 The 2021 festival is scheduled March 19–20, 26–27, and will retain the 62nd.The Schmeckfest meal was served buffet style in the early years before switching to family style in 1965.In 2018, buffet-style serving returned for the 60th Schmeckfest, which is part of an emphasis on the historic nature of the 2018 observance and continues as the dining format.