2023 Oktoberfest Was The Biggest Beer Party Ever

The 2023 edition of Munich’s famed Oktoberfest set an attendance record.

An estimated 7.2 million people attended the world’s largest celebration of beer from September 16th to October 3, 2023, the highest level of attendance ever. While this year’s edition was also the longest, extended by two extra days to end coincident with the German Unity Day national holiday, attendance was up substantially from 2022 (5.7 million people) and 2019 (6.3 million). The festival was not held in 2020 or 2021.