8:30 AM: Pre-Festival - 5k/Kids Run (with medals for top finishers) - Awards at the Bandshell

9:30 AM: Bubble Bash!

1:00 PM: Zinnia Festival Begins - Welcome - Sponsors (Mic Time), Partners (ESDA, Dist. 6, ZBTHS, ZB Library, Zion Park District), Vendors

1:15 PM - 1:30PM: Announce Yard Contest Winners on Stage; Drive by Tour Guides Distributed including the list of Best Yard Winners and locations of Zion's Monarch Murals

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: DJ and Hostess Tia Wilson

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Food Trucks

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Craft Fair | Vendors | Art Exhibitors

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Zion District 6 Art Fair – Leisure Center

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Monarch House Experience and Photo Op -  $5

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Mechanical Bull Riding Competition and Just for Fun!

1:00 - 3:30 PM: FREE Crafts – Sponsored by Zion Dist 6 Art Department

1:30 - 3:30 PM: Face Painting and Balloon Artists

1:35 PM - 1: 55 PM: Bull Valley Singers -  Potawatomi Trails Pow Wow

1:30 PM- 2:00 PM: Program on How to Harvest Zinnia and Milkweed Seeds - hosted by Illinois Dunesland Garden Club – Leisure Center

2:00 PM: Water Balloon Play

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM: Danza Folklorico Monarch Stage Performance

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Vase Decorating Craft and Flower Arranging Demonstration - hosted by Illinois Dunesland Garden Club - Leisure Center

2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Live Painting in the Park - Dandelion Artist

2:00 PM- 4:00 PM: Zion's Own Leah Andersen from 102.3 and 95.1 WILROCK and Union Latina with Jose Rodriguez TUDN 1220 hosting their radio programs next to the stage!

2:30 PM- 2:55 PM: Custard Eating Contest on Stage

2:45 PM- 3:45 PM: Poetry Contest Competition in Leisure Center (awards on Sunday)

3:00 PM: Water Balloon Play

3:00 PM- 3:25 PM: CJs Donut Eating Contest

3:30 PM- 3:55 PM: Watermelon Eating Contest

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Piñata and Bubble Magic Fun
Caterpillar Piñata (ages 9 and under) \ Monarch Piñata (ages 10 -13)

5:00 PM: Event Ends for Day.

7:00 – 8:00 AM: Yoga at Esther’s Well

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM: Zion Community Prayer Circle at Esther’s Well

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Monarch Festival Begins

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Welcome - On Stage: DJ  and Hostess Tia Wilson: Sponsor Acknowledgements Singer Performances | Community Blessings (Jonelle Gloria)

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Food Trucks

1:00 – 5:00 PM: Craft Fair | Vendors | Art Exhibitors

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Zion District 6 Art Fair – Leisure Center

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Monarch House Experience and Photo Op - $5

1:00 - 3:30 PM: FREE Crafts – Sponsored by Zion Dist 6 Art Department

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM: Elite Striders Perform

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM: International Award-Winning Razzle Dazzles

1:30 - 3:30 PM: FREE Face Painting and Balloon Artists

1:30 - 2:00 PM: Bee Keeping Class – Leisure Center

2:30 PM: Water Balloon Play

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM: Line Dancing in the Park with Denise Lear

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM: Raising Monarchs, Carlen Borland – Fluttering Friends, Inc. – Leisure Center

2:00 -4:30 PM: Live Painting in the Park - Dandelion Artist

2:00 PM -4:30 PM: Loopy Connections - Community Quilt Project

3:00 PM – 3:40 PM: On Stage: Sponsor Acknowledgements | Contest Winner Awards

·      Poster Contest, Photo Contest, Costume Contest, Bull Riding Contest, Cut Flower Contest

·      Poetry Contest Winners Present

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM: Honor the Monarch Enthusiasts

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: The Hungry Caterpillar – Living 4 Childcare

4:30 PM – 4:55 PM: Release of the Monarchs Gathering

5:00 PM: Closing.