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2020 Events

Friday
March
20th
6 - 10 PM CANCELLED
Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Saturday
March
21st
6 - 10 PM CANCELLED
Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Friday
March
27th
6 - 10 PM CANCELLED
Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Saturday
March
28th
6 - 10 PM CANCELLED
Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Saturday
April
18th
Big Band Dancing *POSTPONED*

THE CORRAL
4900 S. Willow Springs Road
Western Springs, IL
2 - 4:30 pm

FREE ADMISSION

For more info:
https://do312.com/events/2020/4/18/big-band-dancing-and-nostalgia-with-the-ron-smolen-orchestra
Friday
May
22nd
6 - 10 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Saturday
May
23rd
6 - 10 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL

2019 Highlights

Saturday
April
6th
Big Band Dancing

THE CORRAL
4900 S. Willow Springs Road
Western Springs, IL
2 - 4:30 pm

For more info: https://do312.com/events/2019/4/6/big-band-dancing-and-nostalgia-with-the-ron-smolen-orchestra
Friday
July
26th
1 - 3 PM Polka Band

25th Annual Pierogi Fest
Whiting, Indiana

Main Stage (Sheridan Avenue)
Saturday
August
3rd
5 - 8 PM Polka Band

Hofbrau Pop-up Biergarten
at
Centennial Park

900 N. Centennial Drive, Munster, IN 46321
Friday
September
6th
6 - 10 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Saturday
September
7th
6 - 10 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Schnitzel Platz Restaurant
729 North Ave, Glendale Heights, IL
Wednesday
September
11th
10:30 PM - 2 PM (Trio)
Hammond Indiana Annual Senior Picnic
Wicker Park Pavilion
Highland, Indiana
Friday
September
13th
7:30 PM (Trio)
Private Dinner Dance
Chicago Ridge, IL
Friday
September
20th
House Party - (Private)
With Die Muzikmeisters German Band
Hinsdale, IL
Saturday
September
21st
11 AM - 2 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods
Ukrainian village
2021 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Saturday
September
21st
8 PM (Big Band)
Private Dance Club
Itasca Illinois
Sunday
September
22nd
11 AM - 2 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods Park Ridge
1900 S Cumberland Ave, Park Ridge, IL
Saturday
September
28th
Noon
Private
Chicago
Sunday
September
29th
1PM Oktoberfest
Downtown Evanston IL
With Die Muzikmeisters German Band
Friday
October
4th
4PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Brook Dale Seniors
Olympia Fields IL
Saturday
October
5th
11 AM - 2 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods Glenview East
25 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL
Saturday
October
5th
7:15 pm
St. Edmund Parish Oak Park IL
With Die Muzikmeisters German Band
Sunday
October
6th
1 - 3 pm Oktoberfest (Combo)
Holy Cross Church 3116 S. Racine Chicago IL
Friday
October
11th
3PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Wyndemere Senior Community
Wheaton, IL
Saturday
October
12th
5 - 8 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods Edgewater
5201 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL
Sunday
October
13th
1 - 3 PM (Combo)
Elks Lodge OPEN HOUSE Dancing
157 W Jefferson St, Valparaiso, Indiana
Saturday
October
19th
5 - 8 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods Bucktown
2112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Saturday
October
26th
5 - 8 PM Oktoberfest (Combo)
Mariano's Finer Foods Lakeview East
3030 N Broadway, Chicago, IL
Wednesday
October
31st
7 PM (Trio)
Annual Halloween Party
Friendship Village, Schaumburg, IL



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