Friday Peterson Park, 4300 Petersen Pa

Friday

Peterson Park, 4300 Petersen Park Road

Admission: $4 per person, age 12 and younger free.

Meijer Virtual Playground: 4 p.m.

Paintball Tournament: 4 p.m.; $10 to play; register at www.pappaintball.com

Food and beer: 5 to 11 p.m.

Rides: 5 to 11 p.m.

Re/Max hot-air tethered balloon ride: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Performances: 5:30 p.m., Goin’ South; 8 p.m., Modern Day Romeos

Saturday

Petersen Park

Admission: $6 per person in advance; $8 at gate; 12 and younger free

Food and beer: 1 to 11 p.m.

Rides: 1 to 11 p.m. (unlimited ride special 2 to 5 p.m.)

Meijer Virtual Playground: 1 p.m.

Paintball tournament: 1 p.m.; $10 to play; register at www.pappaintball.com

Fiesta Favorite Competition: 1:30 to 5 p.m.; 1 p.m. pre-show performance by Poseidon

Volleyball tournament: 2 p.m.

Harley Motorcycle Show: 1 to 5 p.m.

Uncle Sam: 2 to 5 p.m.

Canoe Challenge (McCullom Lake): 1:30 p.m.

Plywood Boat Challenge (McCullom Lake): 1:30 p.m., orientation; 2 to 4 p.m., building time; 4:30 p.m., race

Performances: 5:45 p.m., Trippin’ Billies; 9 p.m., Gin Blossoms

Sunday

Petersen Park

Admission: $5 adults, 12 younger free

26th Annual Car Show: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Food and beer: Noon to 8 p.m.

Rides: Noon to 10 p.m. (unlimited ride special noon to 3 p.m.)

Meijer Virtual Playground: noon

Men’s Annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at McHenry Middle School

Volleyball Tournament: noon

Fiesta Favorite Finalists Competition: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; noon, pre-show performance by Poseidon

Sand Sculpture Contest: 1 to 3 p.m.

Extreme Sports Show: 1 to 3 p.m., skateboard demo

Paintball Tournament: 1 p.m.; $10 to play; register at www.pappaintball.com

Performances: 3:30 p.m., The Moods; 5:45 p.m., The Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik

Monday

Petersen Park

Food and rides (unlimited ride special all evening)

Big Wheels Race: 5:30 p.m., check-in; 6:30 p.m., race begins.

Teen Night: 7 to 10 p.m.; entertainment: The Blue Waves (sponsored by the Kiwanis Noon Club)

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McHenry River Run at Veteran’s Memorial Park (sponsored by McHenry Parks and Recreation Department); Check in: 5:45 to 6:20 p.m; 3 Mile Fun Run: 6:35 p.m.; 6.8 Mile Run: 6:45 p.m.

CrimeStoppers Bingo Bash: 6:30 to 10 p.m. at VFW Hall

Wednesday

Open Track Meet at McCracken Field (sponsored by McHenry Parks and Recreation Department); Check in: 5 p.m.; meet, 5:15 to 8 p.m.

July 16

Veteran’s Memorial Park, 3400 Pearl St.

Food and beer: 5 to 9:30 p.m.

Parade Marshal Ceremony: 7 to 7:30 p.m.

McHenry City Stage Band: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

July 17

Veteran’s Memorial Park, 3400 Pearl St.

Food: 3 to 8 p.m.

Children’s Ice Cream Social: 3 to 8 p.m.: Face-painting, moonwalk, balloonist, games, fingerprinting, fire safety house

Performances: 3 p.m., Children’s Karaoke with Off The Wall Entertainment Services; 4 p.m., CYT “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown”; 5 p.m., Team Dog/Camp Bow Wow Training Demonstrations; 6 p.m., The Martin Lopez Academy, “4 Strings Attached”; 7 p.m., Bill O’Connor, audience participation show

Inside Sidewalk Sales: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. all over town.

July 18

28th Annual Arts & Crafts in the Park: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park

Outside Sidewalk Sales: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. all over town

Shakespeare in the Park: 4 to 9 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park. Puppets, sonnets, skits, dancing, stage combat demos. Performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” at 7:30 p.m. by The Riverview Theatre Co.

Drum & Bugle Corps: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at McHenry High School West, 4724 Crystal Lake Road; tickets, $8. Featuring: Chicago Royal Airs; Classic Cavaliers; Northernaires from Menominee, Mich.; Lakeshoreman from Troy, Mich.; Crystal Lake Strikers; Southshore Drill Team

July 19

Parade Activities: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; theme, “Proud to Be an American” at Veteran’s Memorial Park

Jaycees Dinner: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Parade: 1:30 p.m.; Route: Main Street to Green Street to Pearl Street to Riverside Drive to Broad Street

July 25

Family Faith Nite: 4 to 10 p.m. at Petersen Park; tickets, $6 per person in advance, $8 at gate, 12 and younger free. Concessions, games, face-painting, Kid’s Fest sponsored by Mercy Health Systems

Performances: 4 p.m., CYT “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown”; 5 p.m., local worship music led by Katie Yore; 6:15 p.m., Paul Colman; 8 p.m., VOTA (formerly known as Casting Pearls)