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Park Ridge PizzaFest - Day Two

The cozy and picturesque near-northwest suburb of Park Ridge will celebrate its hometown
charms with saucy toppings, cool tunes and more at the inaugural Park Ridge
Pizza Fest on Friday and Saturday, September 7-8.


Presented by the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, this post-Labor Day community celebration will take place in downtown Park Ridge at the intersections of
South Prospect and Summit Avenues in the shadow of the art deco movie palace that is the Pickwick Theatre.


In addition to pies (Georgio's, Caponie's Trattoria and Beggars are among the pizza vendors) and a kids'
area with inflatables and crafts, Friday night's music stage headliner is legendary Brit rockers Foghat while on Saturday it's acclaimed guitarist Daryl Stuermer of Genesis/Phil Collins fame.

Find out what's happening in Park Ridgefor free with the latest updates from Patch.


Fest hours
are 5:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. on Friday, and Noon-11:00 p.m. on Saturday.The suggested gate donation is $5. For more/updates visit www.chicagoevents.com; 773.868.3010.

The fest's UPDATED music stage lineup is:

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Friday, September 7

6:00pm Diving for Dynamite (party rock)

8:30pm  Foghat


Saturday, September 8

Noon Serendipity (female pop/dance band)                      

1:30pm     Dario's Dueling Pianos                     

3:30pm Imposter Radio (pop/rock)               

5:45pm   JakTripper (rock)

8:15pm Daryl Stuermer                     

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