the title of the puzzle is Oktoberfest, and there are plenty of…well… festivities! The PARADE (35A. Thanksgiving festivities event) includes 40D. Harvest HOME (end-of-farming-season festival); SAPPORO (13D. Japanese site of the Snow Festival); 27D. Renaissance FARE (old fashioned festival); 29D. Aston MAGNA Festival (music event in the Berkshires); 14A. Memphis’s BEALE