The 12th annual Midwest Deutsche Octoberfest will be celebrated Sat., Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Rose Garden Banquet Hall, 2350 E. 8th, Hays.

Sunday will open with a Polka Mass at 10:30 a.m. with Fr. Earl Befort and the Catherine and Victoria Choir.

Polka band music will be performed by Karl Meis, The Hot Shots, The Wes Windholz Band, and Ron Werth and The Redd Hotz.

Homemade German foods and smoked pulled pork will be available for purchase including green bean dumpling soup, beans and noodles, potatoes and dumplings, bierocks, galuskies, kuchen, and spitzbuben. Advance orders and pick-up orders are also available.

Admission for Saturday and Sunday is $25 or $15 for Saturday or Sunday only. Children 12 and younger are admitted free. A $5 donation to the Harold Dorzweiler Cancer Memorial Fund is requested to attend only the Polka Mass.

For more information, call (785) 625-9508.