Oktoberfest Zinzinnati kicking off 41st year on Friday

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, Cincinnati's annual celebration of all things German, will return Downtown for its 41st year this Friday through Sunday. The festival, which is expected to draw 500,000 people, will take place on Second and Third streets between Walnut and Elm streets. (The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, the festival's organizer, moved Oktoberfest in 2016 from Fifth Street to avoid disrupting service for the Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar.) Oktoberfest Zinzinnati's hours are 5-11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday.