EVANS CITY— Organizers of the borough's annual Oktoberfest are pairing a popular summer combination for this year's fall festival.

The three-day event, which starts Friday and features craft and food vendors, as well as a parade and contests, will also pair the annual car cruise with Johnny Angel and the Halos.

Organizer Tim Deily said the car cruise and concert, which wrap up the festival events on Sunday,

Johnny Angel and the Halos, he said, are typically a large draw.

"People go to see them wherever they go," he said.

This year's festival also features other musical acts as well, including local musician John Burg and one-man band Waldo Young.

This year's Oktoberfest will also feature a new event, Oktoberfest Challenge.

Deily said the contest, modeled after NBC's reality show "Fear Factor," will challenge contestants to competitions ranging from physical obstacle course to trying on clothing that's too small for the contestant and riding mini tricycles.

But, he said, the contest won't face the sick-out eating events faced by contestants on the NBC program.

"It's more of a physical sort of thing than a gross-out," Deily said.

Deily said the contest will include both children and adult age groups.

This year, festival goers will also get to vote for their favorite float in the annual parade, Deily said.

At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, as the floats line up for the 11 a.m. parade, people will have a chance to enter their vote for the People's Choice award.

This year's Oktoberfest will also include tours of the Evans City Historical Society, the Little Miss and Mr. Oktoberfest contest, Cranberry Township's Mobile Fire House, a concert by the Evans City Middle School band, a library book sale and a kid's tractor pull.

The festival, which starts Friday, will end at 5 p.m. Sunday with a community church service.

Events at this year's Evans City Oktoberfest include:<b>Friday</b>9 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Craft and food vendors10 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Tour of Historical Society10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Evans City Library used book, video and DVDsale4 to 6 p.m. — Waldo Young, one-man band5 to 6 p.m. — Walker's Mini Horses6:30 p.m. — Little Miss and Mr. Oktoberfest Contest<b>Saturday</b>9 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Craft and food vendors9 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Cranberry Township Mobile Firehouse9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Evans City Library used book, video and DVDsale10 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Tour of Historical Society9:30 to 10:30 a.m. — Voting of People's Choice awards for parade floats10 to 11 a.m. — Parade line up on Jefferson Street11 a.m. — Parade11:30 a.m. — Evans City Middle School band concertNoon — Resurrection concert11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Walker's Mini Horses1:30 p.m. — Kid's tractor pull2 to 4 p.m. — Glade Run Family Fun3 p.m. — Oktoberfest Challenge5 to 7 p.m. — John Burg Band<b>Sunday</b>Noon to 5 p.m. — Craft and food vendorsNoon to 1 p.m. — Walker's Mini Horses1 to 3 p.m. — Car Cruise1 to 2:30 p.m. — Johnny Angel and the Halos5 p.m. — Community church service.