A celebration of Bloomington-Normal’s circus and agricultural roots, the Sweet Corn Circus will feature live performances throughout the weekend including acrobats, clowns, aerial arts, professional wrestling, live music and more. Featured performers include Gamma Phi Circus, CirqueMania, Iron Spirit Pro Wrestling and others. Admission to the event is free, including all performances.
Locally grown Illinois sweet corn from Maddox Sweet Corn Farm will be available for purchase for $1 per ear from a booth near the intersection of Broadway and North Street. Free corn is available to college students with a valid student ID (limit one per student, while supplies last).
In addition to patronizing the Uptown Normal shops, restaurants and businesses that remain open and accessible during the event, festival-goers can also peruse more than 100 vendor and community booths along Beaufort Street and North Street. A food court featuring food trucks, ice cream, kettle corn and fair food favorites will be set up around Uptown Circle.
The full festival schedule and vendor map is available at www.uptownnormal.com/sweetcorncircus.
ROAD CLOSURES
The following streets and parking areas will be signed No Parking after noon and closed at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25 in preparation for the Sweet Corn Circus this weekend in Uptown Normal:
- East Beaufort Street, from Linden Street to Uptown Circle
- All of Uptown Circle
- West Beaufort Street, from Uptown Circle to the Uptown Station Parking Deck entrance (the parking deck will remain accessible from West Beaufort Street throughout the event)
- North Street, from Uptown Circle to Fell Avenue
- Broadway, from the north side of the Post Office building through the intersection at North Street
- A portion of the Trail East parking lot
- Constitution Boulevard (*signed No Parking starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24 and closed at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25)
A map of the road closures is available here: https://arcg.is/1eLuPS0
Designated accessible parking will be available in the Trail West parking lot and along Broadway south of North Street. The Trail East lot will be reserved for vendor parking.
All areas are expected to reopen to vehicular traffic as soon as safely possible following the event, estimated around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27.
