Fairfield First Fridays celebrates Oktoberfest

Join Fairfield First Fridays for the 12th annual Oktoberfest 6-10 p.m. Friday in Central Park.

The Oktoberfest Committee has planned many activities for the evening, including live music by The Jonas Magram Jazz Quintet, and a few other local musicians, the annual Wiener Dog Races, lawn games, a dog parade, carriage rides, prize drawings, giveaways, treats for the pups and a few new activities for kids.

Food vendors, artists, crafters and more, like Jefferson County Health Center with pretzels and root beer, will be set up in Central Park. The Fairfield Arts & Convention Center has donated two pairs of tickets for upcoming holiday shows to be given away during the October First Fridays; stop by the Fairfield First Friday's tent to register to win prizes and treats for the kids and pups.

The timeline for the evening is:

6 p.m. - Wiener Dog Races registration/live music starts.

6:15 p.m. - Tapping of the keg.

6:30 p.m. - Jonas Magram Jazz Quintet in the Ron Prill Band Stand.

6:30 p.m. - Wiener Dog Races begin, with dog parade following.

In the event of rain, the event will be moved to Phoenix Rising. Announcements will be made on social media, local radio and the Fairfield First Fridays website fairfieldartwalk@gmail.com in the event of inclement weather.

Many galleries, shops and restaurants will be open on and around the square. A few of the venues are listed below:

' Americus Gallery with Christopher Kufner's oil paintings, oil paintings by Kim Kufner, watercolor and ink paintings by Genevra Bell, art glass vases by David Lotton and diochroic glass jewelry by Pedro Lujano.

' Art FiftyTwo will feature Rod Falk's Elements in Motion through Oct. 20.

' Carnegie Historical Museum will have Parsons College artifacts scattered throughout the museum in preparation for the alumni reunion this weekend. Members of the Carnegie Museum Foundation Board will supervise children's activities: mini s'mores outside, weather permitting, and inside on the third floor - creepy popcorn hands, ghost pops and coloring your own helmet.

' Fellowship of the Holy Spirit will have spiritual/mystical art by Richard Trice and Laura Weinberg.

' ICON Gallery will have the new Visionary Dimensions by visionary artists Amarnath Mukta, Zachary Brown, Peter Clemens, Kathleen Deyo, Kim Johnson and Douglas Walker.

' Revelations will have Peter Clemens: Yantras, Freddy Fonseca: Photographs, and John Schirmer: Paintings. Hannelore Stimson, cello and piano, will be 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Visit the Fairfield First Fridays Art Walk website for more information as the event approaches, www.fairfieldfirstfridays.org. For additional information, vendor space or to volunteer, contact Marla at fairfieldartwalk@gmail.com or call 233 8883.