Oktoberfest ends today, except in 56572

Breaking news in 56572. The street says Frau Oktoberfest has been found. You can stop the strudel stuff. Want to know who it was? Get out on the street and ask. We don't want to be taken to task for divulging information, even though our guess is the finder took our advice and called her.

Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year. Other cities across the world also hold fairs, modeled after the Munich event, also called Oktoberfest.

The event usually takes place during the 16 days up to and including the first Sunday in October, but if this day is the 1st or 2nd then the festival will go on until the October 3rd (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st.