3-day Memorial Day Summer Camp music festival is off for 2025, organizers say
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Just two months before it was to have a three-day music festival, Summer Camp organizers said that wasn't going to happen this year.
Already, the 25-year-old event had moved out of its only home at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe with plans to be on Peoria's Riverfront over Memorial Day weekend for a three-day affair.
But in a Facebook post Thursday, organizers said a three-day event was off this year.
'Although we gave it our best efforts, a variety of factors such as the state of the music festival industry, artist conflicts, and more did not allow us to put together a Memorial Day event this year that would live up to the Summer Camp Presents brand,' the post said. 'At this time, our team is looking ahead to our full return in 2026.
'As such we will not hold an event over Memorial Day Weekend in 2025 and will instead present a series of shows over the Summer at the Peoria Riverfront as a prequel to the big 25th edition of Summer Camp Music Festival in 2026. Come join us.'
The post goes on to list five dates in June, July, and August when bands would come to the area under the Summer Camp umbrella.
The move out of Three Sisters Park meant an end to the traditional Summer Camp festival, which featured days of camping at the park, as well as a counterculture, 1960s-feel to the show. The concert, over the years, has brought in big-name artists like George Clinton, Phil Lesh, moe., Willie Nelson, and others.
But along with the throngs of people — one year had some 20,000 people attending — came dozens of arrests for drugs and alcohol. That had largely tailed off over the past decade, but the festival was still a big issue for local first responders who had to staff the festival to take care of patrons.
It also was a huge economic boon to Chillicothe as well, given that in some years, the number of guests attending was more than the village's population.
When they made their announcement of coming to the riverfront last December, economics was also cited.
'We know you all have been waiting for word of this year's festival, and we have some good news. We will indeed be hosting an event in 2025. However, with the difficult economic factors continuing to impact the festival market in various ways we have elected to make some changes which we are happy to share with you now,' another Facebook post said at the time.
And in 2023, the festival announced it would be downscaled due to the cost to ship in things like bathrooms skyrocketing, as well as struggles finding people to work the events.
In 2024, the event came back with a different name, Solshine Reverie. The name Summer Camp was brought back when they announced the Riverfront move.
This story will be updated.
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