The sound of polka dancing, sloshing of German beer and merry chatter will not surround Helen’s Festhalle this year because the alpine town’s 50th Oktoberfest celebration ... event facility under ...

and the longest-running Oktoberfest in the U.S. Northeast Georgia is a region known for its quaint mountain towns, claiming places like Dahlonega, Blue Ridge, and Helen, a Bavarian-style gem with ...