Alcohol-free beer has been gaining popularity in recent years as beer consumption shrinks.

Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest has opened in Munich after the ceremonial beer keg-tapping.

Official figures show that German beer sales dropped 4.5% last year, resuming a long-term downward trend.

If you’re hoppy and you know it clap your hands – the Oviedo Oktoberfest returns to Seminole County in late September.

Germany’s city of Munich is getting ready to tap the kegs for Oktoberfest.

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Hollerbach's German Restaurant has announced it will not be hosting its own Oktoberfest celebration in 2023.

After being pushed back due to Hurricane Ian, Hollerbach’s Oktoberfest celebration is returning in November.

The beer is flowing at Munich’s world-famous Oktoberfest for the first time since 2019.

With this over two-week celebration quickly approaching, now is the time to begin your planning.

Oktoberfest is on tap again in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations.

Starting Sept. 16, the entertainment complex will offer special beer, food and entertainment for families to enjoy.

Germany's annual Oktoberfest festival is finally on again for this fall, following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The city of Munich says the annual Oktoberfest festival is on again this fall following a two-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It may not be Oktoberfest, but those looking to sample German cuisine and drinks can do so this weekend.

It’s fall y’all. You know what that means?

It’s time to start thinking about Oktoberfest and how you’re going to celebrate.

German beer sales in this year’s first half were 2.7% lower than a year earlier.

Bavarian officials have canceled Oktoberfest festivities for a second year in a row due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, saying that there are too many risks in hosting the celebrations, which traditionally bring in visitors from around the world, during a global pandemic.

Official data show that beer sales in Germany were down 5.5 percent last year, dragged lower by lengthy closures of bars and restaurants in the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)BERLIN – Beer sales in Germany were down 5.5% last year, dragged lower by lengthy closures of bars and restaurants in the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Monday. That figure doesn't include alcohol-free beer or beer imported from outside the European Union. German beer sales have been declining for years as a result of health concerns and other factors. Exports to other countries in the EU dropped 13.1% to 778.2 million liters (206 million gallons) while those to nations elsewhere were up 3.7% to 725.3 million liters (192 million gallons).

BERLIN – Senior officials and survivors paid tribute Saturday to the victims of a deadly neo-Nazi attack on Munich’s Oktoberfest 40 years ago, as Germany’s president warned that far-right extremism remains a persistent problem in the country. The bombing on the evening of Sept. 26, 1980, claimed 13 lives, including that of three children and the attacker, student Gundolf Koehler, a supporter of a banned far-right group. “Right-wing extremism has deep roots in our society,” President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a memorial event in the Bavarian capital. Steinmeier said the perpetrators weren't “disturbed people,” but rather part of “networks that we need to investigate.”An initial investigation of the Oktoberfest attack concluded that Koehler acted alone, out of personal frustration. Bavaria's governor, Markus Soeder, apologized to survivors and the victims' families for mistakes made during the initial investigation.

BERLIN – German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have closed their investigation into a deadly far-right attack on Munich's Oktoberfest in 1980, more than five years after they revived the probe in hopes that new testimony might point to previously unknown co-conspirators. Thirteen people were killed, including three children, and more than 200 wounded when a bomb exploded at the Oktoberfest on the evening of Sept. 26, 1980. But in December 2014, the federal prosecutor's office said it were looking at the matter again after a previously unknown witness surfaced. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the witness' indications that there may have been co-conspirators hadn't been corroborated by the renewed investigation. They said they had failed to find any other solid evidence that others may have participated as accessories, instigators or accomplices in Koehler's attack, though that possibility can't entirely be ruled out.

This weekend is full of fall fun around Orlando. The temperatures are dropping a bit, so hopefully you'll feel more festive.