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The City of DeKalb will hold its 32nd Annual DeKalb Corn Fest on Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport.

What to know for Coming to Corn Fest... Festival Info - please visit this page.

Festival Hours

The festival hours are:

  • Friday, August 21st, 3pm-11pm
  • Saturday, August 22nd, 10am-11pm
  • Sunday, August 23rd, 10am-6pm

Corn Fest is one of the last remaining free music festivals among Illinois music 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 2009 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.

DeKalb Corn Face Race Information

Times/Registration:

  • Registration 630 am - 745am
    3K 755am
    10K 800am
    Diaper Derby/ Toddler Trot 10am
    For more information on the races and registration online, visit www.dekalbcornfestraces.org

Corn Fest T-shirts available for purchase at S.O.A.S. in Downtown DeKalb

  • Sports of All Sorts Apparel and Design
    147 N. 2nd Street
    DeKalb, IL 60115
    Phone: (815) 756-9910
    www.soasdekalb.com

Thank you 2009 Corn Fest Sponsors!

Please visit our Sponsor page to see the fine sponsors who have made this festival possible!

Corn Fest Sponsors


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Volunteers Needed! Sign up now!

  Corn Fest Brochure

Corn Fest Spotlight

Lady Antebellum Lady AntebellumCountry Music Association (CMA) “Best New Artist” and Academy of Country Music (ACM) “Top New Group” honors in 2008. They’ve performed on the legendary Grand Ole Opry, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Late Late Night with Craig Ferguson.

Penny Mae Dixon Penny Mae DixonThe members of the Penny Mae Dixon Band deliver high energy, country music, that gets your attention, and off your feet.

HI Infidelity Hi InfidelityOver the last several years, Hi Infidelity has been playing to large audiences at festivals and clubs throughout the Chicagoland area, building an impressive fan base along the way.

Catfight CatfightChicago-based, all-girl band CATFIGHT has played the Joint in Las Vegas, opened for Snoop Dog, Tommy Lee, Styx, Night Ranger and on and on...

Sunfallen SunfallenTaking rock n’ roll in the direction it was intended to go, SunFallen’s sound is gritty, sassy and raw. As with the Rolling Stones, Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin, SunFallen strongly emphasizes the influences of blues and soul in their music.

The Footstompers The FootstompersFrom the polka standard "Who Stole the Kieszka?" to the Temptation's" My Girl," to the country classic "Redneck Mother," a band born in the corn fields of DeKalb, IL, plays it all.

The Neverly Bros The Neverly BrosThe Neverly Brothers bridge the gap between 50s rockabilly and early 60s British invasion as they take you on a retro-sonic express train ride from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Liverpool, England…and back!.
The Lounge Puppets Lounge Puppets THE LOUNGE PUPPETS TRIBUTE TO 80’s HAIR BANDS is and incredible heart pumping, fist-thrusting, scream out loud, head banging trip back through time!

The Stevee Nix BandThe Stevee Nix The Stevee Nix musical journey consists of today's best tracks in modern/alternative rock by the likes of Finger Eleven, O.A.R., American Hi-Fi, Lenny Kravitz, U2, Buckcherry, Stone Temple Pilots, Jet, Sublime, Blink 182, & lots more.