Hopstring Music Festival Returning to Joliet

Hopstring fest, Joliet’s premier music festival, kicks off again Saturday morning at Silver Cross Field.

The brainchild of Mike and Kathy Trizna, owners of Chicago Street Pub, Hopstring is a celebration of Midwestern craft beer, local culinary offerings and roots rock music.

Tickets for the 12-and-a-half-hour festival are available through the Hopstring website. Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door.

More than 30 bands will perform, starting on the main stage with the Hatfield Sisters and concluding with headliners Cornmeal.

Gates open at 10:30 a.m. and the music starts a half hour later.