First held in 1976, it attracts an estimated 500,000 visitors every year in late September. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is held along six blocks of Downtown Cincinnati.
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 balls, 56,250 sausages, 24,640 potato pancakes, 20,000 cream puffs, 16,002 strudel, 6,000 jumbo pickles, 1,600 kg of sauerkraut, 850 kg of German potato salad, 318 kg of Limburger cheese, 700 pigtails, 400 pickled pigs feet, and 23,004 soft pretzels – including giant 2.7 kg pretzels made by Servatii Pastry Shop.
Oktoberfest Zinzinatti includes the World Brat Eating Championship and also the Running of the Wieners, in which pure-bred dachshunds and dachshund mixes (“wiener dogs”) race in 75-foot heats, wearing hot dog costumes.
In total, Oktoberfest will feature more than 200 different food items, most of them traditional German fare, like cream puffs and potato pancakes. There are some more playful types, like sauerkraut balls and currywurst, as well. Because it’s Cincinnati, there’s likely to be a fair amount of goetta served as well.
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