Menomonee Valley oompah

I hear that this week is Milwaukee Beer Week, which makes it the perfect time to announce that Potawatomi Bingo Casino gets all Bavarian On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, when it celebrates its first-ever Oktoberfest down in the valley from 10:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 until 6 Sunday.

Guests 18 and over can hit the Woodland Dreams Ballroom for German food and beer and German oompah bands will perform throughout the casino that weekend.

The ballroom will also be decked out to resemble a German village with cottages and long Hofbräuhaus-style tables reminiscent.

You can also bring home a souvenir stein, T-shirt or hat.

The event starts with a traditional tapping of the first barrel on Saturday, featuring the Spaten Girls.