Bratwurst, sauerkraut and cloggers will bring in a not-your-average weekend in Charleston this week.

The fourth-annual Oktoberfest celebration is Saturday, in conjunction with Eastern’s Family Weekend.

Several Charleston businesses will come out to celebrate the German holiday on Saturday with Charleston and Eastern families. Several local vendors will open their booths to sell merchandise, and there will also be pony rides, arts and crafts, face painting, ice cream and winter vegetables.

Marianne Farrar, owner of Marianne’s Delicatessen and chair of Charleston’s Oktoberfest committee, said the purpose of the celebration is to bring students into Charleston and give them something to do.

“Students complained that this town sucks, that there’s nothing to do,” Farrar, Eastern’s former administrator of food services, said.

The festivities will be from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m on the Square. The Fest will be held from Sixth Street and Monroe Avenue to Seventh Street and Jackson Avenue.

At 1 p.m., Sparlings Tae Kwon Do will give a demonstration, followed by acoustic rock musician Ryan Groff at 2 p.m. and Butcher’s Legs, a modern bluegrass funk group, at 3 p.m.

At 6:30 p.m., the 4-H Cloggers will also perform.

The day will wrap up at 8 p.m. with the St. Louis rock band Tube Socks, who will play at Jackson Avenue Coffee.

Some of the vendors attending Oktoberfest are Razor’s Edge, who will give free massages, The Uptowner, featuring Oktoberfest imported beer, The Giraffe with children’s clothing, Jackson Avenue Coffee and Marianne’s Delicatessen.

Marianne’s will feature German foods all day, such as bratwurst, sauerkraut, German pork roast, potato salad and pastries.

Oktoberfest is not in October this year because the shop owners wanted to attract the families from Family Weekend.

“We want people to know that there’s more in Charleston than Lincoln Avenue,” said Dulcy Dawson, owner of Jackson Avenue Coffee.