Railroad Days is back! Join us at Pioneer Park in West Chicago starting Thursday, July 7 through Sunday, July 10. Events include a carnival, regional music acts, kids’ activities, fireworks, beer tent, and plenty of food.
The four-day festival includes a carnival, regional music acts, kids’ activities, food, a beer tent, and fireworks.
ENTERTAINMENT
Thursday
Sammy & The Knights at 6 p.m.
The Paul Abella Trio at 8:30pm
Friday
DJ Israel Garcia 4:30 p.m.
Southbound Chicago at 6:00pm.
Rico at 9 p.m.
Saturday
DJ Israel Garcia at 4:30 p.m.
The Student Body at 6:30 p.m.
Fueled by Emo at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday
Brandon Perez will open the final day of the festival at 3:45 p.m.
Grupo Rimel at 5:30 p.m.
Calaveras LD will close out the festival at 8 p.m.
CARNIVAL
Carnival hours are: 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 to 10 p.m. Sunday. There are unlimited ride specials for $30 on Thursday and $25 Saturday and Sunday.
KIDS ZONE
There will be a Kids Zone for ages prekindergarten to fifth grade noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Make your own creatures, bubbles and games, goody bags, soccer and face painting. And, best of all, a magician!
Fireworks are at dusk Saturday. A free shuttle bus service is available from 6 to 11 p.m. The buses will be running at 15-minute intervals at each pick-up/drop-off location.
PARADE CANCELLED
The Sunday parade has been cancelled by the City of West Chicago:
In response to the tragedy that occurred at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, the City of West Chicago has made the difficult decision to cancel the upcoming Railroad Days Parade scheduled for Sunday, July 10.
Based on advisement from the City’s Police Department Command Staff, this decision has been made out of an abundance of caution with the intention to protect the West Chicago community from any potential copycat scenarios, and also out of respect for the victims and the Highland Park community.
Mayor Pineda shared the following message on behalf of the City in response to this decision.
“The safety of our community members will always be at the forefront of how our City operates. As our country tries to understand this senseless act of violence, the City finds it necessary to avoid the risk of allowing this type of incident to re-occur within our own community. The event that occurred in Highland Park is a tragedy for us all, and my heart goes out to the entire Highland Park community for the tremendous sorrow in which they are now experiencing.”
