Corn Fest

People brave the rain to take in the 75th Annual Grundy County Corn Festival on Saturday morning, Sept. 28, 2024.

This year’s Grundy County Corn Festival, which for 75 years has been the event to usher in autumn, continues this weekend in Morris.

This year’s Grundy County Corn Festival is again taking place over five days, beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 25, and running through Sunday, Sept. 29.

Early bird registration for the Corn Fest 5K run is currently underway through Saturday, Aug. 24 for $25 per person.

The 47th Corn Fest opened Friday in downtown DeKalb. The annual festival runs Aug. 23-25 and provides music, activities, food and more.

The Egyptian Theatre will once again host the Corn Fest Community Stage to showcase local talent during this year’s festival. Here's the weekend's lineup.

The city of DeKalb announced a schedule of parking lot and road closures for the upcoming Corn Fest, impacting Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Third Street, Locust Street, Palmer Court and Embrey Lot.

It’s that time of year again: Corn Fest in DeKalb is back for its 47th year of fun and festivities.

This weekend in DeKalb County: A back-to-school car show at Hy-Vee in Sycamore and a pop-up market at OpenDoor Coffee in Genoa. Coming later this month are the DeKalb Corn Fest and Ribs, Rhythm and Brews Fest in Sycamore.

Sugar Ray will headline the Sound Stage at DeKalb’s 47th annual Corn Fest on Saturday, Aug. 24.

The DeKalb Corn Fest board recently presented a $3,500 check to Barb Food Mart as the recipient of the 2023 fest.

Take a look at some photo highlights from the events captured by Daily Chronicle photographers for Shaw Local News Network.

Corn Fest has taken over the streets of downtown DeKalb. The festival continues through Sunday. “We look forward to it all year,” DeKalb resident Jennifer Thorne said. “We count down the days.”

Organizers behind the popular end-of-summer event, which runs Friday through Sunday, anticipate festivities will drive thousands to the city, giving a boost to the local economy.

DeKalb Corn Fest is here: What to know if you go, including parking and ticket information, live music lineup and more.

DeKalb Corn Fest is nearly here, and with road closures on the way. Here's what you need to know:

Country music singer Scott McCreery will headline the 2023 DeKalb Corn Fest’s sound stage this year, festival organizers recently announced.

Loved ones are remembering Ben Coulter of Waterman, who died after a farming accident, as a generous community and family man who always put others first. Funeral attendees are encouraged to ride tractors to the Saturday service.

An autumn tradition dating back over seventy years returns to Grundy County this week: the Corn Festival.

DeKalb resident Blanca Ruiz said she’s been looking forward to Corn Fest, DeKalb’s largest end-of-summer free festival which will fill downtown this weekend with live music, fair rides and, yes, corn. The festival runs through Sunday.

Friday’s festivities to open DeKalb Corn Fest begin at 3 p.m. and continue through 6 p.m. Sunday downtown. The festival also will feature carnival rides, artisan crafts for sale, a beer garden, family activities, a corn boil and more.

Thousands are expected to descend on the newly reconfigured downtown DeKalb strip this weekend for DeKalb Corn Fest, the area’s largest free summer music festival. Here's what festival-goers should know, and road closures to watch for:

DeKalb Corn Fest has its 2022 band lineup raring to go, according to a Tuesday announcement by event organizers. Corn Fest will be held Aug. 26 through Aug. 28 in downtown DeKalb.

Morris Hospital says the change is due to the increase of COVID in the community

"It's a DeKalb tradition": The 43rd annual Corn Fest will be held this weekend in downtown DeKalb on Lincoln Highway between First and Fourth streets. Here's what to expect:

While pandemic-era capacity limits remain lifted as COVID-19 cases increase around the state, local festival organizers say they’re heeding public health guidance and are ready to welcome back crowds as summer winds down.

While pandemic-era capacity limits remain lifted as COVID-19 cases increase around the state, local festival organizers say they’re heeding public health guidance and ready to welcome back crowds as August closes out the summer.