UPDATE: North Aurora Days 2009 Back At Clock Tower Plaza

North Aurora Days is heading back to the Clock Tower Plaza, according to festival organizer Max Herwig. In a phone conversation we had with Mr. Herwig this afternoon, he outlined the challenges of finding a home for the annual celebration.

As we originally posted, organizers were considering holding the festival at Mooseheart in order to have enough room to provide a full carnival. That plan fell through, however, when the county determined that North Aurora Police would not be able to work the event since Mooseheart is outside of their jurisdiction. Instead, Kane County law enforcement would have had to be hired at a cost of thousands of dollars of overtime pay. The county also declined to deputize North Aurora officers for the event. Sponsorship is already down sharply from previous years, therefore, organizers chose to move the event rather than incurring additional costs.

So North Aurora Days 2009 will look much like it did two years ago at the Clock Tower Plaza, featuring a row of food vendors, a beer tent, an entertainment stage, and some carnival games located by the Super Wash car wash.

Check back for the full schedule of events when it becomes available.

[OK, so two months later... Anyway, here's the schedule]

• Community Garage Sale
  
  • Friday & Saturday: 8am-4pm
• Summer Celebration (New Hope Lutheran Church) map
  
  • Friday: 8am-5pm, Saturday: 8am-3pm
• Messenger Library Book Sale map
  
  • Friday & Saturday: 9am-3pm
• Arts, Crafts, & Vendor Fair (Mooseheart Fieldhouse) map
  
  • Friday: 10am-4pm, Saturday: 9am-4pm
• Emergency Vehicle Lights & Sirens Parade map
  
  • Friday 7pm
• Night-Light Golf (Valley Green Golf Course) map
  
  • Friday 7:30pm
• Kids & Adult Ice Cream Eating Contests (Clock Tower Plaza) map
  
  • Friday: 7:45pm-8:30pm
• Rides, Games and Amusements (Clock Tower Plaza)
  
  • Friday: 6pm-11:30pm, Saturday: 3pm-11:30pm
• Fireworks (Clock Tower Plaza)
  
  • Friday 9:15pm
• Free Community Breakfast (Crossway Chapel) map
  
  • Saturday: 8am-10am while supplies last
• Free Document Shredding (Old Second National Bank) map
  
  • Saturday: 9:30am-11:30am
• Mooseheart Fieldhouse
  • Saturday 10am-1pm
    • Touch a Truck
    • Rain Barrel & Compost Bin Sale
    • Car Seat Check
    • Child Fingerprinting & Photo ID's
• Emergency Vehicle Show (Mooseheart Fieldhouse)
  • Saturday: 10am-4pm
• Free Horse Rides (Huntoon Stables) map
  • Saturday: 4pm-5pm
• DancEncounter Program (Clock Tower Plaza)
  • Saturday: 4:45pm-5:30pm
• Tae Kwon Do Demonstrations (Clock Tower Plaza)
  • Saturday: 5:30pm-6pm
• Cruise Night (A & W) map
  • Saturday: 6:30pm-9:30pm
• Pet Parade (North Aurora Activity Center) map
  • Sunday: 1pm-3pm

Main Stage Entertainment (Clock Tower Plaza)
Friday

• Fun House (rock/pop/blues/country) 8:30pm-11:30pm

Saturday

• The Bad Honky Tonkers (70's/80's) 6pm-8pm
• Hi Infidelity (classic rock) 8:30pm-11:30pm

Food and Beverages (i.e. Beer Tent) (Clock Tower Plaza)

• Friday: 6pm-midnight
• Saturday: 5pm-midnight