historic Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Deutsch) population are well known to have many Oktoberfest celebrations during the months of September and October. These celebrations became increasingly popular among the general Commonwealth population in the later half of the 20th century with the rise of microbreweries, and with the opening of authentic German brew houses such as Hofbrauhaus in Pittsburgh, PA. Other major celebrations across the United States include those at: Old World Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, CA Cullman, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee's oldest-running festival is the Nashville Oktoberfest, in the downtown Germantown neighborhood. In 2015, more than 140,000 people attended. In 2016, official attendance was estimated as over 215,000 people, making the Nashville Oktoberfest the second largest in the USA. Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Arizona Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Club in Anaheim, California Big Bear City, California Campbell, California Chico, California Located at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.. Oakland, California Sacramento, California San Francisco, California Alpine Village in Torrance, California San Diego, California Montrose, California Denver, Colorado The Colorado Council of Arts, Science and Culture hosts Parker Oktoberfest in Parker, Colorado the Delaware Sängerbund in Newark, Delaware Wickham Park (Melbourne, Florida) Cape Coral, Florida (largest in Florida) Miami, Florida Helen, Georgia, a Bavarian-themed town Hofbrauhaus Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois, a German celebration, starting in 2013, expecting many beer lovers Indianapolis, Indiana Jasper, Indiana Seymour, Indiana Amana, Iowa Hays, Kansas Danville, Kentucky Mandeville, Louisiana Frankenmuth, Michigan (The first Oktoberfest outside Munich that the Parliament and the City of Munich sanctioned); Grand Rapids, Michigan New Ulm, Minnesota (In 2002 the Census Bureau released a report showing 65.85% of population with German ancestry, the greatest proportion among US cities). Jefferson City, Missouri Hermann, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri Hattiesburg, Mississippi Norfolk, Nebraska Sidney, Nebraska Germania Park in Rockaway Township, New Jersey Red River, New Mexico Irondequoit, New York Hickory, North Carolina the Ohio State Fair grounds and the Germania Singing and Sport Society in Columbus, Ohio Berea, Ohio Minster, Ohio Wilmington, Ohio Tulsa, Oklahoma Mt. Angel, Oregon; Mt. Angel has held an Oktoberfest (in September) since 1966. Sertoma Field in Walhalla, South Carolina Saxonburg, Pennsylvania , Sprankle's Octoberfest (Weekend after Labor Day) since 2019. East Allegheny (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania Newport, Rhode Island Kingsport, Tennessee Addison, Texas Boerne, Texas Fredericksburg, Texas Galveston, Texas Muenster, Texas (their version is called "Germanfest" and is held in April) New Braunfels, Texas (called Wurstfest). Began