You’ve got two options this weekend:

Stay home scrolling “what should we do?”…or end up in Riverside, drink in hand, bouncing between 16 live bands like you planned it all along.

👉 Spring Fling Music Festival is back

📍 Riverside, IL

🗓️ Saturday, May 2

⏰ 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM

And this isn’t a sit-in-one-spot kind of event…

👉 This is a walkable music crawl through an entire town.

🎶 FULL BAND LINEUP + SET TIMES

🕐 12:30 – 2:00 PM (Kickoff Energy)

• El Rando

• One Step Up

• Pool House Noize

• Deaf Right Ear

• Fraser & Friends

• Big Ange & Sid Rivers

  
  

🕑 2:15 – 3:45 PM (Peak Crowd Hours)

• The Heartwreckers

• Matthew Scharpe

• Tray Melee

• 40 Years Gone

• Matt Strom

  
  

🕓 4:00 – 5:30 PM (Close It Out Loud)

• Blind Reality

• Out For Hours

• Jameson Shakes

• Johnny Fu

• No Straight Roads

  
  

👉 Bands rotate across multiple venues—so you’ll be moving, exploring, and discovering new spots all day.

🍔 FOOD LINEUP (Actually Worth Your Time)

• Cousins Maine Lobster 🦞

• Scratch Public House 🍔

• Tamales Express 🌮

• Lincoln Dogs 🌭

👉 This is not “festival survival food”, this is a legit lineup.

🍺 DRINKS THAT KEEP YOU THERE

• BuckleDown Brewing 🍺

• WhistlePig Whiskey 🥃

• Vinette 🍷

👉 Translation: You’re staying longer than you planned.

🎟️ TICKETS (READ THIS PART)

• 👶 Kids 9 & under = FREE

• 🎫 Ages 10+ need a ticket

• 🎟️ Options: single, 2-pack, 4-pack

• 📧 Group packages available via contact@riversiderocks.net

⚠️ Rain or shine event

⚠️ NO refunds. No reschedules.

👉 So yeah… you’re going either way.

🎫 WRISTBAND PICKUP (CLUTCH INFO)

📍 La Barra Riverside🗓️ Wed April 22 | 4:30–6:30PM

📍 Riverside Foods🗓️ Sun April 26 | 1–4PM🗓️ Sat May 2 | 10:30–12:30PM

📍 Salon D’Amore🗓️ Thurs April 30 | 5–7PM

👉 If you wait until Saturday morning… don’t say we didn’t warn you.

🎟️ MORE THAN MUSIC

• 🎟️ Raffle experiences (trips, nights out, prizes)

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family stage with kid activities

• 🎶 Community-wide vibe

❤️ All proceeds benefit Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

👉 Every band is donating their time and talent.

🚗 HOW TO GET THERE FROM BERWYN

• 🚗 5–15 minute drive

• 🚆 Metra BNSF → Riverside stop (walk straight in)

👉 Honestly… take the train and enjoy it.

💡 WHY THIS EVENT HITS DIFFERENT

This isn’t:

• One stage

• One vendor row

• One crowd

👉 It’s a full town takeover

You’ll:

• Walk between venues

• Catch different bands every hour

• Eat, drink, repeat

• Run into people you know

👉 These are the events people remember.

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📌 SOURCES

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• Event graphics & ticketing info provided (Spring Fling 2026 promotional materials)