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Vintage Vinyl plays at the gazebo at Setttlers Park.
Summer is truly here: Rockton River Market is up and running. Wednesday, June 1, marked the first happening of the season.
Vintage Vinyl opened the season with crowd-pleasing country and contemporary music.
Food trucks, liquid refreshments and lots of vendors were scattered around Settlers Park.
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Families ate dinner at picnic tables or spread blankets on the ground. Dog owners kept a tight rein on their pets, and children danced to the music.
Jump houses were available for younger children, as well as the opportunity to create giant bubbles, courtesy of Stateline STEM Academy.
River Market will continue Wednesday evenings through the summer.
The music line-up includes:
- June 8 - That Gurl
- June 15 – (Old Settlers Day takes over the park)
- June 22 – Distilled
- June 29 – Tony Rocker
- July 6 – Grass Attack
- July 13 - Hank’s Neighbors
- July 20 – The OGMC
- July 27 – Minimal
- Aug 3 – Bree Morgan
- Aug. 10 – Rock Surfers
- Aug 17 – Soul Tango
- Aug 24 – Kevin Burns - Good Vibrations
- Aug. 31 – Nauti Nauti
Lily created a huge soap bubble at Rockton River Market on Wednesday, June 1. The kid-friendly activity was sponsored by Stateline STEM Academy.
Crystal (L) and Beylah Jaime and their German Shepherd Lobo, listen to the music of Vintage Vinyl, during the first Rockton River Market of the season, June 1.
Leo tries his hand at creating giant soap bubbles at Rockton River Market. Stateline STEM Academy provided the entertainment.
More News from Rockton
- Municipal meetings for Rockton, South Beloit, and Roscoe On the agendas: labyrinth at Settlers Park, Chicory Ridge garage sales, demolishing the Garden Hotel
- Saturday's Old Settlers Days headliner Warren Zeiders wins a Country Music Award Zeiders, who won the CMA Breakthrough Male Video of the Year for Pretty Little Poison, will be in Rockton in June.
