Besides, Oktoberfest right?
Not in Northrhine-Westfalia. We'd have to go to Munich for Oktoberfest, which is about 5 hours to go by car from where I live.
There may be Oktoberfest-parties in my region, too, but they're probably not nearly the same as the bavarian original. I haven't been to either though, so I don't really know. *s*