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Friday, May 20
6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Hermann Jaycees carnival rides, City Park
6:00 to Midnight
Hermann Jaycees Beer Garden, Upper City Park
Friday night Live music at Simon's on on the Waterfront

Saturday, May 21
9:00 to 5:00
Schiller Street Volksplatz. More than 40 vendor booths—food, arts and crafts and demonstrations
10:00 to 4:00
Historic Hermann Tours — Deutschheim State Historic Site (tours at 10:00 12:30 & 2:30), German School, Gasconade County Historical Society Archive Center
10:00 to 4:00 Misemer's Mini Train Rides, Volksplatz
10:00 to 3:00 Blacksmithing Demonstration, Forge on Gutenerg Street
10:00 to 6:00 Antiques and old-time displays at Red Barn Craft Shop at the end of West Ninth Street
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Hermann Jaycees carnival rides, City Park
11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Maifest Bier Garten — Entertainment, food and drink, Sesquicentennial Park, 3rd and Gutenberg
12:00 Noon
Kinder King and Queen Contest, German School Lawn
12:00 to 5:00 Loehnig Family Band, Stone Hill Winery
12:45 p.m. Junior Wurstjaegers at Stone Hill Winery
2:30 p.m. Wurstjaeger Dancers at Stone Hill Winery
1:00 to 3:00 Roving accordion player Glenda Thompson, downtown historic district
1:00 to 6:00 Music by St. Louis Czech Express, Tin Mill Brewery
1:00 to 5:00 Music by Badlands, OakGlenn Winery ($5 cover charge)
Throughout the day German food, music and dancing at Hermannhof Winery
2:00 to 3:30
Old-fashioned German-style kids games, German School Lawn
6:00 to Midnight
Jaycee Beer Garden, City Park (live entertainment 6:00 to 10:00)
Saturday Night Music by the Bluff-tones at the Bank Bar on Schiller Street
Saturday night Live music at Simon's on Wharf Street

Sunday, May 22
10:00 to 4:00
Schiller Street Volksplatz. More than 40 vendor booths—food, arts and crafts and demonstrations
10:00 to 4:00
Historic Hermann Tours — Deutschheim State Historic Site, German School, Gasconade County Historical Society Archive Center
10:00 to 4:00 Misemer's Mini Train Rides, Volksplatz
11:00 to 4:00
Maifest Bier Garten — Entertainment, food and drink, Sesquicentennial Park, 3rd and Gutenberg
12:00 to 5:00 Loehnig Family Band, Stone Hill Winery
Throughout the day German food, music and dancing at Hermannhof Winery
10:00 to 3:00 Blacksmithing Demonstration, Forge on Gutenerg Street
10:00 to 6:00 Antiques and old-time displays at Red Barn Craft Shop at the end of West Ninth Street
11:30 a.m.
Reception at the Gasconade County Courthouse honoring 2011 parade grand marshals Calvin and Caroll Scheidegger
12:30 p.m. Re-enactment of the firing of the Little Cannon on the Courthouse lawn
1:00
Parade — celebrating the 175th anniversary of Hermann's founding
1:00 to 3:00 Roving accordion player Glenda Thompson, downtown historic district
2:30 Salt n' Patter puppet shows at 2:30 and 3:30 in the Community Room, across from the German School on Schiller Street. Balloon animals for kids between shows.

Maifest activities will be held throughout town all weekend at Hermannhof and Stone Hill Wineries, the Tin Mill Brewing Company, and other locations. Click for lodging information.