Oktoberfest of Blumenau

The Oktoberfest Blumenau is a 1984 every year in early October -find folk festival in Blumenau, Brazil. The original Munich Oktoberfest modeled festival takes place on the " German Village Park " and lasts for 18 days.

Reason for this was the need for funding for the necessary reconstruction after the great floods of the Rio Itajaí in 1983 and 1984. During the last years the festival with over 600,000 visitors annually than after the carnival second largest in Rio festival in Brazil established. This has increased the awareness of the city in Germany, which is also in relation to the tourism importance of. The 30th edition will be held in 2013, are said since the establishment count a total of around 20 million visitors. Beer consumption in 2012 was about 650,000 liters ausgeschenkte.