not to be that guy but i just want to inform people because although i don't live in Germany , I'm part german and what not and i want people to under stand the culture: so basically oktober fest (yes its with a k) actually starts about the last week or so of October because Oktoberfest more or less means celebration of the fall harvest, which is why there is a lot of food and beer, its the ferments and cook potions of that years heap and its not all of October its the last week of it