Rock Falls celebrates Louie Bellson

Rain fell on Rock Falls Tourism’s Bellson Fest on Saturday, June 8, 2024, but that didn’t stop the music. At about the halfway mark for the show, organizers moved the festival across the street to the McCormick Event Center. People chipped in to unload equipment so the remaining bands could play a truncated set indoors.

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Musicians with the Rock River Jazz Band start their set Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the McCormick Event Center in Rock Falls. Bellson Fest was moved indoors for the second half of the festival as rain started to fall. (Alex T. Paschal)