Stroll on State, Rockford's official kickoff to the holiday season, is about three weeks away.
John Groh, president and CEO of the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to discuss this year's event.
Stroll on State takes place from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25 in downtown Rockford.
Listen below for the full episode:
John Groh, president and CEO of the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about the ways the city is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the debut of "A League of Their Own" and the new Amazon Prime series.
You can get free tickets to an early showing of the new series, which will play at 8 p.m Saturday, July 2 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The screening is preceded by a street fair starting at 6 p.m.
Groh said about 300 tickets were reserved in a two-hour span Wednesday after the tickets became available at 3 p.m.
"I think Rockford is going to be put in a really good light," Groh told Summers. "I just think it's so cool that we get to have this premier before anybody else in the country."
Listen to the whole episode below.
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Danny McDade plays on Monday, May 29, 2023, during a Memorial Day ceremony at the LZ Peace Memorial in Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)[/caption]
Danny McDade, president of the Irish Marching Society, joins Steve Summers and Ryan Sartori on This Week in the Stateline to talk about a special live performance the group is hosting this weekend as part of its Celtic Concert Series.
The Fitzgeralds, a high-energy fiddling and step-dancing group from Canada, will perform Friday at the Rockford Public Library Nordlof Center.
"They don't just sing and dance: They interact with the audience. They interact with each other," McDade said. "It's a stage act."
The Fitzgeralds consist of siblings Tom and Kerry Fitzgerald with Alanna Jenish and Graeme McGillvray.
The show happens at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at RPL Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St., in downtown Rockford.
Admission is $25 at the door. You can get tickets at irishmarchingsociety.com.
Listen to the full podcast with McDade below:
Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about new homes being built near Auburn High School, an upcoming resource fair and more.
