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Pride Of The Fox RiverFest
With entertainment for all ages, St. Charles annual Pride of the Fox RiverFest, Downtown and along the riverside, combines unique experiences with festival favorites.
Unique among Chicagoland festivals, RiverFest presents the annual running of the 2,000-year-old sport of dragon boat racing, the 40-ton Fantasy Sand Sculpture, water ski shows, separate juried craft and fine art shows, carnival and programs a wide variety of events and entertainment on two free stages at six activity sites from Pottawatomie Park on the north to First Ave. on the south and Lincoln Park on the west.
Riverside Stage
The Riverside Stage, at E. Main St. and First Avenue (across from City Hall, along the east bank of the Fox River), will present continuous music amid a fun, food and spirits atmosphere Friday evening and all day and evening Saturday and Sunday. (Click Riverside Stage button at left for complete schedule.)
The Gazebo Stage in Lincoln Park, at W. Main St. and Fourth St., adds a variety of band performances to that site's emphasis on family activities and RiverFest's "Taste of the Festival" - 10 food booths open day and night. Lincoln Park also is home to free children's activities -- KidsFun Tent, Children's Theater (magic shows, puppets, storyteller, etc.), and Do-It-Yourself Picasso art activity. Not free, but still great fun, are the pony rides, petting zoo and inflatables also located in Lincoln Park.
Visually appealing for its unusually large scale is the Fantasy Sand Sculpture that begins as a 40-ton pile of sand on the Municipal Building parking lot on Wednesday, and is transformed through the week into a spectacular work of art under the hands of a World Champion Sand Sculptor.
Dragon Boat Racing, begun as a commemorative event 2,000 years ago in China, is a growing international competition, with the American Dragon Boat Association sanctioning the RiverFest races Saturday and Sunday on the east bank of the river along Pottawatomie Park. Teams of 20 people paddle the ornately decorated 40-foot-long, 1,900-pound boats down a 328-yard course in head-to-head races, with the time for two successive heats combined to determine the winners.
Unique among Chicagoland festivals, RiverFest presents the annual running of the 2,000-year-old sport of dragon boat racing, the 40-ton Fantasy Sand Sculpture, water ski shows, separate juried craft and fine art shows, carnival and programs a wide variety of events and entertainment on two free stages at six activity sites from Pottawatomie Park on the north to First Ave. on the south and Lincoln Park on the west.
Riverside Stage
The Riverside Stage, at E. Main St. and First Avenue (across from City Hall, along the east bank of the Fox River), will present continuous music amid a fun, food and spirits atmosphere Friday evening and all day and evening Saturday and Sunday. (Click Riverside Stage button at left for complete schedule.)
The Gazebo Stage in Lincoln Park, at W. Main St. and Fourth St., adds a variety of band performances to that site's emphasis on family activities and RiverFest's "Taste of the Festival" - 10 food booths open day and night. Lincoln Park also is home to free children's activities -- KidsFun Tent, Children's Theater (magic shows, puppets, storyteller, etc.), and Do-It-Yourself Picasso art activity. Not free, but still great fun, are the pony rides, petting zoo and inflatables also located in Lincoln Park.
Visually appealing for its unusually large scale is the Fantasy Sand Sculpture that begins as a 40-ton pile of sand on the Municipal Building parking lot on Wednesday, and is transformed through the week into a spectacular work of art under the hands of a World Champion Sand Sculptor.
Dragon Boat Racing, begun as a commemorative event 2,000 years ago in China, is a growing international competition, with the American Dragon Boat Association sanctioning the RiverFest races Saturday and Sunday on the east bank of the river along Pottawatomie Park. Teams of 20 people paddle the ornately decorated 40-foot-long, 1,900-pound boats down a 328-yard course in head-to-head races, with the time for two successive heats combined to determine the winners.