A party just isn?t a party without one. Standing out on a freezing balcony with 25 other thirsty party-goers and two or three smokers is an experience not to be missed ? well maybe it is. The keg is ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Crowds gathered at Oktoberfest Friday morning for the tapping of the golden keg. Festmaster Brent Smith tapped the keg this year, taking the first swig of golden beer. The tapping ...

MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Ceremonial keg-tapping signals the start of Oktoberfest, opening the world’s largest folk festival for the 189th time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group from Trachtengau Muenchen dances under a harvest crown at the "Oide Wiesn" during the 189th Oktoberfest in Munich. Stefan ...

Far away from the celebrations within Cincinnati, the largest Oktoberfest in the world is now underway at the same exact time this weekend.Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon ...

Oktoberfest USA kicked into full gear for its 64th year with the annual Tapping of the Golden Keg ceremony Friday morning.

Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in ...

Tulsa's Oktoberfest will reveal its new commemorative stein at a special keg tapping at Fassler Hall on Thursday. The new Musskrug, otherwise known as a stein, holds a liter of beer and will be sold ...

A crowd of hundreds packed the downtown festgrounds Friday morning. They were chomping on pretzel necklaces, catching T-shirts launched from canons and singing to raucous renditions of “Sweet Caroline ...

See you Saturday at the Munich Style Traditional Keg Tapping Ceremony at 5 p.m. Saturday in front of the Polish Cadets, 927 Grant St. Who can resist? Not Buzz, not after seeing the flier for River ...