Night Ranger, Warrant and Max Weinberg to headline Schaumburg’s Septemberfest

Night Ranger, Warrant and Max Weinberg’s Jukebox will be the headlining musical acts on the main stage of Schaumburg’s 55th Septemberfest over the three-day Labor Day weekend.

Their opening acts will be 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 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.

Historically, Septemberfest draws about 100,000 visitors each year from Schaumburg and its surrounding communities.

This is the second and final year Septemberfest will be sharing the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus with ongoing construction of a new village hall.

While the carnival will be only slightly rearranged from its traditional layout, one of the biggest adjustments is the move of the arts & crafts show from the south side of the pond to a street fest-style layout primarily along Summit Drive.

Parking for disabled patrons is at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 parking lot 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.

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 parade. 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.