Schaumburg’s 55th annual Septemberfest also celebrates village’s 70th anniversary
This year’s Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend in Schaumburg will be an extra special one for a number of reasons.
Not only is it the 55th staging of the festival itself, but it will be the village’s largest celebration of its 70th anniversary and accompany the final stages of construction on the new village hall at the heart of the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus.
Historically, Septemberfest draws about 100,000 visitors each year from Schaumburg and its surrounding communities.
The three-day carnival will again be only slightly rearranged from its traditional layout at 101 Schaumburg Court. A more significant holdover from last year is the move of the arts and crafts show from the south side of the municipal pond to a street fest-style layout primarily along Summit Drive.
Parking for disabled patrons is now at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 parking lot directly north of the municipal grounds on Schaumburg Road.
Summit Drive will be closed between Schaumburg Road and Stock Port Lane beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
Night Ranger, Warrant and Max Weinberg’s Jukebox will be the headlining musical acts on the main stage during the long weekend.
Their opening acts will be the tribute band Cheap Foreign Cars, White Lion and Krysten Knievel, respectively.
Cheap Foreign Cars specializes in the songs of Cheap Trick, Foreigner and The Cars, as well as playing hits from other bands of that era. They will play at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, before Night Ranger takes the stage at 8:30 p.m.
Night Ranger is best known for its own arena anthems “Sister Christian,” “Don't Tell Me You Love Me” and "(You Can Still) Rock in America” and has sold more than 17 million albums.
White Lion will open at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6 ahead of Warrant’s 8:30 p.m. performance.
White Lion is known for the hits “Wait,” “Tell Me,” “When the Children Cry” and “Little Fighter.” Founding member, lead singer and primary songwriter Mike Tramp has kept the band’s music alive since its 1991 breakup.
Warrant made its debut in 1989 and is known for its hits “Heaven,” “Down Boys,” “Cherry Pie” and more.
Krysten Knievel, granddaughter of legendary daredevil Evel Knievel, fronts Knievel’s Daredevil Band performing a mix of classic and modern country and rock favorites. The band takes the stage at 5:30 p.m. on Labor Day before Max Weinberg’s Jukebox follows at 7:30 p.m.
Weinberg has been the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band for more than 50 years and served as bandleader for Conan O'Brien's “Late Night” and “Tonight Show” broadcasts from 1993 to 2010. His Jukebox band has brought an interactive “rock party” spirit to stages around the world since 2017.
Summit Drive will temporarily close between Schaumburg Road and News Mills Court from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, for festival setup before briefly reopening for overnight traffic. Summit will then close again from Schaumburg Road to Stock Port Lane at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, and remain closed until about 10:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
On Labor Day itself, Summit Drive will close at 8 a.m. from Wise Road to Beech Drive for the 1.1-milelong parade that steps off at 10 a.m. Parking will be prohibited on Beech Drive from where the parade disembarks from 7 a.m. until about 1 p.m.
More information can be found at Septemberfest.org.
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