Headliners for PrairieFest 2017 Announced

OSWEGO, IL — It’s that time of year again: Oswego PrairieFest. It's good food, live music and everyone in town loves it. The Oswegoland Park District announced the performers for PrairieFest 2017, set for June 15 to 18 at PrairieFest Park, 91 Plank Drive. And this year, it's expanded to a a four day celebration instead of three during Father's Day weekend. Sunday, June 18 will include a country music lineup.

This year, the Saturday night headliner on June 17 will be Sugar Ray. Gina Glocksen, Chicago-area rocker and American Idol alum will open for the night’s big act. Sugar Ray's lead singer is Mark McGrath and the group will perform its famous songs like, “Every Morning,” “Fly,” and “When It’s Over.”

Friday night, June 16 headliners will be Blessid Union of Souls and Eve 6, bringing their 90’s hits, “I Believe,” “Hey Leonardo,”and “I Wanna Be There.” We all know Eve 6 as the Southern California band known for the singles: “Inside Out,” “Here’s To The Night” and “Victoria.”

The theme of this year's PrairieFest is “Spirit of A Town, Party of The Summer.” And here’s a rundown of the 2017 entertainment lineup:

Thursday

The PrairieWinds Community Concert: a PrairieFest tradition for musicians in our area. Anyone interested in joining the community band can contact Ginny Bateman at gbateman@oswegolandpd.org or 630.554.4430.

Libido Funk Circus: LFC has been Chicago’s favorite dance party band for 20 years and this is they're first time coming to the PrairieFest stage.

Friday

Istvan and His Imaginary Band: This accomplished Chicago-area musician will lead our youngest concertgoers on a musical adventure at the Friday Family Concert on the PrairieFest main stage at noon.

Friday and Saturday
Cincinnati Circus: The circus is coming to Oswego! And it's bringing jugglers, trapeze and aerial artists, and their bed of nails to entertain crowds. Performances will be throughout Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17. (Workshops will also be available for those planning on running away to the circus one day.)

Blessid Union of Souls

Eve

Saturday

Gina Glocksen

Sugar Ray

Sunday

County Line Brothers: In the past, the Father’s Day Festival features three nights of quality concerts. But this June, PrairieFest expands for a Country Sunday. This year local band County Line Brothers will open for the extremely popular Chicago area Hillbilly Rockstarz.

Community groups and local businesses looking to support and be a part of the Expo Village, present an event, or march in the parade are encouraged to contact festival coordinator Kristie Vest at 630.554.4425 or by email at kvest@oswegolandpd.org.

And for more information, and festival updates, visit: prairiefest.com.

Photo Courtesy Oswegoland Park District