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A taste of German culture in Franklin

An Oktoberfest will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the National Guard Armory in Franklin.

The festival is put on by the Foundation for Angel Medical Center and will benefit the renovations for the Outpatient Medicine Department at the hospital.

There will be a silent auction, an oompah band, contests, food including marinated roast pork, potato pancakes, and other authentic German food and drink. The raffle is a football package, which includes four club seat tickets to the Bucs and Carolina Panthers on Dec. 4, at Tampa Bay, two rooms for two nights at the Westshore Hilton and $500 cash.  

Tickets are $50 each or four tickets for $100.

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