OktoberFest at the Champaign County Historical Museum

The Champaign County Historical Society has run this one-day October fundraiser on the museum grounds in Urbana for more than half a century. Handcrafted goods fill the vendor rows - pottery, candles, wreaths, soaps, quilts, jewelry and woodcrafts - alongside food vendors, live entertainment and activities for children. Admission also gets visitors into the museum itself. Ticket revenue funds over half of the society's annual operating budget.