The City of DeKalb will hold its 33rd Annual DeKalb Corn Fest on Friday, August 20th through Sunday, August 22, 2010 at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport.
Festival Hours
Friday, August 20th, 3pm-11pm
Saturday, August 21st, 10am-11pm
Sunday, August 22nd, 10am-6pm
Festival Headliners
40 Pairs of Corn Fest VIP Access Tickets going fast!
Corn Fest has 40 pairs of tickets available for sale for VIP Access to Corn Fest 2010. The cost is $200 per pair.
These tickets include access to the VIP area for the entire 3 day festival. Enjoy complimentary food, beverages, and premium viewing of the soundstage. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To purchase your tickets, please click the VIP button below.
Corn Fest Payments
Sponsoring Corn Fest and purchasing a Vendor booth has never been easier! We can now accept credit card and PayPal payments for donations to Corn Fest, Sponsorship purchases, and Vendor Booth fees.
General Festival Information
Corn Fest is one of the last remaining free summer music festivals among Illinois music festivals and summer festivals in Illinois. Corn Fest is also one of the oldest summer music festivals in Illinois. Well over 120,000 people from around Illinois and the Midwest attend the music festival over a three day weekend. This festival is going to be the best of all the 2010 music festivals. Admission to the festival is free.
This festival features a carnival complete with rides and games, food booths, live music, craft show, kiddie korner with large inflatables, family entertainment and much more. Friday night is carnival wristband nights for the kids with unlimited rides from 6-10pm. Festival areas feature booths, craft fest and a beer garden.
Festival News
YSB Bike Auction on Corn Fest Weekend
YSB Corn Fest Bike Auction- 9am
330 Grove St. (corner of Grove and 4th st. in parking lot)
Brand name bikes-bidding begins at only $5.00
Helicopter Ride Information
Helicopter rides will be available from Higher Ground Helicopters. Higher Ground Helicopters Flight Academy is an FAA Certified 141 Flight School and FAA Certified Commercial Air Tour Operator based in Middletown, OH conveniently located between the cities of Cincinnati and Dayton.
Volunteers Needed for Corn Fest
The Corn Fest board is looking for volunteers for their 2010 festival. There are positions available from directing the parking lot to helping guide people to the correct areas. We ask each volunteer to work a four hour shift. All volunteers will receive a Corn Fest t-shirt and 2 beer tickets for inside the beer garden.
If interested, please visit http://www.cornfest.com and fill out our Volunteer Form or you can contact Lindsay Barron at 618-241-0862 before July 19th. Please provide information as to what days & time available, if able to work multiple shifts and t-shirt size.
