October 10-11-12
2025 Artisans
Now accepting applications for Oktoberfest Artisan Fair 2025!
Early Bird Deadline: April 30, 2025
Final Deadline to submit applications: September 14, 2025
An additional $10 late fee will be charged if applications come in after September 14, 2025.
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!
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!
