Live music, dancing, hops harvesting and plenty of brats, sauerkraut, beer bread and ale will satisfy all on Labor Day, September 4, when the Genesee Country Village & Museum hosts its Hop Harvest Festival & German Heritage Day.
The Heidengold Dance Group, Enzian Bavarian Band and Dancers, Krazy Firemen along with the Alphorn Society of Western New York will provide non-stop musical entertainment during the day, while food tastings of German specialties will be available throughout the Historic Village.
Featured activities include hands-on hop-picking, a hops party dance, beer tastings and a look at the beer-making process at the country’s only museum with a working 19th-century brewery.
Meanwhile, the Historic Village will highlight demonstrations of cooking with beer and dyeing with parts of the hops plant plus its many medicinal uses.
Visitors will enjoy a bonus hour as the museum is open until 5 p.m.; time enough for barrel rolling and sack races or a chance to sit down to meal of bratwurst, sauerkraut, salt potatoes and beer bread or a “ploughman’s platter” featuring a selection of meats, cheese, homemade bread and heirloom grapes.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission cost $22 for adults, $19 for seniors and students; $14 for ages 4 to 18 and children three and under are free.
For further information, visit www.gcv.org or call 294-8218.
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