Campton Hills festival offers family fun
Touch Campton Hills' agricultural past, when you pet a goat today, Saturday, Sept. 7 at the second annual Campton Hills Heritage Farm Fest.
Or taste it, at the all-day corn boil.
Agricultural, civic, business and farm exhibits, plus a farmers market and live entertainment, are planned for the party, which is at the Campton Crossing Shopping Center, on the southeast corner of Route 64 and La Fox Road.
There will be a petting zoo, with ducks, chickens, goats, sheep and other animals that could be found on a farm.
"Normally, a lot of kids in urban areas don't get to interact with them," said Village Clerk William Beith. That and displays by Garfield Farm Museum, a beekeeper, a 4-H club and the Kane County Farm Bureau should remind people "to not lose sight" of central Kane County's agricultural roots, he said.
But it won't be all about farming. Beith said he is looking forward to a demonstration of Italian Renaissance sword fighting, sponsored by a martial arts academy and a fitness center.
And three local bands will play, including the Fam Jam Band, a group of parents and kids that got to know each other while attending music and band lessons.
He hopes the festival helps residents get to know each other a little better, too, comparing it to saying "hi" when you see people on a walk around the neighborhood.
"This is the village's front porch," he said of the shopping center which hold both the police department and village hall.
The event begins with the weekly farmers market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and lasts until dusk.
The party is organized by the Village of Campton Hills.
Entertainment
11 a.m. to noon: Tri-Coustic singers and guitarists
Noon-12:30 p.m.: LaFox Family Fitness and Martial Arts
12:30- 1: Italian Renaissance sword fighting
1-2: Fox Valley Men of Harmony barbershop singing
2-3: Nelson Dance Studio ballroom dancing
3-4: Midnight Crisis band (Campton Hills band)
4-5: Third Street Company dancers
5-7: Fam Jam band (of Campton Hills)
Children's ID cards
1-4 p.m.: Campton Hills Police Department
All-day activities
Petting zoo
Local vendors
Games
Face painting
Moonwalk
Local restaurants
Corn boil and popcorn sales
Exhibits
Beekeeping demonstration by Jim Feuerborn
Campton Hills Police Department, with police car
Campton Township, including snow plow
Kane County Farm Bureau
Garfield Farm Museum
Kane County Animal Control
La Fox Family Fitness
League of Women Voters
One Smart Cookie
Rain barrels
Spice House
St. Charles Mothers Club
Tara Bella massage therapy
The Natural Garden inc.
Waste Management
4-H
Antique vehicles