. You want to witness this, we promise. Photo: Flickr | David K, Hot Dog Have a drink at the glockenspiel. The Christian Moerlein Glockenspiel is—get this—a working clock with a bar on the ground level, as well as a stage. Every hour, when the clock strikes, performers in traditional lederhosen appear to sing, dance, and toast with the crowd. Prost! Have a drink anywhere, actually. There are five different beer gardens at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. All of them have an enormous selection of beers on tap, and all of them have live music. Some band names this year include The Fest Meisters, Zinzinnati Bier Band, and Smittie’s Schnapps Band. Get your polka on! Photo: Allen Burt, Oktoberfest in Zinzinnati Raise a glass. Try not to lower it! The Sam Adams Stein Hoisting Championship on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 5 p.m. is a test of strength, mental endurance, and true love for beer. All you have to do is raise your stein of beer and keep it raised longer than anyone else in the crowd to be crowned this year’s Hoisting Champion. Become one with the brat. On Saturday, September 17, at 3 p.m., it’s time for the greatest sausage spectacle you may ever see: The World Brat Eating Championship. Will anyone be able to defeat reigning world champion brat-eater, Joey Chestnut? Who would dare to try? Is the newest contender…you? Photo: Flicker | ljv, Sausage Party Demonstrate your barrel-roll and beer-stein race aptitude. On Friday, September 16, at 6 p.m, head over to Freedom Platz on Second Street for the German Games, where live music and German dance groups frolic around contestants trying to roll a wooden barrel around a timed course or race a short distance holding two filled-to-the-brim beer steins. Participate in the World’s Largest Chicken Dance. You heard us. Jump in and join the official World’s Largest Chicken Dance on Sunday, September 18 at 4:30 p.m. Thousands participate in the dance each year, and in 1994, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati chicken dancersset the world record, with 48,000 people flappin’ their arms and waddlin’ to the beat. Photo: Flickr | Jim, Chicken Dance Tagged: City, Events, Festivals, Food & drink, Music, Seasonal Note: CheapTickets compensates authors for their writings appearing on this site. Bio Latest Posts Krista Burton Latest posts by Krista Burton (see all) Getting from JFK to Manhattan, and other cheap NY tips - September 28, 2016 Why you should visit Montenegro, the cheap European destination of your dreams - September 26, 2016 The best layover cities in Europe - September 15, 2016 Related Posts Getting from JFK to Manhattan, and other cheap NY tips By Krista Burton 18 festivals you’d be crazy to miss By Michelle Schuman Lollapalooza, plus 8 more summer music festivals you can still... By Michelle Schuman The best Sweetest Day ideas include a suitcase (for two) By Krista Burton