Petunia Festival - 2012 Schedule

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48th Annual Dixon Petunia Festival
July 3rd - July 8th, 2012
Monday July 2
7pm 176 Keys - Dueling Pianos - Historic Dixon Theatre
Back again this year, 176 Keys Piano Show is the most
engaging show of its kind you will see anywhere. At
its simplest, its audience sing-along from rock, country
and all types of music. From there, members of the au-
dience will sing and do any number of activities in uni-
son or in side vs. side battles. Join us for another fun-
lled evening! Tickets are $8.00 per person available
online at www.dixontheatre.com or at the door on the
day of the event. All seats will be general admission.
No outside food or beverage is allowed in the Historic
Dixon Theatre
7pm FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF
at the Midway Drive-In
Bring your friends and family to see Ferris Buellers
Day Off on the largest movie screen in Dixon, IL at the
Midway Drive-In and bring your dancing shoes! Before
the start of Ferris Buellers Day Off, the Petunia Festi-
val King, Queen and Royal Court will gather at the front
of the Midway Drive-In screen to recreate the classic
TWIST AND SHOUT dance number from the lm and
you are invited to join in! Gates open at 7:00pmand the
movie starts at dusk. Special family friendly admission
price for this event only $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for
children ages 3-11. Visit www.themidwaydrivein.net or
call (847) 647-3124 for more info.
Tuesday July 3
TBD 28th Annual KSB Petunia Festival Tennis Tournament
Emma Hubbs Tennis Courts in Page Park.
The Youth Tournament will be July 3rd and July 5th
(rain date July 6th).The Adult Tournament will be held
July 7th and Mixed Doubles July 8th (rain date July
8th and 9th). For more information on times and reg-
istrtion dates, please call the Dixon Park District at
815.284.3306
5pm - 11pm Taste Trail Festival Grounds (Page Park Drive)
Travel the Taste Trail to nd some great food and
drinks! Choose something different for each day of the
festival ~ American, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Greek,
pizza, seafood, and BBQ. Refreshing drinks and tasty
treats like snow cones, ice cream, popcorn, elephant
ears, and much more will be available.
COUNTRY CONCERT
RIVER STAGE (Page Park Drive)
7pm Candid Country, Burns & Poe, Frankie Ballard.
Gates Open 5PM Tickets will be $12.00 and wil include admission to
festival grounds for the entire festival.
Wednesday July 4
6am - 11am Dixon Area Garden Club Pancake Breakfast
Pancake Tent - Page Park Drive
Serving delicious pancakes, sausage and drink for only
$6 for adults and $3 for children under 12.
NOON 6th Annual Dixon Petunia Festival Bean Bag
Tournament - Behind the Taste Trail (Page Park Drive)
This tournament, also referred to as bags or Corn
Hole, will be a single elimination tournament with best
three out of ve games. Registration begins at noon
with play starting at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Cash prizes will be awarded. Bring your friends and
family along to enjoy music, food, beverages, and a
nice cold adult beverage too.
12pm - 11pm Taste Trail - Festival Grounds - Page Park Drive
See Tuesday, July 3rd for details.
1pm - 11pm North American Midway Entertainment Carnival
Festival Grounds - Page Park Drive
Purchase tickets per ride or get the most for your money by
purchasing an armband for unlimited rides on the day of pur-
chase. Free Admission to the Festival Grounds both Thursday
and Sunday - Family Fun Day!
PARK STAGE (Page Park Drive)
5pm - 6:45pm Burn N Bush
7pm - 8pm Tristan Bushman
8:15 - 10pm Thunder Hooker
8pm Tim Cavanaugh - Dixon Historic Theatre
This is an Adult Show. The quick-witted, word-twisting
comedy songwriter and stand-up comedian is making
his mark through his frequent guest appearances on
radio shows across the country. He can be heard regu-
larly on The Bob & Tom Show where he is best known
for his One Minute Songs. The Historic Dixon The-
atre. $15 / person. Tickets are available at the door and
online at www.dixontheatre.com. Doors open 1 hour
before the show.
Thursday July 5
FREE ADMISSION TO FESTIVAL GROUNDS - FAMILY FUN DAY
See Wednesday, July 4 for details.
12pm - 3pm Bingo - Pancake Tent - Page Park Drive
Tear sheets used. Dobbers will be available for pur-
chase. WIXN radio personality Steve Marco is our
bingo caller and Culvers of Dixon will be on site selling
lunch each day. Bingo License #BL51170. Admission
FREE. Must be 18 to enter.
See Tuesday, July 3 for details.
5pm - 7pm Archery Demo - Near Park Stage (Page Park Drive)
Legacy Archery joins the Petunia Festival again this
year! Try your aim at different animals and test your
abilities at the bow! For questions or information,
please call Jose Martinez at (815) 440-5844. Admis-
sion is Free.
5pm & 6:30pm The Annual Dana Stonesifer Classic - DHS Football Field
The Dixon High School girls and boys soccer team will
play their alumni. Girls play from5 to 6:30PMand boys
play from 6:30 to 8:00PM. For any questions regarding
this event, please contact: Mahmoud Etemadi at 815-
441-0410. Admission is FREE.
5pm - 7pm Family Fun Night - Taste Area (Page Park Drive)
Kids activities such as Pick a Duck, Bottle Pitch, Mem-
ory Match, and Face Painting. Music and fun for all
ages! Admission FREE.
5pm - 8pm Steel Crazy - Park Stage Area (Page Park Drive)
11 piece full steel drum band. Admission FREE.
9pm - Midnight Robbie LeBlanc and the Real Live Show
$3.00 admission charge to the Beanblossom Beer
Garden.
Friday July 6
See Thursday, July 5 for details.
HERITAGE STAGE - ON THE RIVERFRONT
River Street. Admission FREE.
5pm -8pm Chameleon
6pm Ice Cream Social & Dixon Municipal Band Concert
Join us on the Old Lee County Courthouse Lawn. The
ice cream social is sponsored by the Dixon Wonder
Workers and begins at 5 p.m. And then join the Dixon
Municipal Band as they feature a great variety of patri-
otic and American favorites. The music is from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Admission is FREE. ~ Bring your own lawn
chair.
7pm Footloose - The Historic Dixon Theatre
Join us for this 1984 tale of teen rebellion and repres-
sion featuring a delightful combination of dance cho-
reography and realistic and touching performances.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Admission $2.00. Tickets are
available for purchase at the door only.
5PM - 7:30PM Lizzi Neal Band
8PM - 11PM 7th Heaven
5PM - 8PM Kirkland
9PM - 11PM Big Daddy Woo Woo
9pm - Midnight Noyz Boyz
$3 admission charge to BeanBlossom Beer Garden.
Saturday July 7
Registration 7am Elks Fishing Derby - Located between the
8am -10am Peoria & Galena bridges
The Annual Elks Fishing Derby is open to kids of all
ages. Brackets will be from 5 & under to 16 and older
with prizes for each division. Registration and permis-
sion forms can be picked up at the Dixon Chamber of
Commerce or at Dixon Elks Lodge. Call Dixon Elks
Lodge at 815-288-3557 if you have any questions. Ad-
mission is FREE.
8am 13th Annual Reagan 5K Run/Walk
Race day registration from6:30 7:30 a.m. at Haymar-
ket Square (255 Highland Avenue between W. 2nd and
W. 3rd Street). 5K Run/Walk start is 8 a.m. at Ronald
Reagan Boyhood Home (8th & Hennepin). Free Kids
Fun Run prior to race at 7:30 a.m.
Food, music and giveaways available at the nish line
in Haymarket Square Park. Call 815-288-2655 with
questions or check us out at www.reaganrun.com.
9am - 12pm Kids Day - Washington School - 703 E. Morgan
Big Wheel races, arts & crafts, sack races, basket-
ball shoot-out, water ghts, Zack Percell magic show
& wild animals from Hoo Haven. Admission FREE!
9am - 3pm Craft & Collectible Show - Dixon High School cafeteria.
Over 50 vendors and crafters. Admission is Free!
9am - 4pm 31st Annual Nuts About Art - John Dixon Park
Sponsored by The Next Picture Show. Admission
FREE.
9am - 3pm Holland & Sons, Inc Antique Tractor Show
Featuring all makes of tractors and farmmachinery. We
will have free tractor rides for kids. No admission fees.
11am - 2pm Lincoln School Open House - 501 S. Lincoln Ave.
Lincoln School is turning 75 years old! Reminisce with
past classmates and tour the school.
www.dixonschools.org. Admission FREE.
See Thursday, July 5 for details.
HERITAGE STAGE - ON THE RIVERFRONT
River Street. Admission FREE.
5pm -8pm Set Us Free
5pm -8pm Out of Storage
8:30pm - 11:30pm Dot Dot Dot
5pm - 8pm Leo Moran
8:30pm - 11:30pm Strange Arrangement
9pm - Midnight Midwest Hype
$3 admission charge to BeanBlossom Beer Garden.
Sunday July 8
FREE ADMISSION TO FESTIVAL GROUNDS
9:30am Community Worship Service
River Stage (Page Park Drive)
Join the Dixon Area Christian Ministerial Assoc. in this
annual event in which all people will have a chance to
praise the Lord together in worship and fellowship in
a unique setting. Come experience the power of wor-
ship along the Rock River in the park area. Admission is
free.
1pm 48th Annual Petunia Festival Parade
This years Parade Theme is Star Spangled Petunias.
Includes: oats, drum corps, dancing, clowns & novelty
units from our area Tebala & Medinah Shriner organiza-
tions. Chicago Honey Bear Dancers, Pipes & Drums of
Clan MacAlpine and The Small DrumCorps Association
(6 corps). Judging will once again take place at Haymar-
ket Square.
RIVER STAGE (PAGE PARK DRIVE)
3pm - 5pm Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers
5pm - 8pm Rock River Jazz Band
5pm SDCA Drum Corps Show - SVCC Gym
Tickets are $10 at the door with children 5 and under
free and one child under 12 admitted free with a paid
adult admission. Check out the SDCA website at www.
thesdca.org
9:30pm Fireworks
Fireworks will be launched from the south side of the
Rock River near the 900 block of West First Street.
Spectator seating will be allowed on both sides of the
river. Enjoy the show with synchronized music on River
Country 101.7 FM.
2012 Festival Fundraiser
ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL CHOOSE A 2012
HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA SWITCHBACK OR
$10,000 IN COLD HARD CASH!! Only 2500 tick-
ets will be sold. Get your tickets at the Dixon Main
Street ofce or call (888)441-7851. Ticket prices for
this fundraiser are as follows: 1 for $20, 3 for $50
and 7 for $100.
The drawing will be held on Sunday night, July 8, 2012, at
the River Stage on the festival grounds at approximately
8:00 p.m. See the Harley on display before the festival
at Ace Hardware in Dixon on the weekends and during
the festival at numerous events and at the Taste Trail. All
proceeds benet the Dixon Petunia Festival, a nonprot
organization. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees.
TICKETS
Carnival Wristbands - $23.00 at Gate Wednesday, Saturday & Sun-
day. $20.00 at the gate Thursday & Friday. $5.00.
Discount for advance purchase at Dixon Chamber
of Commerce. Located in the Town Square Center
at 101 W. 2nd Street, Suite 301.
3-Day Admission to Festival Grounds - $6.00 at Gate
2012 Petunia Festival Ticket - Purchase your ticket to
the Festival in 2 ways.
1.Purchase a ticket for our Tuesday night Country Concert at
the River Stage on the Festival grounds for $12.00 and that
includes your entry ticket for Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.
2. ORpurchase an entry ticket for $6.00 for Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. Each ticket will have three separate, detachable
tickets at the bottom for admission on Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday during festival hours. Each person, over the age of
twelve, will simply need to hand the entire ticket to the gate at-
tendant for admission. Please do not tear your own ticket, as
only whole tickets will be accepted by the gate attendant. You
will need to keep your one ticket for the entire Petunia Festival.
For same day re-entry, you will be given a wrist band that will
allow you re-admittance to the festival.
Please note that Thursday and Sunday are free admission
days. The Board of Directors welcomes you to the 48th An-
nual Dixon Petunia Festival. Any questions can be directed
to the Dixon Chamber of Commerce or check our website at
www.petuniafestival.org
Entry ticket for Festival Grounds including Carnival
needed for: Tuesday, July 3 Note: No Carnival on Tuesday,
Wednesday, July 4, Friday, July 6, Saturday, July 7
FREE Admission DAYS for the Festival Grounds and Carnival
are: Thursday, July 5 & Sunday, July 8. PLEASE NOTE:
This ticket will be needed for admission to all
events shown in red.
The Royal
Palms
83 S. Galena Ave.
Dixon
815-288-9336
~Enjoy the 4th~
Dixon, Illinois
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Burkhardts
LP Gas
12420 W. Penn Rd.
Polo, IL
815-946-3081
Daily Petunia Festival Reports
815-288-4448
815-288-4449
116 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon
Visit Our Booth at the Festival
Heritage Square
620 N. Ottawa, Dixon (815)288-2251
www.heritagesquaredixon.com
710 North Galena
Dixon, IL 61021
(815) 288-1010
KENNEY
INSURANCE AGENCY
AUTO HOME BUSINESS LIFE HEALTH
1317 North Galena Avenue
Dixon, IL
815-288-9403
1901 Harley Drive
Rock Falls, IL
815-535-9401
Come See Us At The
Bingo Tent!
Mayor: James Burke
Commissioners:
David Blackburn, Colleen Brechon
Dennis Considine, Jeffrey Kuhn
Stewarts
Heating &
Air
Conditioning
225 North Lincoln Avenue
Dixon, IL 61021
815-288-2735
DIXON
1314 N. Galena Ave.
728 S. Crawford Ave.
800-216-0008
AMBOY
220 E. Main St.301
E. Joe Dr.
815-857-3625
www.fnbamboy.com
Where you come rst
905 N. Galena
Ave. Dixon
815.288.3257
Have fun at the festival!
1888 PAULSEN ROAD
DIXON, IL 61021
(just off of Palmyra Road)
815-288-6747
www.astroven.net
Have a safe
4th of July!
Dixon Metal
Specialties
Dixon-Sterling Freeway,
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For your next
autobody repairs
See Rich or Eric Kanzler
Theres a convenient
location near you!
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Dixon Mt. Morris Clinton, Iowa
www.sterlingfederal.com
928-1100 N. Galena
Dixon
www.KenNelsonAuto.com
10 Franchises
1 Location!
Nichols Flowers
& Greenhouse
1228 W. 4th Street
Dixon, Illinois
815-284-3805
Dixon Freeport Geneseo Mendota Princeton
908 Bloody Gulch Road
Dixon
815-288-4441
800-554-3109
Preston Schilling
Funeral Home
Serving the Dixon area
for over 100 years
815-288-4469
Jones Funeral
Home
204 S. Ottawa Dixon, IL
815-288-2241
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Mon-Fri 9-7pm, Sat 9-5pm,
Sun 10-4pm
TOWN & COUNTRY
Family
Restaurant
Family
Restaurant
1135 N. Galena Ave.
Dixon, IL 61021
815-288-1016
RONS
AUTOMOTIVE
1217 Palmyra Ave., Dixon
288-5444
Mon-Fri 7:30 - 5:30
Complete Automotive Service
Specializing in
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DIXON
815-285-4855
Galena Steak
House
1101 North Galena Avenue
Dixon
815-285-1625
www.galenasteakhouse.com

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