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Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/03/2024
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Allerton Park and Retreat Center
Categories
Celebrate spring at this inaugural Bluebell Festival: A Folk School Fundraiser on May 3-5! This festive community event will feature a visitor-favorite Plant Sale, a vendor fair and craft demonstrations at The Market, live music, workshops*, food (food trucks + Greenhouse Café), drinks, new-release merchandise, and more!
Friday, May 3rd
5:00-9:00 p.m. — Plant Sale, cash bar, food trucks: Moon Bean Coffee and Pastamania (Main Parking Lot)
5:00-9:00 p.m. — Kids’ Potting Corner (while supplies last)
6:00-8:00 p.m.— Live Music: New Souls (Main Parking Lot)
Saturday, May 4th
8:00-9:00 a.m. — Yoga with Josie Heck (Bowling Lawn) (Free but registration required)
9:00-5:00 p.m. — Plant Sale, food truck: Daro Coffee Company (Main Parking Lot)
9:00-5:00 p.m. — Kids’ Potting Corner (while supplies last)
11:00am-5:00 p.m. — The Market, cash bar (Mansion); food truck: Patty Daddy’s (Main Parking Lot)
12:00-2:00 p.m. — Live Music: Union Avenue (Mansion)
3:00-5:00 p.m. — Live Music: Wildwood (Mansion)
5:00-10:00 p.m. — Cash bar (Mansion)
Sunday, May 5
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. — Plant Sale, food truck: Mamma D’s Smokehouse (Main Parking Lot)
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. — Kids’ Potting Corner (while supplies last)
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Moon Bean Coffee Truck (Main Parking Lot)
10:00-11:00 a.m. — Community Hike* (Schroth Trail) ($5 donation suggested, registration required)
2:00-3:00 p.m. — Public Mansion Tour* (Mansion) ($10/person)
The weekend-long Festival kicks off Friday, May 3 (5 to 9 p.m.) in the Main Parking Lot with the Plant Sale, live music (6 to 8 p.m.), food trucks, and a cash bar. The fun continues Saturday, May 4 with the Plant Sale and food trucks in the Main Parking Lot (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Don’t miss The Market (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) in the Mansion – featuring goods for sale, demonstrations from some fabulous Folk School instructors, live music (12 to 5 p.m.), and a cash bar! Wrap up your weekend Sunday, May 5 – head out to the Main Parking Lot to grab a coffee (Moon Bean Coffee Truck, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) or something to to eat (Mamma D’s Smokehouse Food Truck, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) while you shop the Plant Sale (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
No registration is required to attend the Festival. Some workshops require registration, find details here.
Donations can be made online or in boxes at the Plant Sale, The Market, and throughout the Park. Your donation will support The Farms’ vision of “creating a community through experiential learning, storytelling, and accessible creative expressions in a restorative environment.”
*Workshops are still being planned and will be added to the schedule as they are finalized.
If you need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at owarren@illinois.edu.
