
Valley Senior Living's 5th Annual Oktoberfest
September 25, 2025 | 5pm-7:30pm | Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND

Oktoberfest proceeds benefit the Community Connections program at Valley Senior Living.
With a focus on keeping Valley Senior Living residents connected to the community, the Community Connections program includes life enrichments for residents including the opportunity to stay active in clubs and organizations, go to sporting events, concerts, theater productions, and continuing the connections they have to the community.
The Wishing Well Fund is a part of the Community Connections program, and gives residents the opportunity to reconnect with their past or experience something they've always wanted to do by providing resources necessary to grant their wish..
First 320 tickets receive a commemorative beer stein!
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Appetizer – Pretzels Beer Cheese Dip and Stone-Ground Mustard (V)
Soup – Berlin Kartoffelsuppe (GF) & Knoephla
Main Dishes – Pork Schnitzel, Rope Sausage (GF), & Sauerbraten (GF)
Kasespaetzle (V) & German (warm) Potato Salad (GF)
Dessert – Rice Pudding (V) (GF) and Semmelschmarrn (Bread Pudding) (V)
ONLINE SILENT AUCTION SCHEDULE
Item Preview Available September 15, 2025
Bidding Opens September 19, 2025
Bidding Closes September 25, 2025
"HAPPY MUSIC FOR HAPPY PEOPLE!"
Matt Hodek’s Dakota Dutchmen band is an authentic style polka band from Lankin, ND. They use traditional instruments such as concertina, accordion, tuba, piano, brass, reeds and drums to make up the sounds of this fine group of musicians. The tunes they play not only include polkas and waltzes but foxtrot, two-step, big band and an occasional patriotic song.