In recent years, Heritage Hall Museum and Archives, located adjacent to the Freeman Academy campus, offers historical presentations during Schmeckfest.
[citation needed] 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.
The German "tasting festival" was served buffet style in the basement of Pioneer Hall in Freeman, SD.
The cost of meal tickets was one dollar for adults and fifty cents for grade school children.
[citation needed] Following a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-22, Schmeckfest returned in 2023 as a one-weekend festival; that format continues.