The table, ready for dinner on Oakland Avenue in 2019.

The North Shore Bank Shorewood Feast is returning — and could use your help! Volunteers are needed for the family-friendly all-day street festival, which takes place Saturday, September 11, and features local music, food, and shopping. It culminates in a harvest-style dinner for 125 at a long table running down Oakland Avenue.

Along the left side of the table: SVP retail banking Sue Doyle, longtime customer Richard, and Shannon at the 2019 Feast.

The inaugural Feast in 2019 was a smash, but the COVID-19 pandemic kept it from taking place again last year. The Feast’s return is highly anticipated, Shorewood branch manager Shannon Weber said.

“Because this is the second Feast, it is a bit easier this time around so far, and it is exciting to be able to work with people in the community outside again,” she said, noting that planning with the Shorewood Business Improvement District began about six months ago. “It is so great to see everyone coming out and enjoying just being together. I am told the turnout is expected to be even larger than last time because people are so ready to get back to just enjoying being out and a part of events such as this.”

Presented by the Shorewood Foundation, the Feast will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the 4200–4400 blocks of North Oakland Avenue. Besides the food and other booths, there will be two stages, kids’ activities, and the Shorewood Artisan Market. The harvest dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. All seven courses will be prepared by chefs and bakers with local ties, with many ingredients sourced from the Shorewood Farmers Market. You can see the lineup of performers, the vendors, and more information here. (Tickets for the dinner are already sold out.)

If you can help out at this year’s Shorewood Feast, please get in touch with Shannon at 414-964-6710 or sweber@northshorebank.com.