Carnival Hours, Food Vendors, Music: Guide To Cream Of Wheaton 2025

WHEATON, IL — The 2025 Cream of Wheaton Festival opens Thursday, bringing four days of carnival rides, live music and food vendors to downtown Wheaton and Memorial Park.

Below, you'll find your guide to attending this year's Cream of Wheaton.

Carnival Hours

June 5: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

June 6: 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.

June 7: 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.

June 8: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Single-day wristbands for unlimited rides are available for $25 apiece online and $30 in person and can be purchased to use from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday or from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Click the link to buy a carnival wristband.

Food Vendors

• Buddy Mac's Eat-N-Run
• Cin-Teas-Boba Inc.
• Cooper Concessions
• Dippin' Dots
• Genoa Concessions
• Graham's Fine Chocolates & Ice Cream
• High Rollers Company
• Jamba Juice
• Pierogi Rig
• RS Concessions

Live Music

June 5

6 p.m.: Mixtape Collective

8 p.m.: Kaleidoscope Eyes: A Tribute to the Beatles

June 6

4 p.m.: Phase 5

6 p.m.: Wheaton Dad Band

8 p.m.: Boy Band Night

June 7

2 p.m.: Chemically Imbalanced

4 p.m.: Liquidated Damages

6 p.m.: Vital Signs

8 p.m.: Hi Infidelity

June 8
12 p.m.: Nite Hawks

1:45 p.m.: Common Area Maintenance

3:45 p.m.: Banned Joe

5:45 p.m.: The Throwbacks

The four-day festival also features an arts and crafts fair, a business expo and face painting and other kid-friendly activities.