Local Scene: Festival season in full swing in the Illinois Valley

Here are five things to do this weekend:

1. Streator Park Fest: The three-day festival begins Friday featuring a carnival, live music and food and craft vendors at Streator City Park. The carnival will open 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and operate noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Ralph Hepola Jazz Band will perform 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Plumb Pavilion. Following Hepola’s performance from 6 to 9:30 p.m. will be the KGB Band, featuring ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s rock music. Mary and the Troublemakers will round out the live entertainment from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday with songs from the 1940s to modern day. A kids parade is set at noon Saturday from the center of the park and will travel through the vendor show. Go to https://www.facebook.com/lightupstreator for more details.

2. La Salle Music and Art Festival: Six bands are scheduled to perform Saturday and Sunday at Pulaski Park in La Salle. The Wise Guys will perform 4:30 to 6 p.m., Written Warning 6:30 to 8 p.m. and 303 8:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday; then Tailgate Confessions 3:30 to 5 p.m., Abbynormal 5:30 to 7 p.m. and NBT Funk 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The festival also will feature art, food vendors and a beer tent. Admission is free.

3. Wild Bill Days: Join the Old West Regulators as they reenact the life and times of La Salle County native Wild Bill Hickok with performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in downtown Utica. There also will be special La Salle County Historical Society museum exhibits, blacksmithing demos and other family activities noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

4. Bark in Lehigh Park: The inaugural Bark in Lehigh Park in Oglesby will celebrate the grand opening of the Starved Rock Dog Park. America’s Best Frisbee Dogs will perform shows at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. A K-9 search and rescue demonstration is planned for noon. There will be pet photographers, pet vendors, a grooming unit, food trucks for human) and city dog tags available for purchase for residents. Good bags will be provided for the first 100 attendees.

5. Memorial Day Car Show: The event kicks off at 4 p.m. in downtown Sheridan. Grilled food will be available from the American Legion Post 729. Abbynormal will perform 8 to 11 p.m. at the Sheridan Elevator, 215 N. Robinson St.

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