This weekend, Wiedemann’s Newport Oktoberfest celebrates the area’s rich German heritage with a Munich-style festival featuring continuous live German entertainment and authentic German food and beverage. Also part of the festival on Friday is the Cincinnati Beer Run, a 2.5-mile course featuring four craft-beer sampling stops and glow wear that ends at Oktoberfest. (Run starts at 7:50 p.m.)
5-11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26; noon-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27; noon- 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. Free. Riverboat Row Newport, Ky., oktoberfestnewport.com.
