Ocean World in Puerto Plata will have Oktoberfest for 3 days from noon until 10pm (or later), complete with Bavarian food specialties ]
DR1 really needs a functioning calendar. One for each region would be best. Threads like the Octoberfest are great, but if they aren't a sticky, and fall towards the bottom, lots of people can miss them. If you only check in once a week or longer, you can easily miss things like the Octoberfest, food festivals, park openings, dance marathons, clean-up days, etc, etc.
Scan the last few weeks threads and look at how many could have been placed into a calendar. A lot.
Entries would probably need to go thru a mod, to avoid nonsense, spam, etc. I can envision a business that's not an advertiser on DR1 wanting to post a "function". If it was a legitmate function for the communty, a mod could decide to let it post.
A successful online community neeeds a "bulletin board" where people can go and check upcoming dates & functions.
The North Coast is changing & growing - a calendar is much needed.