Last year's Booktoberfest helped raise money for the Southe Butler Community Library. This year's event will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company's hall, 210 Home Ave., Saxonburg.

SAXONBURG — Booktoberfest to benefit the South Butler Community Library will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company fire hall, 210 Horne Ave.

The second annual event is a fun Oktoberfest evening of German food, music, brews and community mingling to benefit the library, 240 W. Main St.

The evening will feature local brewed beers from Cellar Works Brewing, German dinner from The Eatery & More, brats and kraut from Thoma Meat Market, and German music by the Barons-Lite Band.

This is an excerpt from a story that appeared in Monday's Butler Eagle.