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Oktoberfest Grove City
Grove City Town Center Organization presents their first-ever Oktoberfest event. Start your fall season and the first day of October at Oktoberfest in the historic Grove City Town Center on Oct. 1 and 2. Enjoy the changing weather while strolling through the downtown Grove City area.
Try from a wide variety of different craft brews from around Ohio. Fest-goers can purchase small tastings and or full glasses from any of the beer selection featured for the festival. Hofbrauhaus Columbus will be there to make sure all the Oktoberfest guests get their fill on authentic German cuisine. Oktoberfest will feature bratwursts, cream puffs and more German-themed eatery.
Live music and games will be there for adults and kids alike to enjoy. Challenging contests will be held for those with a taste for competition. The events include beer stein holding contests, barrel rolling and a special German event called Hammerschlagen, which roughly translates to, “to beat with a hammer” or “hammer striking.”
Food and drink are purchased using tickets; 15 tickets cost $30 and include a souvenir beer glass. A glass of beer will cost 3 tickets and a tasting for a beer will cost 1 ticket.
Grove City Oktoberfest will be held at the Old Grove City Library Oct. 1-2. Oktoberfest will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude at 8 p.m. For more information visit www.grovecitytowncenter.org/oktoberfest/.
Old-Time Harvest Day
The Southwest Franklin County Historical Society and Grove City feature the annual Old-Time Harvest Day. This event gives the people of Grove City the opportunity to experience the 19th century. Friends and neighbors alike will work together to prepare for the winter season by crafting, churning butter, and pumping well water.
Old-Time Harvest Day is also offering the viewing of historical buildings that include a log cabin, a windmill, barns and a one-room schoolhouse. At each historical building spot, there will also be demonstrations of the music taste of the era as well as the homemade cooking. The blacksmith shop will even be showing a metalworking demonstration.
This year, Grove City is also including the sesquicentennial celebration from the petition of Franklin County and State of Ohio officials. This special celebration at Old-Time Harvest Day will include storytelling and fun activities for all ages to celebrate the history of the last 150 years.
The Old-Time Harvest Day free of admission and parking and is located at Century Village in Fryer Park. The event will be held Oct. 2 from 1-5 p.m. For more information visit www.grovecityohio.gov/topic/old-time-harvest-day/.
Paige Brown is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.
