Frankenmuth, MI

It all started decades ago with a Bavarian theme restaurant and grew into the first ever overseas Oktoberfest officially sanctioned by the City of Munich and Parliament. Oktoberfest in Frankenmuth runs from September 17 to 20, 2009 with festivities centering around Heritage Park. Accordion music, polka-ing on a huge wooden dance floor, "wiener dog" races, buffet dinners and gallons of HB Munich beer all add up to the premier Oktoberfest celebration in North America and they've got the tour buses to prove it! "Pure Michigan", as the Tim Allen tourism commercial says.
www.frankenmuthfestivals.com