Celebrating 60: Rolling Meadows Cornfest draws thousands

Cornfest, an annual August event at the Rolling Meadows Community Church, has been a city staple for almost all of its 60 years.

Without fail, the event brings neighbors together to enjoy the thousands upon thousands ears of all-you-can-eat, boiled sweet corn.

Rolling Meadows residents have been known to plan their vacations around the event so they won't miss the giant barbecue, which includes either a hot dog or hamburger, watermelon and a drink.

Crafters were added to the celebration more than a decade ago.

The roots of Cornfest are a bit fuzzy, with some people attributing it to a corn roast the church used to hold and others saying a member of the church attended a similar event while on vacation and wanted to bring the tradition home.

• Celebrating 60 is a daily feature in Neighbor marking 60 of the things that make Rolling Meadows a great place to live.