Your Guide To Summer Festivals In Libertyville

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Summer fun is right around the corner and Libertyville knows how to celebrate the warmer months here.

Plans are in the works for Libertyville Days, Dog Days of Summer and Festival of the Arts — the city's premier fests, which draws hundreds to the city to celebrate and take part in the fun. New this year, a Festivals of Libertyville group is joining forces to promote these three summer festivals — as well as Oktoberfest, which is held over Sept. 22-23.

The group, which includes representatives from community organizations that help plan the events, has a fresh logo, street banners and a QR code all meant to get the word out about Libertyville's events, according to the Daily Herald.

"I felt people need to associate Libertyville with these four festivals that run for four months," Scott Adams, president and CEO of the GLMV Chamber, told the Daily Herald. "One can kind of build on the other one. We've never done that before."

The first of the fests, Libertyville Days, will be held June 15 to 18 in downtown Libertyville. Among the highlights will be performances by Modern Day Romeos on Thursday night, Sneezy on Friday night and Lady A, a former Voice contestant, on Sunday evening. Church Street Eats, a carnival, arts and craft fair, parade, beer garden and additional entertainment throughout the weekend is also planned.

More information is available on the Libertyville Days festival website.

Libertyville's Dog Days of Summer will run July 9 to 11. Highlights of the festival, which will be held at 135 W. Church St., include the Dock Dogs National Canine Aquatic competition and Main Street Libertyville merchants, which are dog friendly all year, will be "especially dog friendly" during the Dog Days fest, serving up specials for pups.

Other dog-friendly and family-friendly events are planned for the fest as well.

Libertyville's Festival of the Arts will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Aug. 5 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 6. With an emphasis on the visual arts, the family friendly festival is put on by the Adler Arts Center and the Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce.

More information on the festival can be found on the fest's website.

Libertyville's final major festival of the year, Oktoberfest, will be held on Sept. 22 and 23. More information on this year's event, and to purchase tickets, head to the Oktoberfest website.