Lakeside Festival is one of the largest and longest-running summer festivals in McHenry County. Held on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dole Mansion and Lakeside Arts Park over Independence Day weekend, Lakeside Festival has been honored multiple years as “Best Festival” by Shaw Media’s Best of the Fox Readers’ Choice Awards. Baggo tournament – Got a competitive streak? Bean bags abound! Register now. Teams get free entrance to fest, drink tickets and a chance to win cash prizes. This year, Lakeside Festival will be going Cashless for all entrance ticket and beer garden ticket sales. We will be accepting credit and debit cards, as well as mobile pay options.Lakeside Festival is the largest fundraiser for Lakeside Legacy Foundation’s year-round arts, education, history, and community programs. The Dole’s festival team collaborates with the City of Crystal Lake to coordinate Lakeside Festival activities with the Independence Day parade and fireworks displays.
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Lakeside Festival is the largest fundraiser for Lakeside Legacy Foundation’s year-round arts, education, history, and community programs. The Festival collaborates with the City of Crystal Lake to coordinate Lakeside Festival activities with the Independence Day parade and fireworks displays.
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One of the largest & longest-running summer festivals in McHenry County. Held on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dole Mansion and Lakeside Arts Park over Independence Day weekend, Lakeside Festival has been honored multiple years as “Best Festival” by Shaw Media’s Best of the Fox Readers’ Choice Awards. Four fun-filled days for the whole family with lots of bands on 2 stages, amazing food, baggo tournament, carnival rides & games, and more.
On Saturday, July 3, The Wayouts will kick off the day’s musical entertainment at 3 p.m. on the Northwest Herald Stage. Veterans of the Chicago music scene, the band members have diverse musical resumes including signed, original indie rock projects, solo singer/songwriters and high-profile cover bands. They bring to the stage garage rock from the 1960s.Team day-of registration fee is $45. There will be cash prizes with amounts based on total teams entered with a minimum 32 teams. It will be first place, $500; second place, $250; and third place, $100. The consolation bracket will be played for a second chance. On Sunday, July 4, the festival will wrap up with four bands. Wild Daisy, a female-fronted country band plays current, upbeat country, with a few pop/rock songs thrown in at noon on the Northwest Herald Stage. Jody’s House, a yacht rock-centric band, will perform at 5:30 p.m. on the Northwest Herald Stage. The band, featuring the smooth vocal harmonies of the late 1970s, covers artists like Steely Dan, Toto, Stevie Wonder, Ambrosia, Bee Gees, Hall & Oats, Supertramp, Kenny Loggins, and Doobie Brothers.Before the fireworks on the lake at dusk, the festival will wrap up at 7 p.m. with Nashville Electric on the Pabst Stage. The band brings the Nashville experience with modern country hits as well as favorite country classics.On Friday, July 2, Dangerous Joes will perform at 2 and 6:15 p.m. on the Northwest Herald Stage. The Crystal Lake band plays the music of the 1970s to now, including alternative, rock and country.
Generation will follow at 6:15 p.m. on the Pabst Stage. The band puts on a rock show of iconic, popular hits by artists such as the Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Aretha, Sly Stone and more.
The Crystal Lake Independence Day Parade steps off at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 4, at the municipal complex, 100 W. Woodstock St. The parade, with Paul Leech as grand marshal, will head down Dole Avenue to Lakeside Festival grounds. Recent Prairie Ridge High School graduate Marie Adkins will sing the national anthem at this year’s parade.Lakeside Festival is the largest fundraiser for Lakeside Legacy Foundation’s year-round arts, education, history, and community programs. The festival collaborates with the City of Crystal Lake to coordinate Lakeside Festival activities with the Independence Day parade and fireworks displays.Tickets are $5 at the gate; $2 for seniors, age 65 or older and free for kids, age 12 or younger. Admission is free for active military with a valid ID. From noon to 4 p.m. for Kids Day Friday, kids 12 or younger are free and admission is $2 for all others.Festival hours are 3 to 11 p.m. Thursday, July 1; noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 2-3; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 4, at the Dole, 401 Country Club Road.
The festival will open Thursday, July 1, with The Special Consensus at 3:30 p.m. on the Northwest Herald Stage. A four-person acoustic bluegrass band that formed in the Chicago area in 1975, the band has released 19 recordings. Rivers And Roads (Compass Records) was released in March 2018 and received IBMA awards for Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year and Album of the Year, in addition to a Grammy nomination for the Best Bluegrass Album award.
Boy Band Night performs the music and signature choreography from Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, One Direction and Jonas Brothers at 3:30 p.m. on the Pabst Stage.The Blooze Brothers will close out the evening at 8:30 p.m. on the Pabst Stage. This high-powered choreographed 12-piece show band covers music from the 40s to Top 10, Swing, Motown, Soul, R&B, Classic Rock, and, of course, the music and crazy antics of the famous original Blues Brothers.
Got a competitive streak? Anyone 18 or older is invited to join the Baggo tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Registration and warm-up will be from 12:30 to 1 p.m.Held on the grounds of the historic Dole Mansion and Lakeside Arts Park over Independence Day weekend, it is one of the largest and longest-running summer festivals in McHenry County.
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Enjoy 4 fun filled days including 15 bands, local food vendors, thrilling carnival rides, craft beer and wine, and baggo tournament all held on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dole Manison. Grab a beverage and a bite to eat, find your seats and enjoy an evening of chart topping hits by this year’s national headliner, BoDeans. This is just one of the 15 live acts stretching over four days of fun. The whole festival concludes with an epic firework display by the City of Crystal Lake over the shores of Crystal Lake.\u00a0Enjoy 4 fun filled days including 15 bands, local food vendors, thrilling carnival rides, craft beer and wine, and baggo tournament all held on the beautiful grounds of the historic Dole Manison. Grab a beverage and a bite to eat, find your seats and enjoy an evening of chart topping hits by this year’s national headliner, BoDeans. This is just one of the 15 live acts stretching over four days of fun. The whole festival concludes with an epic firework display by the City of Crystal Lake over the shores of Crystal Lake.
“There’s great music every night, and we always pride ourselves on offering a taste of Crystal Lake with food,” McElroy said. “On a hot summer night, we love that you can come out to the Lakeside Festival and support local businesses.”
Activities during the festival include a baggo tournament for the adults and an ice cream-eating contest, face painting, balloon twister, stilt walker, team mascots and a magician for the kids.Friends, from left, Vanessa Castro, Makayla Simonic and Lilly Claussen, all 13 and of Crystal Lake, feel the effects of centrifugal force on the Sizzler during last year’s Lakeside Festival in Crystal Lake. The 42nd annual Lakeside Festival runs June 30 to July 3. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Local, 2021
The 42nd annual Lakeside Festival at the Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake will have “something for everybody,” including performers across various live music genres, carnival rides, and a variety of local food vendors, a Dole official said.The festival still is looking for volunteers, McElroy said. Those who volunteer can get a T-shirt, free entry the day they are volunteering and drink tickets, McElroy said.The four-day event, which runs Thursday, June 30, through Sunday, July 3, will include 15 bands on two outdoor stages, many of them cover bands for rock legends such as Tom Petty or Queen, Chief Relationships Officer Erin McElroy said.
The annual festival is the Dole’s largest fundraiser, McElroy said. A new feature for this year is that guests can buy general admission tickets online in advance, skipping box office lines during the festival.
The 42nd annual Lakeside Festival at the Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake will have “something for everybody,” including performers across various live music genres, carnival rides, and a large variety of local food vendors, a Dole official said.The Crystal Lake chapter of Women of Today will again coordinate a children’s bike parade on July 2 at Crystal Lake Main Beach in association with the Lakeside Festival.
