The 2025 Bishop Hill Midsommar Music Festival is a family-friendly event occurring on Saturday June 21. Highlights of this festival includes free concerts in the park, a Swedish Maypole celebration, and much more. Please bring a lawn chair and join us as we celebrate this Swedish holiday in historic Bishop Hill, Illinois.
Author Jannifer Stevens Powelson will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Prairie Arts Center, located at 203 North Bishop Hill Street. Jannifer is the author of the Rachel and Sammy books, as well as Nature Station Mysteries. Please check out her website at janniferpowelson.com for more details.
The Midsommar Music Festival is sponsored by the Bishop Hill Heritage Association, Bishop Hill State Historic Site, Bishop Hill Old Settler’s Association, Vasa National Archives, Bishop Hill Vasa Lodge #683, and area businesses. Regional Media is our major media sponsor. Funding provided by the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Minneapolis Foundation, Vasa National Archives, Bishop Hill Vasa Lodge #683, and the Illinois Arts Council. For directions or more information, visit www.visitbishophill.com, or call 309-927-3899.
2025 MIDSOMMAR MUSIC SCHEDULE
SATURDAY June 21
Schedule for the day includes the following FREE performances at the center of the park in front of the gazebo:
– MAIN STAGE –
Black Hawk
Pipes & Drums 10 am
Chloe Finch 11:30 a.m.
Orion Community Band 1:30 p.m.
Norwegian Bachelor Farmers 3 pm
***Maypole dressing begins at 4 pm and procession to the Colony
School begins just after it is dressed.
Maypole dancing at Colony School at 4:30 p.m., followed by supper provided by the
Bishop Hill Vasa Lodge
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