Oktoberfest Zinzinnati
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual weekend festival in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States. First held in 1976, it attracts an estimated 500,000 visitors every year in late September. It is held along six blocks of Downtown Cincinnati. 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 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, of sauerkraut, 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 COVID-19 pandemic. In both 2020 and 2021, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati was recognized as the world's largest Oktoberfest since Oktoberfest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic two years in a row.