June 06, 2025
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Kankakee County Museum to hold 35th annual Rhubarb Festival

By Shaw Local News Network
The museum is looking for vendors for the 2025 festival this year.

Attendees stroll through the vendors at the Rhubarb Festival at the Kankakee County Museum and Civic Auditorium in 2024. The 35th annual fest returns Sunday, May 18.

The Kankakee County Museum has announced the 35th annual Rhubarb Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Small Memorial Park in Kankakee.

Festivities will include a wide array of vendors, a dime toss, a kids’ zone, a pie-eating contest, live entertainment and tours of the Taylor One-Room Schoolhouse.

New to this year’s festival are the Kankakee Art League Show and a new sports exhibit titled More Than a Game.

Rhubarb and strawberry-rhubarb whole pies and slices provided by the Bennett-Curtis House will be available for purchase as part of the museum’s fundraising efforts, as well as jams from Turtle Acres.

Pies and jams can also be pre-ordered online at kankakeecountymuseum.com through May 16.

The museum also is looking for volunteers to assist with everything from welcoming guests and running activities to helping with the historic home tours, pie-eating contests and making crafts in the KidsZone. Shifts are available throughout the day.

To sign up, email KankakeeCountyMuseum@gmail.com or call 815-932-5279.