Performers include (in no particular order), River Country Stomp, Brenner Bushman, Barn Ratz, Lola Blu, Zion Well, Wild Wrek, Bang Zoom and the Whamos Band, and Eric Quiqley. Bands play from 1-5:30 p.m.
Food trucks will be on site and serving food for purchase from noon to 6 p.m. This is a family-friendly and free event.
Other regional events taking place this weekend:
Fall Festival & BrewFest at Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse hosts a Fall Festival featuring BrewFest on Saturday, Sept. 23, from noon to 6:00 pm. The fest will include tastings of craft beers and wines, food, hay rides and activities for the whole family. BrewFest features the popular craft beers of local breweries.
Tickets range from $10 to $20 for adults 21 and older, and $8 for ages 3-20. Included in the ticket price are soda tickets, pumpkin carving, face painting, bag games, ladder hockey, hay rides, trail rides, and other games and activities. The 21+ ticket also includes tasting tickets for wine and craft beer tasting. There will be food for purchase throughout the day.
Ultimate Tailgate Rib & Chili Cookoff in Dixon
Enjoy smoked ribs, chili and bags tournaments in the downtown Dixon area from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Bars will have drink specials, prizes and football throughout the day, as well. Bar sponsors include The Stables Bar, The Royal Palms, Zero’s Tap, Drifters Saloon and Alley Loop. Admission is $5 while food is still being served.
Blithe Spirit
Dixon Stage Left presents “Blithe Spirit” by Noël Coward, directed by Evanne Deatherage, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22-23, 28-30 and Oct. 5-7. A smash comedy hit concerning fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent, and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. Tickets are $30 each, or $15 for students, available at dixonstageleft.org.
