CZECH HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND MUZIKY THIS WEEKEND

  

The Czech Heritage and Cultural Center (TCHCC) in La Grange will be hosting the annual Heritage Festival & Muziky this Friday and Saturday.

The Fest will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon in front of the main building with Oktoberfest on the Deck. At 5:30 p.m., chicken-n-dumplings will be served at the Hanslik Banquet Hall. At 6:00 p.m., music will be provided by the Dujka Brothers Band until 9:30 PM.

On Saturday, an early 1900s recreated village complete with residential houses, barns, tavern, saw mill and general store will be at the TCHCC Complex. Demonstrations of early life for the immigrants will take place throughout the grounds all day. There will be farming and household demonstrations and several children’s activities including a Kolać Eating Contest, games and train rides. The 1880s Zapalac Saw Mill in the village will be operating, cutting wood at three times during the day.

The La Grange Ford Hospoda (Beer Garden) tent will be in the center of the village with musical entertainment all day. Music will begin at 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on the Shiner Beer Stage by the Shiner Hobo Band and the Czech & Then Some Band alternating. Drink concessions will feature Czech beer along with other favorites will be available. Food concessions will feature sausage and beer brats from Patek’s Shiner Smokehouse. BBQ sandwiches, chips, kolaće and other items will be available as well.

The day will conclude with the annual performance of Muziky, Muziky at the Sanford Schmid Amphitheater. This year’s Muziky will feature the Legends of Texas Polka Music Series, Part IV with the Retiring Performance of the Donnie Wavra Band. The Master of Ceremonies for the show will be the 2014 National Polka Music Pioneer Award winner, DJ and Bandleader Alfred Vrazel. The performance will be 7-9:30 p.m followed by a huge Fireworks Finale that will finish off the evening.tchcc-flyer-2016

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  1. I deeply regret that we missed the 2016 Czech Heritage Festival festival, October 14th and 15th. It would be greatly appreciated if you would let us know what weekend the October, 2017 Czech Heritage Festival will be held so we can make plans to attend. Thanks.

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