This weekend will mark the first official weekend of Autumn and the celebration of Oktoberfest in New Glarus from September 25-27.

The annual festival is always held the last weekend in September.

Oktoberfest will feature a number of great activities, including free admission to the festival tent on First Street, live music, wagon rides, chainsaw carving, an antique tractor pull and of course lots of great food and refreshments, There will also be commemorative glassware as well as t-shirts and sweatshirts on sale in the festival tent.

On Friday the tent will open at 5:00 p.m., and music...