Joliet Park District officials announced Wednesday morning that there will be no Taste of Joliet in 2026.

Park officials said in a news release that they will bring back a “brand new event” in 2027 but did not give an indication of what it may look like.

Taste of Joliet has been the biggest summer festival in Joliet, drawing big name music acts for three days of concerts.

Whether such an event should be scheduled for late June as has been the tradition is one of the matters being reconsidered.

“I don’t know if there’s ever a safe time to do it, but we’ve had some extreme weather in recent years,” park district Executive Director Brad Staab said.

He noted 100-degree temperatures at the 2025 Taste of Joliet.

The Taste of Joliet this year “broke even” with a profit of $500, Staab said.

The event has “never lost money,” he said.

Taste of Joliet has drawn tens of thousands of visitors. But staging big-name music acts also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Staab noted the event was in its 20th year in 2025, which prompted the decision to look at doing something different.

“I think it’s just 20 years of doing the same event the same way,” he said. “We thought it was time to take a breather.”

Park officials over the years have alluded to the work and volunteer efforts required to stage Taste of Joliet, which was suggested again in the news release announcing the end of the event.

“We are a park district, not a music venue, yet we provided top level artists year after year,” park board President Sue Gulas said in the news release. “Special thanks to our amazing staff and volunteers who transformed a stadium into a concert venue and put on an event of this level for so long. Stay tuned for 2027!”

What 2027 will look like is not clear.

Staab said no decisions have been made, although the new event is likely to be at Memorial Stadium.

“We’re assuming at this point that it will be back at the stadium,” he said.