Thursday, July 10, 2008

41st annual Germanfest in Lombard Illinois

Sacred Heart Parish is celebrating its 41st annual Germanfest. It is held in Lombard Illinois and less than a 2 hour drive from Milwaukee. Admission is FREE all four days.

Dates & hours are:
July 17 - 20, 2008

Thurs: 6 pm - 10 pm
Fri: 6 pm - 11 pm
Sat: 12 Noon - 11 pm
Sun: 12 Noon - 9 pm

This parish festival has a great lineup of entertainment at their annual 4 day fest. Our friends the Chicago Donauschwaben will be performing at this festival on Friday and hope you come out to see them.

Thursday: 7 pm - Person-to-Person
Friday: 7 pm Hirsch & Chicago Donauschwabische Dance Group
Saturday: 3 pm Hirsch
7:30 pm - Seventh Heaven
Sunday: 12 Noon - Father Dan Band
1 pm - Musical Memories
4 pm - Die Lustingen Musikanten & Egerlander Dance Troupe

The address for Sacred Heart Parish is:
114 S. Elizabeth Street (At corner of Maple & Elizabeth Sts. -- 2 block west of Main Street) Lombard, Illinois. Just put that address in at
Mapquest and it will take you right there.

German Specialty Foods featured all day: Pork Loin, Sauerkraut, German Potato Sald, Strudel & more. Beer & Wine tasting on Friday & Saturday. Lombard Illinois is only a short ride from Milwaukee. Paste in the above address in the Mapquest gadget at the bottom of this page and you will see that it is less than 2 hours.