MINSTER, OH (WLIO) - The Village of Minster is gearing up for a weekend full of fun and celebration!
The Minster Oktoberfest kicked off Friday evening and will continue through Sunday, bringing plenty of beer, German food, and fun activities.
Earlier on Friday, village residents were getting ready for the 50th Annual Minster Oktoberfest. The Minster Oktoberfest kicked off Friday evening and will continue through Sunday, bringing plenty of beer, German food, and fun activities. It is estimated more than 80,000 people will flock into the southwestern Auglaize County village. In between setting up booths, we talked with the president of the Minster Oktoberfest to learn a little bit more about how the beloved festival began.
"We had a small festival, the JC's (the Minster Journeyman's Club) did, and we ran it on a Father's Day... and it just wasn't having a big success. So, they were driving down the road to there, and they ended up in a small town. What a nice way to do it would be an Oktoberfest, so at that point, them two guys, Jim and Dale, came back here and started talking about it and said, 'Let's do it,'" says Tim Jay, President, Minster Oktoberfest.
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