Frontier Days Festival

Friday, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:00pm

Recreation Park

Schedule:

10:00 AM - JULY 4th PARADE
Theme: "Celebrating 100 Years of the Arlington Heights Park District." The Arlington Heights Parade is entirely brought to you and sponsored by Frontier Days Festival.

10:00 AM - DECORATED BIKE PARADE
Children ages 4-12, accompanied by an adult. Check in at Olive/Highland Streets. No big wheels.

PARADE ROUTE: Oakton at Dunton to Miner to
Festival! Please respect your AH neighbors along parade route and refrain from reserving a seat in the parkway until AFTER 7:00 PM on July 3. NO TARPS!

Noon-Close - CARNIVAL BARGAIN RIDES

Noon - BEER GARDEN OPENS

Noon-3:30 PM - BINGO Frontier Stage. Ages 18+ to play. Card sales: Noon. Games: 12:30 PM.

1:30-5:30 PM - PONY RIDES & PETTING ZOO Pony Rides $5.
Free Petting Zoo. Sponsored by ECOLE, Metro Credit Union and Reese Insurance.

12:30-1:30 PM - JESSE WHITE TUMBLERS Tennis Courts.

FAMILY FUN STAGE

Sponsored by ECOLE Childcare/Preschool and Meet Chicago Northwest

1:00-4:00 PM - FACE PAINTING

1:00 PM - YO-YO HIJINKS What do a mouse trap, a yo-yo and marshmallow have in common? You won't believe what comic and world yo-yo champion Mark Hayward can do with all three of them.

2:00 PM - MAGIC SHOW Ready to be amazed? Join us as Magician David Seebach bring us his Wonders of Magic show.

3:15 PM - PIE EATING CONTEST Ages 4th-8th Grade, High School and Adult. Register at Family Fun Stage at 2:45 PM. Space is limited. Sponsored by United Radio.

4:15 PM - EXOTIC ANIMALS See, learn and touch a variety of these wonderful animals.

FRONTIER STAGE

Sponsor: Miller/Town & Country Distributors
6:00-7:45 PM - CLASS OF '68 Reviving the spirit of the 60's with high energy performances of first generation classic hits.

MAIN STAGE 

Miller/Town & Country Distributors and Frontier Days bring you...
8:00 PM - BoDeans
Classic guitar-driven rock-pop sound and a whole lot of energy, BoDeans continue to rock. Led by original frontman, Kurt Neumann, their songbook consists of generational anthems such as "Good Things," "You Don't Get Much," "Idaho," and "Closer To Free" (theme song for Party of Five). Featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

FRONTIER STAGE

Sponsor: Miller/Town & Country Distributors
9:30-11:45 PM LP VINYL A high energy tribute to rock music of the '70 & '80's, recreating songs from Journey, Boston, Foreigner, Styx, REO, Van Halen and more.
MIDNIGHT: PARK CLOSES FOR THE DAY


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