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Oktoberfest in August being held in Buffalo Grove

Posted August 15, 2015 1:00 am

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Adam Prymak of mygermantshirt.com, sells German items with various insignia Saturday during Oktoberfest at the Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

Oktoberfest in August is being celebrated this weekend at The Schwaben Center, 301 N. Weiland Road, in Buffalo Grove.

The festival, which began Friday and continues from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, is in its 138th year. The festival, which is put on by Schwaben Verein of Chicago, a social and charitable club, includes traditional German food and drink, a variety of live traditional and contemporary German music and dancing, and activities for the kids.

Admission is $10; ages 11 and younger are free. Parking is free. For information, visit OktoberfestInAugust.com.

The social club was founded in Chicago in 1878 by people from Württemberg, Germany, and the festival is in recognition of Germany's second-largest harvest festival in the Swabian capital of Stuttgart.

Sadie Kieffer, 7, of Los Angeles, visits family and also enjoys Oktoberfest on Saturday at the Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

Professional musician Michael Pleska, who goes by the stage name "Amazing Mike," plays two trumpets Saturday during Oktoberfest at the Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

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