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Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival
Bowen Park, 1800 N Sheridan Rd, Waukegan, IL
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Named for the novel Ray Bradbury set in a fictionalized version of his hometown, this Waukegan Park District festival has filled Bowen Park with local art and music every summer for more than two decades. Bradbury drew on his own boyhood memories of Waukegan for the book, and the festival keeps that literary connection explicit in its name and setting. The 2026 edition was the 26th annual.
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