Arcola Broomcorn Festival

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/07/2025
All Day

Location
Arcola

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Head to Arcola on September 5-7 for the Broomcorn Festival.

Celebrating their 54th year, they are packing it all into 3 full days! Food and Street vendors will line the historic brick streets in downtown Arcola. Make sure to visit the Broom tent while in town for your locally made broom and broom making demos!

The National Broom Sweeping Contest kicks off the festival on Friday, Saturday starts with the 5k/10k race and the huge parade starts at 3pm. Come back Sunday to enjoy a FREE concert with AGT winner Richard Goodall on the Oak St. Stage. So much more to see and do at the Arcola Broomcorn Festival.

Friday 9/5
10am – Festival Opens
10am – Street & Food Vendors Open
12pm – Little Sweepers Xtreme Fun Zone Opens
3pm – Grand Marshall Reception – Arcola Center
4pm – National Broom Sweeping Contest
4pm – Beer Pavilion Opens
5pm – Grand Opening of Broom Palace
8pm – BoomBox Performs in the Beer Pavilion
8pm – Courtney & The Meeks Perform at Main Street Lounge

Saturday 9/6
8am – Broomcorn Festival 5/10k Race at Moore Park
9am – Festival Opens
9am – Street & Food Vendors Open
10am – Little Sweepers Xtreme Fun Zone Opens
12pm – Miss Arcola Baby Pageant on Main St. Stage
12pm – Beer Pavilion Opens
3pm – HUGE Broomcorn Parade
3pm – Tanner Romine Performs at Main Street Lounge
7pm – Josh Holland Performs at Main Street Lounge
8pm – The Tom Grassman Band Performs in the Beer Pavilion

Sunday 9/7
9am – Festival Opens
9am – Street & Vendors Open
11am – Outdoor Church Service at Christian Church
11am – Kiddie Tractor Pull on Oak St.
12pm – Little Sweepers Xtreme Fun Zone Opens
12pm – Beer Pavilion Opens
12pm – Jake & Mikayla Perform at Christian Church
2pm – Richard Goodall Performs on Oak St. Stage
2pm – Live Music at Main Street Lounge
5pm – Beer Pavilion Closes
5pm – Festival Closes

See the full schedule at arcolachamber.com and follow the Arcola Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.

For more information, contact the Arcola Chamber of Commerce at (217) 268-4530 or visit the Festival website at this link.

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