Volksfest

A large beer tent will have hundreds of wooden benches with a seating capacity in the thousands and offer live music, being a favourite place for patrons to spend the evening.

A Volkfest is local in nature, attended mostly by people original from the hosting town and surrounding areas, but it may also attract international tourists.

Some of these sites are well known such as the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart and Theresienwiese in Munich; however there are some Volksfest events which take place partly in the streets of towns.

As the Volkfest is temporary in nature, most mechanical attractions, games and beer tents are assembled in the weeks or months prior to the start of the festival, and dismantled once it is over.

Especially in Bavaria, it is common during the Volksfest for people to wear the Tracht or traditional outfits such as Lederhosen and white or chequered shirts for men, and the Dirndl for women.