Cheers to 50 Years!
It’s time to mark your calendars as the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival celebrates 50 years in 2025!
Join the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival in celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This annual Free family fun event, filled with music, parades, and other festivities, will run June 25 through June 29, 2025, and is located behind the Bourbonnais Municipal Building and the Bourbonnais Police Station.
Visit www.bourbonnaisfriendshipfestival.com for updates on all of the Free events included in this year’s festival.
▶Due to construction at BBCHS, the parade will begin at Ward Field on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University. The parade will procede westbound on University Avenue, northbound on S. Main Street, and westbound on Main Street NW (Route 102) before coming to an end at William Latham Drive (in front of the Bourbonnais PD) ▶
2025 Schedule of Events
Wednesday, June 25
5:00 pm Carnival Opens - Friends Night Special
Two People Ride for the Price of One Person
6:00 pm Opening Ceremonies
6:00 - 10:00 pm ............ Meineke’s Beer Garden
7:00 pm ....................... Bingo
7:00 pm Travelling Radio Show
8:30 pm Hillbilly Rockstarz
Thursday, June 26
5:00 pm Carnival Opens
(To commemorate BFF’s 50 Years, Leuhrs will be offering 50 cent tickets for the Ferris Wheel on Thursday, June 26 ONLY)
5:00 - 10:00 pm ............ Meineke’s Beer Garden
5:00 pm Bingo
6:15 pm Kankakeeland’s The Silhouettes
8:30 pm The Anthem Band - Styx Tribute Show
Friday, June 27
11:00 am - 8:00 pm Firefighters’ Fish Fry
12:00 pm - 12:00 am Meineke’s Beer Garden
1:00 pm Bingo
5:00 pm Carnival Opens
6:00 pm Fortunate Sons - John Fogerty Tribute Show
6:30 pm ......................... Children’s Parade
9:00 pm ......................... Fleetwood Gold - Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Saturday, June 28
Armed Services Day - Honoring Our Veterans
7:30 am 5K Run/Walk
9:00 am Kid’s Fishing Derby
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Veteran’s Luncheon
12:00 pm Carnival Opens
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm ...... Family Day- All Rides 1 Ticket
5:00 pm - Close Regular Pricing
12:00 pm - 12:00 am Meineke’s Beer Garden
1:00 pm Battle of the Bands
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm Firefighters’ Fish Fry
5:00 pm Lemner’s Soo Bahk Do Demonstration (In Front of Main Stage -Grass)
6:00 pm ......................... Bingo
6:30 pm Dorothy Roberson - Tina Turner Tribute Show
9:00 pm Fireworks Display (Behind Post Office)
9:30 pm ......................... Chicago Tribute Anthology-Chicago Tribute Show
Sunday, June 29
12:00 pm Carnival Opens 1:00 pm ......................... Grand Parade
