GermanFest: September 22-24, 2017
2017 marks the 27th anniversary of Guttenberg's GermanFest! This festival has been named one of the Top 20 Events in Iowa by Top Events USA! GermanFest includes an open air arts and crafts market, biergarten, kraut cook-off, hog roast, homemade beer tasting, lots of live music, food vendors, a 5K walk/run, kids' games, chalk drawing, wiener dog races, performances by the UNI Dancers, and much, much more! Join us in celebrating the 27th annual GermanFest!
*More information will be added for the 2017 event when it becomes available.
*More information will be added for the 2017 event when it becomes available.
GermanFest 2016 Schedule of Events
*2017 schedule will be added when available.
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Friday, September 23
600 Block of South River Park Drive 3:00pm: Open Air Festival Market 5:00pm: Festival Tent & Biergarten Opens 5:00pm: Fall City-Wide Garage Sales 5:30pm-?: Hog Roast & Brat Dinner sponsored by Clayton Ridge Farm 6-10pm: Music by Barefoot Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen Saturday, September 24 7am: Fall City-Wide Garage Sales 7:30-11am: Senior Class Pancake Breakfast, Clayton Ridge School, 131 S. River Park Drive 8:30am: Guttenberg Municipal Hospital 5K Walk/Run (registration from 7:45-8:15am), 200 Main Street 8:45-9:15am: Walking Quest for GermanFest registration at the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital main entrance 9am-completed: Clayton Ridge HS Art Students Street Chalk Drawing - 600 block 9am-?: Open Air Festival Market 10am-?: Scratch Cupcakery Curbside Truck 10-2:30pm: Gutenberg Bible on display and videos on Guttenberg history at the Guttenberg Public Library meeting room, 603 S. 2nd Street 10am: Classic Volkswagen Display on Schiller Street Festival Tent, 600 Block of South River Park Drive 10am: Opening Ceremony with Mayor, Dr. Russ Loven 10:15am: 5K Walk/Run winners announced 10:15-11:15am: Music by the Guttenberg German Band 11:15am: Kids Obstacle Course |
Saturday, September 24, continued
11:15-11:45am: Performance by the UNI IDT Dance Company 11:45am-12:30pm: Music by the Silbertaler Trio 12-2pm: Home Brew Tasting 12:30pm: Dog Show 12:30-1:30pm: Music by Lyle Beaver 1:00pm: Wiener Dog Dash 1:30-2:30pm: Music by the Guttenberg German Band 2-3pm: Sauerkraut Cook-Off (must have entries in main tent by 1:45pm) 2:30pm: Winners of Home Brew Contest announced 2:30-3:30pm: Music by Lyle Beaver 3:30pm: Winners of Sauerkraut Cook-Off announced 3:30-5pm: Music by RockTide 4pm: Adult Obstacle Course 5-7pm: Music by the Love Handles 5pm: Hammerschlingen (nail game) 7-11pm: Music by Triple Threat 500 Block of South River Park Drive 10am-4pm: Kids' games in park, kiddie train ride on Schiller Street 10:30-11:15am: Fever River Puppeteers perform 12-12:30pm: Performance by UNI IDT Dance Company 12:45-1:15pm: Music by the Silbertaler Trio 1:30-2:15pm: Fever River Puppeteers perform 2:30-3:15pm: Quad City Magician performs Sunday, September 25 10:15am: GermanFest Worship at St. John's American Lutheran Church, 203 Pearl Street, all are willkommen! *Schedule is subject to change. |
Our 2016 Sponsors
Thank you to our 2016 sponsors (listed below) for contributing to make this event possible. List will be updated as new sponsors make contributions.
We would also like to express our appreciation to the dozens and dozens of volunteers who make this event possible. If you are interested in volunteering for GermanFest, please call 563-252-2323 or email guttenberg@alpinecom.net
We would also like to express our appreciation to the dozens and dozens of volunteers who make this event possible. If you are interested in volunteering for GermanFest, please call 563-252-2323 or email guttenberg@alpinecom.net
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Bavarian Alps Level: $500-1000+
Fidelity Bank & Trust Iowa Tourism Office Peoples State Bank The Guttenberg Motel Thrivent Financial Black Forest Level: $300-499 Alpine Communications Anytime Fitness Kann Manufacturing KCTN FM 100 Highlands Level: $100-299 Autotek Service Center Black Hills Energy Brown's Sales & Leasing Community Savings Bank Dr. James & Sue Osterhaus Esser's Shoe & Clothing G & G Living Centers, Inc. Rightway Realty Schuster & Mick Law Office The Guttenberg Press (in-kind) |
Deutsch Hills Level: $50-99
Bard Materials Casey's General Store (in-kind) The Dam Riverview Sports Bar Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Joe's Pizza Kevin Leliefeld Accounting & Tax Service Meuser Lumber Company (in-kind) Meyer Mechanical Scherer Chiropractic $1-49 Anna Moser, CPA Bender's Foods (in-kind) GEM (Guttenberg Embroidery & More) (in-kind) Individual Performances Guttenberg Public Library - TJ Regul, Magician Thrivent Financial - Fever River Puppeteers |
This project paid for in part by the Iowa Tourism Office.
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