Chicago, IL -- Sept 3rd, 2016 -- Haley performing at BG Days

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Festival has been moved to a new location. Haley will perform.

Village Working Out BG Days Parking Situation

...This year, BG Days will take place at Mike Rylko Community Park on Old McHenry Road over Labor Day weekend. Plans called for Lake-Cook to be expanded to three lanes in both directions at Raupp Boulevard -- right in the heart of the familiar festival grounds.

Mike Rylko Park is larger than the area around Raupp and Lake-Cook Road and more self-contained.

The only major change this year from previous years’ festivals is there will no longer be Sunday night fireworks due to safety concerns of the proximity of the fireworks to surrounding residential neighborhoods.

...With the aid of Buffalo Grove police, shuttle buses will have a secluded area in front of the nearby fitness center to safely drop-off passengers without becoming major obstacles to traffic.

As soon as remaining details regarding parking areas and shuttle bus routes are completed, the committee will post a map displaying the information on the new BG Days website.

...Furthermore, the BG Days committee is excited to announce the return of American Idol singer Haley Reinhart as part of their free musical entertainment event.

http://www.journal-topics.com/news/artic...cb605.html

Maybe she'll make more than whatever they paid her before.

February:

Buffalo Grove Days hoping to boost music acts after losing fireworks

Buffalo Grove Days will no longer feature fireworks, due to the logistical restrictions posed by the new site at Rylko Community Park.

That frees up $16,000 the village can use to help upgrade the entertainment with bigger name bands.

At Monday's committee of the whole meeting, village board members discussed whether to not only use the fireworks money, but also kick in an additional $20,000 to boost the Saturday night concert offering.

Trustees were agreeable to dipping into the $16,000 but showed they weren't quite ready to rock 'n' roll, balking at spending an additional $15,000-$20,000.

...Buffalo Grove Days Committee Co-Chair Paulette Greenberg said the committee would like to have more money to spend on bands.

Local bands, such as tribute bands, cost under $10,000 each, she said. The $10,000-$20,000 range would include bands from the 1960s like Herman's Hermits.

"The problem we have is the demographics of Buffalo Grove show most of the people (are) 35-50. This is the group that wants to hear '80s and '90s music," she said.

To get bands like Steppenwolf and Christopher Cross would cost between $20,000 and $30,000. The ideal, she said, would be to get to the $30,000 to $40,000 level, a neighborhood that would include Blues Traveler, Crystal Gayle, Gordon Lightfoot and Eddie Money.

Reaction to some of the bands was lukewarm, with Trustee Joanne Johnson saying at one point, "Honestly, some of those bands sound pretty old." But she also said, "I think attendance could go up dramatically if we had a band people recognized."

Trustee Steven Trilling questioned whether the village would be able to bring in enough additional revenue to offset the cost of a bigger name band.

Finance Director Scott Anderson said the village's cut from liquor sales is about $20,000 -- the village gets 50 percent of sales.

Assuming that the village's take from Saturday night would be $10,000, Trilling responded, "Even if we go another 50 percent in sales on a Saturday night, you're only going to gather 5,000 dollars more in revenue from beer sales."

Trustees said they needed more information before making the extra investment. Village Manager Dane Bragg said village staff could come back with more information, but emphasized that the time for making a decision is drawing near.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160...lecomments

People in the comments want their fireworks back.