The 11th annual Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest will be celebrated in Hays Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27, at the Rose Garden Banquet Hall, 2350 East 8th.

Polka bands providing the dancing and listening music include Karl Meis, The Hot Shots, The Wes Windholz Band and John Stehle & The Alpine Polka Dots.

Homemade German cuisine as well as barbecued foods will be available for purchase.

Hours of the Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest are 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Sunday will open with a Polka Mass at 10:30 a.m. with Father Earl Befort and the Catherine and Victoria German Choir. The event concludes at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $15 for both days, $10 for Saturday only, and $7 for Sunday only. Children younger than 16 are admitted free.

Ellis County was recognized as the German Capital of Kansas in 2003.

More information is available by calling Leo Dorzweiler at (785) 625-9508.