October 11-12-13

2024 Schedule

Oktoberfest 2024 Printable Schedule

Friday, October 11

4:00 pm-8:30 pm

4:00 pm
Fish Fry
Black Forest Cafe Open
Basket Raffle-Drawing on Sunday
50/50 Raffle Sales-Drawing on Sunday
Beer Garden Open!

4:30 pm
Live Music: Ed Hause Polka Band

5:30 pm
Cake Walk

6:00 pm
Thingamabob Building

6:30 pm
Cake Walk

7:00 pm
Campfire & S’mores (Weather Permitting)

Saturday, October 12

11:00 am-9:30 pm
Artisan Fair 11:00 am-8:00 pm

11:00 am
Beer Garden! Brats, Rupena’s Pulled Pork Sandwiches and Rupena’s Sarma, Hot Dogs, and Vegetarian Soup
Basket Raffle-Drawing on Sunday
50/50 Raffle Sales-Drawing on Sunday
Sheepshead (Open to all)

11:30 am
Black Forest Cafe Open!
(Closed 3:45 pm-5:15 pm for Polka Mass)

12:30 pm
Art and Activities for All Ages

3:30 pm
Cake Walk

4:00 pm
Polka Mass-Enjoy Music, Dancing, and the Celebration of Mass

4:30 pm
Chicken Dinner by Rupena’s

6:00 pm
Cake Walk

6:30 pm
Live Music: The Squeezettes-Polka, Pop, Rock

7:30 pm
Cake Walk

Sunday, October 13

9:00 am-1:00 pm
Artisan Fair 9:00 am-1:00 pm

9:00 am
Black Forest Cafe Open!
Beer Garden! Brats, Rupena’s Pulled Pork Sandwiches and Rupena’s Sarma, Hot Dogs, and Vegetarian Soup

11:30 am
Live Music: Dino the Lounge Lizard and The Yankovic Tradition

11:45 am
Cake Walk

12:30 pm
Basket Raffle Drawings (All Entries in by 12:15 pm)
Pick-up 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

1:00pm
50/50 Raffle Drawing (All Entries in by 12:45 pm)

Music, Food, Activities, and Fun!

Food

Download the full menu!

Water bottles are permitted. There is a water bottle station for refills. Water is available for purchase.

Special diet? Vegetarian soup is available. Chicken and cookies are gluten free.

To-Go containers are available for food if you would like to purchase something for another day.

Friday, October 11

4:00 pm-7:00 pm
Friday Fish Fry

4:00 pm-7:30 pm
Black Forest Cafe Open

4:00 pm-8:00 pm
Beer Garden Open!

Saturday, October 12

11:00 am-9:00 pm
Beer Garden! Brats, Rupena’s Pulled Pork Sandwiches and Rupena’s Sarma, Hot Dogs, and Vegetarian Soup

11:30 am-8:00 pm
Black Forest Cafe Open! (Closed 3:45 pm-5:15 pm for Polka Mass)

4:30 pm
Chicken Dinner by Rupena’s

Sunday, October 13

9:00 am-12:30 pm
Black Forest Cafe Open!

9:00 am-1:00 pm
Beer Garden! Brats, Rupena’s Pulled Pork Sandwiches and Rupena’s Sarma, Hot Dogs, and Vegetarian Soup

Music

Bring your dancing shoes!

Friday, October 11

4:30 pm-7:30 pm
Live Music: Ed Hause Polka Band

Saturday, October 12

6:30 pm-9:30 pm
Live Music: The Squeezettes–Polka, Pop, Rock

Sunday, October 13

11:30 am-12:30 pm
Live Music: Dino the Lounge Lizard and The Yankovic Tradition

Activities

Friday, October 11

4:00 pm-8:00 pm
Basket Raffle and 50/50 Raffle Sales

5:30 pm, 6:30 pm
Cake Walk

6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Thingamabob Building

7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Campfire & S’mores
(Weather Permitting)

Saturday, October 12

11:00 am-9:00 pm
Basket Raffle-and 50/50 Raffle Sales

11:00 am
Sheepshead (Open to all)

12:30 pm-3:30 pm
Art and Activities for All Ages

3:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm
Cake Walk

Sunday, October 13

11:45 am
Cake Walk

12:30 pm
Basket Raffle Drawings (All Entries in by 12:15 pm) Pick-up 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

1:00 pm
50/50 Raffle Drawing (All Entries in by 12:45 pm)

2024 Artisans

Bring your holiday shopping list!

Saturday, October 12 
Artisan Fair 11:00am – 8:00pm

Sunday, October 13
Artisan Fair 9:00am – 1:00pm

2024 Oktoberfest Artisans

We are still accepting applications for
Oktoberfest Artisan Fair 2024!

Final Deadline to submit applications:
September 8, 2024

Late fee: Additional $10 for applications
received after September 8, 2024

Download Artisan Application here!

Raffle Ticket Sales

Bring your mailing labels if you would like to enter raffles.
(One name on label per lottery rules.)

50/50 Raffle Ticket Sales
Friday – 4:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday – 11:00 am-9:00 pm
Sunday – 9:00 am-12:45 pm
Winning ticket pull at 1:00 pm

Current Jackpot: $1.344

Basket Raffle Ticket Sales
Friday – 4:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday – 11:00 am-9:00 pm
Sunday – 9:00 am-12:15 pm
Drawing starts at 12:30 pm
Winners may pick up baskets 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities for Oktoberfest
We are so grateful for your participation and time!
You can sign up for multiple shifts,
but please fill out one form per person.
This form will be closed at
7:00 pm on Monday, October 7.
Oktoberfest Volunteer Sign-up

Volunteer after Masses in
August and September
to sell 50/50 Raffle tickets!

50/50 Raffle Volunteer Form

Raffle Information and Rules

Basket Raffle

Basket Raffle Information and Rules

All 60 baskets will be available throughout the entire Oktoberfest weekend. Winners will be chosen on Sunday afternoon, October 13, 2024.

Sign-up

  • It is essential that you sign up on the Oktoberfest Basket Raffle Information Board (classroom hallway). Signing up secures your “place at the table” and helps with the ticket planning and printing.
  • We are limited to 60 baskets in total.
  • Sign-up begins September 3, 2024.
  • Sign-up includes your name and theme idea.

Basket Theme Options

  • Choose a theme from the Oktoberfest Basket Raffle Information Board.
  • Create your own theme and sign up on the information board.
  • Gift cards and certificates are very popular too.
  • Be aware that occasionally there may be a need to combine or rearrange basket items.

Content

  • Only new items.
  • No perishables.

Deliver and Deadline

  • All baskets must be at OLOL by September 22, 2024. Sorry no exceptions!
  • Express your creativity with a fully assembled and cellophane wrapped basket. (We can wrap it if you are unable to do so.)
  • All gift cards and certificates must be delivered to the office for security reasons.

Prepare for buying tickets

State law requires one name per ticket, complete address and phone number.
Consider tucking mailing labels in your pocket or purse. Then all you have to add is your phone number.
Law also requires that tickets not be folded or bent.

50/50 Raffle
50/50 Raffle Information and Rules

OLOL 50/50 Raffle

  • No need to be present to win.
  • Winning ticket will be pulled Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 1:00 pm.
  • Sales begin August 3, 2024, and run every weekend before and after masses depending on volunteer availability.
  • There must be at least 2 unrelated people selling tickets at all times. If someone doesn’t show up for a shift, and a replacement cannot be found, tickets will not be sold or taken in at that Mass. You may still take blank tickets.
  • Cash or Checks (made out to Our Lady of Lourdes)
  • Unlimited blank tickets can be taken home.
  • Money is collected when completed tickets are returned to the ticket box after Mass.
  • Tickets and money can be placed in the metal drop box outside the church in a sealed envelope labeled Oktoberfest 50/50.
  • Tickets are available throughout Oktoberfest.
  • Sales end October 13, 2024, at 12:45 pm.

State law requires

  • 1 name per ticket
  • Complete address (mailing labels with 1 name are acceptable)
  • Phone number
  • Tickets may not be bent.
  • Tickets and payment must be turned in to designated ticket sellers before or after Mass, or during Oktoberfest.
  • No tickets can be mailed to OLOL.
  • No tickets can be turned into the OLOL Parish Office.

Official rules

The winning ticket will be randomly drawn on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 1:00 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) Oktoberfest in the Parish Hall. The winner does not need to be present to win. The winning number will be announced at Oktoberfest and will be posted on the OLOL website.

Only one person can be named on the ticket and only one winner will be awarded the prize.

The winner will have until TBD, to claim their prize and return all necessary paperwork to the OLOL Parish Office. If no one claims the prize by this date another ticket will be drawn and announced on TBD, and this winner will have until TBD, to claim their prize by returning all the necessary paperwork to the OLOL Parish Office. If no one claims this prize it will revert back to OLOL.

Cash prize is determined by calculating half of net proceeds from the raffle sales. The remaining 50% will benefit OLOL Parish as it sees fit.

Participants must be 18 years or older to claim the prize.

All tickets transactions and winners associated with the 50/50 raffle are subject to federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

Applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Each winner will be required to provide OLOL with his/her social security number and a photo ID. Federal income tax withholding will be required for any prizes of more than $5,000.

Cash prizes will be paid to the winner by check within 30 days from the drawing.

What Makes Oktoberfest Artisan Fair Special?

Osep Apple Strudel

Lines of people wait for apple strudel in The Black Forest Café, delivered piping hot from the oven (it disappears so fast we have a hard time getting pictures of it).

Toni Osep’s apple strudel is legendary. She began making the strudel for the first Oktoberfest in 2009 after years of perfecting her technique for family and friends. As she aged, it became a challenge to stretch the dough over the top of the entire kitchen table. Her son, Ed, initially helped peel apples and in time progressed to learning how to stretch the dough. Toni mentored this process right up until she passed at age 97!

Ed now makes the famous apple strudel for Oktoberfest Artisan Fair. There are no shortcuts. It is a labor of love and Ed enjoys hearing how much people enjoy the homemade art!

Cake Walk

The cake walks are fun. Twelve players move around a circle to music and conducted by our famous Grace! When the music stops, a number is picked. The winner chooses a homemade cake to take home or share at their table. Grace is often stopped out in the community, such as a grocery store, with an exclamation “You’re the cake walk lady! Will you be coming back again?” Yes she will!

See what a cake walk looks like here!

Black Forest Café

The campus is busy with music, conversation, laughter, activities, and shopping. Sometimes it is nice to find a quiet, beautiful setting for a conversation and a sweet treat. The Black Forest Café is magical place to relax and indulge on decadent tortes, warm homemade apple strudel, cookies, and coffee. Visit several times!

Family Activities

We focus on intergenerational activities. All ages are invited to join in making art. The activities change from year to year. In the past, there has been pumpkin decorating, painting, and beaded bracelets to name a few. Most activities happen on Saturday afternoon, but check the schedule. You would not want to miss the campfire and s’mores, if weather permits!

Basket Raffle

Approximately 60 beautiful unique baskets are raffled out throughout the weekend of Oktoberfest, all donated by community businesses and parish members. There are assorted themes and guests are guaranteed to find something that excites them. Calling all wine and beer lovers, dog or cat parents, art buffs, coffee drinkers, or those with a sweet tooth. The tickets are an affordable $2 each.

Artisans

The Oktoberfest Artisan Fair is built around quality hand-crafted art sold by the artists themselves. Every year many artists return to us because they feel welcomed, respected and are happy with their sales. All art is indoors. The classrooms and classroom hallway become mini-stores of jewelry, pottery, paintings and prints, fiber art, basketry, soaps and more where people browse and chat with the artists. The artists have developed a supportive community with each other and with us and we love having them spend time with us during the weekend!

Oktoberfest Time Capsule