What is it with Oktoberfest in August? Why not celebrate Lunar New Year in August?
Some commercial importers' thing, obviously.

You'd be surprised to know that it starts mid September in Germany then. Just a couple of days of actual October!

Photos I saw posted on WeChat last night were calling it Augustfest.

It's because China's version of octoberfest, the beer festival in Qingdao, is held in August.

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