Downtown Oak Park is having a big, free party for Oak Parkers and all others who love a good party this weekend.



Oaktoberfest starts Friday, Sept. 20 and runs through Saturday night. We've pulled the Oaktoberfest site into one post to load you up with information on the event.



The Beer While the event is free, the booze is not (What?! No free beer? Nope, sorry.).

While the event is free, the booze is not (What?! No free beer? Nope, sorry.). Craft beer will be offered as well as a selection of fine wines. One drink ticket is $7; Three drink tickets, plus a 22-ounce souvenir mug: $20. The Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association (Friday night) and the Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce (Saturday) will provide volunteer pourers and collect tips to support their non-profits.

Craft beers include: Revolution Anti-Hero IPA

Argus Ironhouse

Hopothesis Drafty Window

Leinenkugel Original

Lakefront Fixed Gear

New Holland the Poet

Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat

Samuel Adams Octoberfest

New Belgium Pumpkick

Firestone Walker Octoberv Parking Parking garages are free for the first hour. You can try the Holley Court Garage, which has entrances on Marion and Ontario streets, or the Lake Street and Forest Avenue Garage, with entrances on Lake Street and Forest Avenue.



Surface parking

There's no time limit for parking between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, and all spaces are free after 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Find out more about parking in Oak Park on the Oaktoberfest site

The Music Parking garages are free for the first hour. You can try the, which has entrances on Marion and Ontario streets, or the, with entrances on Lake Street and Forest Avenue.There's no time limit for parking between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, and all spaces are free after 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Find out more about parking in Oak Park on the Oaktoberfest site here FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Honey Honey, 4-6 p.m., Americana — Los Angeles, CA "Burlap and opals. Moonshine and macrobiotics. Shaken and soothed. How Suzanne Santo (vocals/banjo/violin) and Ben Jaffe (vocals/guitar) managed to reconcile not just polemics, but seemingly opposed realities for their sexually tinged, bruised knee honeysuckle take on roots music has to be heard to be understood." honeyhoneyband.com

Acoustic Syndicate, 6-8 p.m., Americana, Rock — Asheville, NC 6-8 p.m.Americana, Rock — Asheville, NC "Known for its high-energy, positive sound, Acoustic Syndicate delivers a genre-defying performance, masterfully blending its eclectic influences with trademark finesse that only 17 years of cohesive teamwork can bring." acousticsyndicate.com

Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts, 8-10 p.m., Pop, Folk, Americana — Rockford, IL

, 8-10 p.m., Pop, Folk, Americana — Rockford, IL Let it snap, let it roll, hand claps, drums crash, tele-tones and solos. Somewhere between a bar and the recording studio, Miles Nielsen's stirs up his own pop rock brand of Beatles-eque Cosmic Americana. milesnielsen.com