Skokie to celebrate summer with annual Backlot Bash Aug. 23-25

It’s that time of the year when children are heading back to school and stores are swapping backpacks for Halloween decorations, but it’s still not the end of the summer in Skokie before the Backlot Bash The Backlot Bash, Skokie’s end-of-summer celebration, is returning this year from Aug. 23-25 to Downtown Skokie on Oakton Street. The three-day festival will feature live music ranging from hip hop, blues, folk, banda, alternative rock, pop and country. This year’s bash will include a beer tent, farmer’s market, a mimosa and bloody mary bar, 5k Run and Half Mile Youth Color Fun Run, carnival […]