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)

1:15 PM - 1:30PM: Zion-Benton NJROTC Welcome Performance

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 Alex and Hostess Tia Wilson & Giselle Alcocer

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’s Youth Art Walk

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

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Loopy Connection

1:38 - 1:50 PM: Butterfly Dane with Potawatomi Trails Pow Wow

1:00 - 4:30 PM: Face Painting

2:00 - 3:00 PM: Balloon Artists

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM: International Award Winning Razzle Dazzle

2:20 PM- 2:30 PM: Announcements/Acknowledgements - DJ Alex Music Break

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM: Custard Eating Contest

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM: CJ’s Donut Eating Contest

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM: Watermelon Eating Contest

4":15 PM - 4:40 PM: Dancing - Zumba (Latin - American)

4:15 PM - 4:40 PM: Education - Zinnia and Milkweed seeds - Garden Club

4:45 PM - 4:50 PM: Host Closing Remarks

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM: Solo Music Performance - Sherri D Artist (Singer/Song Writer)

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.

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

1:00 PM – 1:10 PM: Welcome - On Stage: DJ  Alex and Hostess Tia Wilson & Giselle Alcocer: Sponsor Acknowledgements Singer Performances |

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’s Youth Art Walk

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

1:15 PM – 1:29 PM: Community Blessing

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM: American Anthem

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM: FREE Face Painting

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Lino-Print Making hands-on demo

1:35 PM - 1:45 PM: Solo Music Performance - Jonelle Glori (Singer/Song Writer)

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Mariachi Estrellas De Waukegan

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM: Ballet Folkloric Tayahua

2:40 PM - 2:45 PM: Dancing - Zumba (Latin - American)

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM: Herencia Ecestre Horse Show

3:20 PM - 3:49 PM: Sponsor Acknowledgements | Raffle Prize Winners | Contest Award Winners

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM: Fungology String Quartet Performance

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

4:55 PM - 5:00 PM: Closing Statements