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.
The Orion Community Band will be performing at this year’s Bishop Hill Midsommar Music Festival. Their free concert will start at 1:30 p.m. in the village park on Saturday June 21, 2025. The Orion Community Band was started by Tony Hamilton in 2003 for the Orion Sesquicentennial. The group has grown to 25-30 members ranging in age from high school on up. OCB plays concerts around the Quad Cities area. For updates, please check out https://www.facebook.com/OrionCommunityBand
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.
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