Skokie's Backlot Bash

From Skokie's Backlot Bash Website:

Having quickly earned a reputation for quality, original live music, as well as a host of unique family attractions -- Skokie's downtown summer street festival is held annually over three days in late August, one week prior to Labor Day weekend. Since its inception in 2007, Skokie's Backlot Bash has presented some of the nation's most eclectic Rock, Blues and R&B artists, including the Presidents of the United States of America, Lonnie Brooks, The Fixx, The English Beat, The Romantics, Cracker, Fastball, Spin Doctors, and Smoking Popes.

The Bash also hosts a large carnival midway, a 5K Run, classic movies at the Skokie Theatre, a children's stage and kid's activities, a classic auto show, bingo, a Sponsor and Community Resource Fair, exhibits at the Skokie Heritage Museum, a Sunday pancake breakfast and farmer's market, and much more.