5 things to do in McHenry County: Swimming after dark, charity motorcycle ride and Vets 4 Veterans’ Families event

1. Just across the Lake-McHenry county line, Wauconda Fest will offer food, live entertainment, carnival rides and games, a bags tournament and car show this weekend.

The festival on Friday, June 25, features The Boy Band Night, with ’90s favorites, and Infinity, a Journey tribute band; Saturday brings Blooze Brothers, a Blues Brothers tribute band, and country band Rockstar Rodeo; and Sunday is capped by The Neverly Brothers, a rock ‘n’ roll band.

The festival grounds, located at 600 N. Main St., will be open from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

A fest button can be bought for $4 to gain admission each day. For information, go to the Wauconda Park District’s Wauconda Fest page at facebook.com/waucondafestrocks.

2. Woodstock Water Works will host Friday After Dark, where adults 21 and older can bring their rafts and friends for some pool time and music.

The event will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at Woodstock Water Works, 1313 Kishwaukee Valley Road in Woodstock.

Napoli’s Concession Stand will be open, and a cash bar will be available. Coolers are not allowed. Music in Motion will serve as DJ.

The entry fee will be $10 at the door, and IDs are required. Information can be found at woodstockrecreationdepartment.com.

3. Vets 4 Veterans’ Families on Saturday invites veterans and their families to share their stories, find help for post-traumatic stress disorder, collect resources to help one another, and have some fun.

The free event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 300 Pathway Court, Crystal Lake, according to a news release from American Legion Post 171, which is hosting the organization along with the church and other partner organizations.

Equine therapy programs will be presented by BraveHearts and Veterans R&R; classic cars as well as motorcycles from Woodstock Harley Davidson will be showcased; and children will have their own tent with games and activities, according to the release. Food trucks also will be on hand.

Information about Vets 4 Veterans’ Families can be found by contacting Bob Dorn at rdorn2@gmail.com or going to American Legion Post 171′s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AmericanLegionCrystalLake.

4. Start your Sunday morning with bottomless mimosas, an unlimited brunch buffet and music from the StanDard Jazz Project.

The jazz brunch will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Flores Banquets and Steel Heart Events, 240 N. Throop St. in Woodstock.

Tickets cost $26 for adults, and more information is available at steelheartevents.com.

5. A charity motorcycle ride Sunday from the Woodstock Harley-Davidson dealership to Niko’s Red Mill Tavern will raise money for a Lincolnshire toddler diagnosed with an extremely rare, incurable disease.

After 4-year-old Nash Stineman was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress, or SMARD, his parents founded the nonprofit smashSMARD, which is working to find a cure.

The charity ride will cost $35 per bike plus $5 a passenger. A rain date is set for July 17.

Participants also will be entered for a chance to win a 1955 Panhead Harley-Davidson. Additional raffle tickets can be bought at Woodstock Harley-Davidson, at one for $25 or five for $100. The bike giveaway will take place Sept. 26 at a second Dash 4 Nash event.

Registration starts at 9 a.m. Sunday, and the ride follows at 11 a.m., kicking off from the Woodstock Harley-Davidson, 2235 S. Eastwood Drive, and ending at Niko’s Red Mill Tavern, 1040 Lake Ave., where food and music will be offered.

For information, go to bit.ly/2021Dash4Nash.