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.

GermanFest 2017 Schedule of Events

Friday, September 22
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 23
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
9am-4pm: Historical Walking Tour (self guided), start at the Information Booth
9am: German Iowa and the Global Midwest Exhibit
9am-completed: Clayton Ridge HS Art Students Street Chalk Drawing - 600 block
9am-?: Open Air Festival Market
10am-?: Bakers' Sweet Treats dessert stand
10:30am-2pm: Gutenberg Bible on display and Guttenberg Walking Tour 2016 and 1937 Centennial Celebration videos on view 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 23, continued
11:15-11:45am: Performance by the UNI IDT Dance Company, sponsored by Degnan-Green Insurance & Real Estate
11:45am-12:30pm: Music by the Silbertaler Trio
12-2pm: Home Brew Tasting
12:30pm: Pet Pageant
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 Carpe Diem featuring Bruce Bryant, sponsored by Degnan-Green Insurance & Real Estate
5-7pm: Music by RockTide
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: TJ Regul, the Quad City Magician, sponsored by the Guttenberg Public Library
12-12:30pm: Performance by UNI IDT Dance Company, sponsored by Degnan-Green Insurance & Real Estate
12:45-1:15pm: Music by the Silbertaler Trio
1:30-2:30pm: Guttenberg Karate Club Tai Chi and Karate demonstrations
2:30-3:15pm: Quad City Magician performs, sponsored by Thrivent Financial

Sunday, September 24
10:15am: GermanFest Worship at St. John's American Lutheran Church, 203 Pearl Street, all are willkommen!

*Schedule is subject to change.

Our 2017 Sponsors

Thank you to our 2017 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

Bavarian Alps Level: $500-1000+
Fidelity Bank & Trust
Peoples State Bank
The Guttenberg Motel

​Black Forest Level: $300-499
Alpine Communications
Anytime Fitness
Community Savings Bank
Guttenberg Industries Inc.
Kann Manufacturing
KCTN FM 100

Highlands Level: $100-299
Anna Mae Moser CPA
Autotek Service Center
Brown's Sales & Leasing
Esser's Shoe & Clothing
Guttenberg Care Center and Eagle Ridge Independent & Assisted Living
Kann Imports
Meuser Lumber Company
Rightway Realty
Russell & Juanita Loven
Schuster & Mick Attorneys at Law
The Court House Inn
The Guttenberg Press
​Thrivent Financial

Deutsch Hills Level: $25-99
Bard Materials
Casey's General Store
Dick & Sherry Cornish
GEM (in kind)
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
Joe's Pizza
Kevin Leliefeld Accounting & Tax Service
Meyer Mechanical
Scherer Chiropractic Clinic

Individual Performances
Carpe Diem featuring Bruce Bryant: sponsored by Degnan-Green Insurance & Real Estate
UNI IDT Dance Company: sponsored by Degnan-Green Insurance & Real Estate
TJ Regul, Quad City Magician: sponsored by the Guttenberg Public Library and Thrivent Financial