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Fest Dates 2008

Oktoberfest 2008 runs Sept. 20 to Oct. 5.

Regional
September /October Events

September

05.09.-16.09.2008 Volksfest Pfaffenhofen (MF)
11.09.-14.09.2008 Volksfest Aubing (MF)
11.09.-15.09.2008 Volksfest Kaufering (FA)
12.09.-21.09.2008 Herbstschau mit Volksfest in 85368 Moosburg
14.09.-19.09.2008 Bartlmä Dult Neuötting
19.09.-22.09.2008 Volksfest Crailsheim Größtes Volks- und Heimatsfest der Region Hohenlohe-Franken
19.09.-23.09.2008 Volksfest Geisenfeld
20.09.-24.09.2008 Rupertikirtag Volksfest in Salzburg (Österreich)
20.09.-05.10.2008 Munich Oktoberfest

October

26.09.-05.10.2008 Herbstfest Ingolstadt - Volksfestplatz
27.09.-05.10.2008 Kirta in Altötting
10.10.-13.10.2008 Gallimarkt Mainburg
17.10.-23.10.2008 Volksfest Dingolfing, the last volksfest of the year
18.10.-26.10.2008 Kirchweihdult on the Münchner Mariahilfplatz

More fest dates

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Regional Fest Calendar
List of Events in and around Munich

The Field Research Team Caps are currently sold out, and more on the way.

Why do we do it?
Ever wonder why we make these tremendous sacrifices and countless trips to the field to report back to you the best Munich has to offer? Well, this might help to explain it. Here's a personal report from a team member who joined with family and friends to log 166 beer garden visits, including every stop in the 4th and 5th editions of The BDG2M: Field Dispatch from Research Team Member 188.

Music to Drink Beer By -
Das Jukebox.
If you've been following along with the song sheets in The BDG2M 5th Edition but aren't sure about the tunes, well click the Das Jukebox to hear them over the Web.

Steve's Pub Crawls.
Research Team member Steve Dulieu has come up with a few corner pubs to augment the BDG2M selection of beer halls and beer gardens. Take a look at Steve's offerings in the Field Research section.

Insel-Mühle Beer Garden has gone to a new schedule that could ruin the schedule of visitors who fail to heed the weather report before heading out for a visit. Better to call first.

Park Cafe Beer Garden is now reopened and better than ever after a year of renovation.

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What's News:
Beer Drinker's Guide Field Research Team T-Shirts sold out but have now been replenished in all sizes, Small through XXL. Don't miss out on these amazingly popular shirts while they still last.
Take a trip to The Beer Drinker's Store and check out the two designs that will be mandatory field uniforms for those ready to do some serious beer research in Munich. Each shirtfront has the distinctive logo of the Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich Field Research Team above the heart.

Copies of the new sixth edition of The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich for the lowest price ever: $9.95 + S&H.

Now accepting credit cards for immediate purchase through Paypal -- including international accounts!

Woodcut design with a famous work by Ludwig Richter.. "So Many Beer Gardens - So Little Time: Do the Best You Can." All the beerhalls and beer gardens listed in the BDG2M are arrayed around the reproduction of the woodcut on the back of the shirt.

Not exactly keeping score. How about just keeping track. This shirt will help you do it. Go there. Drink Beer. Fill in the Block, for every beer garden and beerhall in The BDG2M. If you can somehow manage to visit them all, now you may even be able to remember them as well.

Check Out These Tees!

Alerts: Updated Public Transportation Map from MVV.

Munich Transport Authority, MVV (Münchner Verkehrs und Tarifverbund), has renamed and renumbered several existing routes. Download the latest map here and take it with you to Munich.

S-bahn number redesignated. S-bahn line 8 (west of the Hauptbahnhof) has been redesignated to S-bahn 4. The one route affected is to Deutsche Eiche (page 66 in the BDG2M). The trip to Lochhausen is now via S-Bahn 4.

Haus der 111 Biere and Landsberger Hof have closed. Haus is under new management with a new name and entirely different format that we can no longer recommend. Landsberger Hof has closed and will be victim of the wrecking ball soon to make way for highway expansion.

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