Time to celebrate summer in Roselle
Roselle's summer party season is ready to begin.
The village's annual Rose Festival, sponsored by the Roselle Lions Club, opens at 6 p.m. Thursday and continues through Sunday at the Roselle train station parking lot at Irving Park Road and Maple Avenue. The four-day event will feature food, carnival rides and music.
Admission is free and there will be free musical entertainment each night in the Festival Miller Beer Garden.
At 8 p.m. Thursday, Mall Rats Chicago will be the first band to perform. Other musical acts include Mason Rivers at 8 p.m. Friday; Woogie at 4 p.m. Saturday; Howard and the White Boys at 8 p.m. Saturday; and Zydeco Voodoo at 4 p.m. Sunday.
There also will be carnival rides. On Saturday and Sunday, riders will be able to buy $20 wristbands that allow them to take in all the rides they want between noon and 5 p.m.
The hours for the festival are 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit roselle.il.us.