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 Vasa National Archives, a short block south of the park, will be offering a Midsummer Respite featuring drinks, snacks, and a make-and-take clay sculpture station. The public is welcome to view exhibits, enjoy some light refreshments, and make a clay sculpture to take home. The Vasa National Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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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