Join us for an invigorating morning on the RiverFront...

Choose from a great selection of fresh Illinois-grown produce, local meats, cheeses, breads, fresh flowers & herbs!  Browse through booths full of local art including pottery, jewelry, blown glass, wood-turned items and more - all created by artists right here in Central Illinois.  Plus live music by local musicians every Saturday morning!  It's a great family  friendly morning you'll not want to miss!  Don't forget to save time for breakfast or lunch at one our our fun RiverFront restaurants.

For information on becoming a vendor, please call 671-5555.

Featured Entertainment
~ August & September 2008 ~

August  9        Music by David McDonald
                         10:00 Chef Sally Davis Cooking Demo "In Praise of Tomatos"
                         The American Red Cross

August 16        Music by Barry Cloyd
                           Free yoga practice with Heading OM - 9:00 a.m.
                           Free Health Screenings at the Methodist Well Mobile 
 
 August 23       Music by Mike Cheeseman
                           Peoria Area Storytellers Guild  9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
                              in the gazebo
                           The American Red Cross

August 30        Music by Sullivan & Burton
                           Fun on the Run Inflatable

September 6   Music by Joe Couri
                           Grandparents Day at the Market
                                sponsored by the Peoria Park District
                                The first 100 grandparents receive a free cup of coffee                                                         and grandkids get an apple!
                              Free Health Screenings at the Methodist Well Mobile

September 13   Music by David McDonald
                              Peoria Area StoryTellers Guild (9:30 & 10:30 a.m.)

September 20   Music by Paul Weddle
                               Free Health Screenings at the Methodist Well Mobile
                               We welcome Chef Sally's Cullinary Tour to the Market

September 27      Music by the Peoria Pops Swing Band
                                Fun on the Run Inflatable
                                Drum Circle - 10:00 a.m.

 

It's time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Budweiser Illinois Blues Festival.  Great Blues entertainment and, this year, three entertainment stages.  Considered one of the top blues festivals, the 20th annual Budweiser Blues Festival features two days of internationally known Blues artists and is produced by Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment, www.jaytv.com, with proceeds going to the Illinois Blues Coalition.

The Illinois Blues Coalition supports Blues Societies, Blues Music Entertainmers and Blues Music Education by offering grants and scholarships to help fund projects which preserve and promote the history and future of blues music.  The objective of the Illinois Blues Coalition is to promote the art form of blues-related music by performatnce, by interpretation, by preservation and by enhancment of apprecatiation through knowledge and education.

A popular addition to our festival is the "Blues Lessons" featuring musician workshops and history of the blues educational seminars.  Peoria has a long tradition and has always been a major influence in blues music.  It began with the days when the blues masters would travel from Chicago, sown the Illiniois River to St. Louis, and then on to New Orleans.  Peoria was, and still is, the palce to stop!  Even the blues men and women knew the famous cliche, "Will It Play In Peoria?"

For more information, visit www.illinoisbluesfestival.com.