33rd Annual Urbana Sweetcorn FestivalAugust 22nd & 23rd
 Thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, and volunteers for making this one of the largest Sweetcorn Festivals in history!How sweet is it? Thirty-three years and a whole lot of corn, sweet! The 33rd Urbana Sweetcorn Festival took place on August 22nd and 23rd in the heart of downtown and delivered on its promise to be even more exciting than last year’s! This annual event has become the largest festival in Champaign County, marking the official cap-off to summer. The main course: hot, steaming ears of sweetcorn! The festivities kicked off that Friday at 5:00 pm and lasted until 11:00 pm that night and all day Saturday from 11:00 am until 11:00 pm. Activities range from a petting zoo and pony rides, to a rock climbing wall, and new this year indoor laser tag. The ever-popular Motor Muster will take place on Saturday from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm. This premier antique auto show is featuring a decade-by-decade of Buicks back to 1908. This year's festival boasted a new addition! The Henry Ford Museum’s Ford Rouge Factory Tour offerred a mini-tour of the actual factory and plenty of interactive features all bottled into one mobile 46-foot trailer that resembles the F-150 pick-up truck. Susan Toalson, Executive Director of The Urbana Business Association says, “UBA is thrilled to present this dynamic experience at the Sweetcorn Festival free of charge to everyone!” In addition to the attractions, there was plenty of great food and merchandise from more than a hundred vendors. Another new addition that UBA was proud to present was Foghat, a classic 70’s blues/rock band, which offered live entertainment Saturday at 9:00 pm. Other genres of music included blue grass/folk/americana, R&B, salsa, gospel and much more on three stages, with all three stages going live both nights. EntertainmentMiller Main Stage Friday 5:30-6:30 pm Zmick 7:00-8:30 pm Cornmeal 9:00-11:00 pm ZoSo Saturday 1:00-2:00 pm CUperstars 2:00-3:30 pm Kilbourn Alley 4:00-5:00 pm Delta Kings 5:30-6:30 pm Orquesta Bravo 7:00-8:30 pm Pauli Carmen and Champaign 9:00-11:00 pm Foghat Busey Sponsored StageFriday 7:00-10:30 pm The Boat Drunks Saturday 12:30-2:00 VIP Bingo 2:00-4:00 pm Gene Trimble Orchestra 4:00 pm Busey Executive Sweetcorn Eating Contest 7:00-10:00 pm Jacob Hertzog WBGL/ Provena Family Friendly StageFriday 7:00-9:00 pm Ayiesha Woods Saturday 11:00am-12:00 pm Children's Choir 12:20-12:40 pm Newberry's Martial Arts 5:00- 6:30 pm Lady Bugs 6:30-7:15 pm Mark Roach 7:30-9:30 pm Echoing Angels SponsorsPlatinum Level Sponsors $5000+
 WBGL
 Busey Bank
 Provena Covenant Medical Center
 Illinois American Water
 Ciy of Urbana
 The News-Gazette
 WalMart Gold Level Sponsors $2500+
 The Official Sweetcorn Hotel Eastland Suites
 Miller Light
 WCIA
 eXtra 99.1
 The Chief 92.5
 Mix 94.5
 WIXY 100.3 Silver Level Sponsors 1000+
 UIECU
 Pepsi
 CUMTD
 PDQ Printing Services
 SiPepDesign.com
 Twin City Tent and Awning
 Carle Foundation Hospital
 Carle Clinic
 Krannert
 Sam's Club
 Ameren
 WAND
 105.9 WGKC
Bronze Level Sponsor $500 and BelowFrederick & Hagle Attorneys at Law The Law Office of Novak, Weaver, and Solberg La Prensa Worden-Martin
Sullivan-Parkhill Automotive
O'Brien's Auto Park, Urbana
Peter B's Automotive
Tatman's Car Care Collision Centers
State Farm, Marcy McAnally, Agent
Gotta Potty Allied Waste Health Alliance Medical Plans Motor MusterThe Urbana Motor Muster is a premier, regional antique automobile show showcasing a wide variety of collector cars, from full Classics, early brass cars, and less-known orphan makes to sports cars and muscle cars, as well as the older family cars that you recall from your youth. Over the years, nearly 50 different makes of vehicles have been on display including some very rare and high-dollar collector cars with values approaching and over $1 million. Cars that have participated in the annual Great Race and exhibited on the lawns at the prestigeous Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance have been on display. Even a film crew from the cable television Speed Channel has visited the Muster. This year, the show honored the BUICK make with a decade by decade display that included examples back to 1908 and even a Buick-made 1923 truck. But it would not a great Buick display without the big luxury cars and a 1953 Skylark convertible and 1955 Roadmaster and 1958 Limited sedans were there too. The show was free to visit and a great family attraction. Over 500 visitors to the show were be asked to vote for their favorite car or truck. And as a new feature this year, the Muster has become a proud supporter of the Cunningham Children's Home of Urbana. While you were at the festival this year, you had an opportunity to visit the Henry Ford Museum's Rouge Plant Tour traveling display.
 5K & 10K VolksmarchesOn Saturday morning at the festival, you could build up a great appetite for the sweetcorn and other treats by taking walks that brought you to places in Urbana you may have never seen! Each year we lay out new routes to let you explore the side alleys and non-vehicular routes in Urbana. Volksmarches are simply non-competitive walks along designated trails. This year our stop for both walks will be at the Spurlock Museum where you are free to linger and enjoy seeing world-class cultural and historical exhibits. For the 10 K walkers, we continued on to explore more interesting sites on the U of I campus. A 5 K walk is 3.1 miles long and a 10 K is 6.2 miles long. All of this, including the museum is family friendly and free! Is that hard to find these days or what!
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