Mendota Sweet Corn Festival

Mendota Sweet Corn Festival August 6-9 2026 The 75th Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival is August 11-14, 2022.

The Mendota Sweet Corn Festival
organized and ran by the Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce
occurs the second weekend of August every year.
40,000 visitors will enjoy sweet corn, carnival, and much more.

If you are interested in our Craft Show - August 8 & 9, 2026 - give us a call or send us an email! We added several spot...
05/28/2026

If you are interested in our Craft Show - August 8 & 9, 2026 - give us a call or send us an email! We added several spots to our lineup, bringing you an even bigger show! Are you a vendor with Mendota Farmers Market? We would love to have you! Are you someone who makes things in your spare time? This is the festival for you.

Beauty, Grace, Poise! Sweet Corn Queens! Non-Profit Community Organizations, please choose your contestant by the May 22...
05/08/2026

Beauty, Grace, Poise! Sweet Corn Queens! Non-Profit Community Organizations, please choose your contestant by the May 22nd 2026 deadline. We can't wait!

We're looking to fill our final craft show slots at the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival - if you are a local artisan, give u...
04/30/2026

We're looking to fill our final craft show slots at the
Mendota Sweet Corn Festival - if you are a local artisan, give us a call! August 8 & 9, 2026, Mendota, Illinois. Thank you for your interest! Call 815-539-6507 or email [email protected] for registration information!

04/28/2026

100 Days until the Mendota Area ChamberofCommerce and City Of Mendota, IL invite you to join us for our 79th Annual Sweet Corn Festival! Get that steam engine rollin' down the track, we have corn to boil! For the love of Mendota, and the love of corn - we're excited to bring our favorite festival back to town. 🥰

The weather is getting warmer, the ground temperature is starting to heat, the seed is being prepared... all in the name...
04/08/2026

The weather is getting warmer, the ground temperature is starting to heat, the seed is being prepared... all in the name of CORN!
We are preparing to welcome you to the 79th Annual Sweet Corn Festival in the City Of Mendota, IL!

79 years... that takes us all the way back to 1947...
In popular culture, the famous "Roswell Incident" sparked decades of curiosity about UFOs, Jackie Robinson made history by breaking barriers in professional baseball, and the first workable computer weighed 30 tons (60,000lbs), and occupied 1,800 square feet of space! Crazy to think that you're reading this on a computer that most likely fits in your pocket.

We've come a long way together, life is different, and even corn is different, in the early 1950s, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign botany professor John Laughnan developed "supersweet" corn. And for that we must say Thank you John! 🌽🌽

We're excited to have you with us this year, we'll see you SOON!

It's never too early to start....
12/23/2025

It's never too early to start....

Thank you Trains and Parades of Northern Illinois for recording the 78th Annual Sweet Corn Festival Parade! You can watc...
08/13/2025

Thank you Trains and Parades of Northern Illinois for recording the 78th Annual Sweet Corn Festival Parade! You can watch is here

If you were a street booth vendor check your email! Forms were sent out to save your space for next year. The deadline t...
08/12/2025

If you were a street booth vendor check your email! Forms were sent out to save your space for next year. The deadline to get your form and deposit in is September 1st. Spaces for new vendors opens up September 2nd.
*Craft show vendors are due in March.

08/12/2025

If you are missing keys from the festival please call the Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce at 815.539.6507 and describe them. We have two sets

The 78th Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival Grand Parade was definitely a memorable one! Thank you to the dozens of para...
08/12/2025

The 78th Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival Grand Parade was definitely a memorable one! Thank you to the dozens of parade volunteers for getting it rolling despite the delay and thank you to all of the entries that waited it out!

Address

800 Washington Street
Mendota, IL
61342

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

+18155396507

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