The organizer of the Wiesn, together with all partners, had like that it was not necessary to cancel the Oktoberfest 2020. By June, Clemens Baumgärtner would know where the organization stood, but a bstrong judgment already fell today.
According to “BILDThe Oktoberfest will not take place this year. The newspaper heard this in the run-up to a press conference of the Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder (CSU) and the Mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter (SPD). The two want to go to the press on Tuesday morning at 9.00:XNUMX with this message.
In times of the corona pandemic, many major and minor events are canceled. Prime Minister Markus Söder had already indicated this in an interview last week when he said: "For me the Oktoberfest is on the verge." He cannot imagine such a big event with millions of visitors.
no folk festival Gäuboden in Straubing
Other folk festivals have also been canceled, including the Gäuboden folk festival in Straubing. It always starts on the second Friday of August and is one of the largest festivals with around 1,4 million guests. Last Wednesday, federal and state governments decided to initially ban major events until the end of August.
The Oktoberfest would take place from September 19 to October 4 this year. Recently, several innkeepers proposed an “Oktoberfest light” - an Oktoberfest for locals only. However, the city had already rejected the idea.
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