Frankfort Fall Fest 2018: Listen To This Year's Musical Acts

FRANKFORT, IL — For a half century, the centerpiece of the Frankfort Fall Festival has been the hundreds of artisans who showcase and sell their work over the Labor Day weekend. But over the years, the event also has built a reputation for the live musical acts that provide a soundtrack to the three-day festival.

Performances are scheduled on two stages throughout the festival. The Breidert Green Stage is a self-described "family-friendly space" that allows visitors to listen to performers under a shaded tent during the day and into the early evening.

Sitting to the west of the Food Court in the Breidert Green parking lot, the Beer and Wine Garden — also known as The Garden 2018 — offers day and night musical entertainment for festival-goers, especially those who want to get a jump on their weekend fun. Musical acts begin performing Friday night, hours before vendors open their booths but a couple days after the Fall Festival's rides start rolling.

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"After being the entertainment chair last year, they asked me if I wanted to do it again, and I thought to myself, 'If I can just spend three days listening to bands and having a great time,' I said, 'I'm in'," Eric Walton said in a festival video announcing this year's acts.

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Check out the who is playing when on the Breidert Green Stage and in the Beer and Wine Garden. This isn't the first time at the Frankfort Fall Festival for many of the 2018 performers. Not familiar with the musical acts? Listen to a preview before they go onstage live.

Breidert Green Stage

Saturday, Sept. 1

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Electric Avenue

2 to 3:30 p.m.: The Wild Upside (The GenXorcist)

4:30 to 6 p.m.: Strung Out

Sunday, Sept. 2

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Crawford's Daughter

2 to 3:30 p.m.: Phylis Renee Marconi

Monday, Sept. 3

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Jimmy O and Rhonda Lee

2 to 4 p.m.: Whiskeyfist

More Details: Go to the Breidert Green Stage page on the Frankfort Fall Festival website.

Beer and Wine Garden or The Garden 2018

Hours: The venue is open 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, Aug. 31; 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday, Sept. 1, and Sunday, Sept. 2; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3.

Admission: $5 cover charge. After 6 p.m., the garden is only open to customers 21 and older.

Parking: New this year, Friday night parking will be available for $10 at St. Peter's Church, 12 W. Sauk Trail. Parking also will be available Saturday and Sunday night, with a shuttle running from 8 to 11:30 p.m. both nights to take festival-goers from the grassy lot at LaGrange Road and Nebraska Street, which is run by Frankfort Boy Scouts Troop 270. Drivers can park there for a $10 donation to the troop. The distance from the lot to Frankfort's downtown is about a half mile using sidewalks or Old Plank Trail.

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Food: Some of the Fall Festival booths run by Frankfort nonprofit groups and businesses will remain open in the adjacent Food Court during the nightly shows.

Musical Acts

Friday, Aug. 31

8 to 11 p.m.: Maggie Speaks Unplugged

Saturday, Sept. 1

1 to 4 p.m.: Grace and John

8 to 11 p.m.: Gone 2 Paradise (Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band)

Sunday, Sept. 2

1 to 4:30 p.m.: Related Rhapsody

8 to 11 p.m.: Chicago Experience (Chicago Tribute Band)

Monday, Sept. 3

1 to 4 p.m.: The Weeds

More Details: Go to the Beer and Wine Garden page on Frankfort Fall Festival's website.

The Chicago Experience, a Chicago tribute act, will perform at the Beer and Wine Garden during the 2018 Frankfort Fall Festival. (Image via the Chicago Experience Band | YouTube)