The Waukegan Park District is hosting the 26th annual Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Arts and Music Festival on Saturday, August 22, 2026 from noon to 6 p.m. at Bowen Park, located at 1800 N. Sheridan Road. The festival celebrates Ray Bradbury with arts and music. Art vendors, including painters, sculptors and photographers, will have their art for sale. Ray Bradbury, born in Waukegan on August 22, 1920, was an author and screenwriter in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery. Some of his most famous works include references to his hometown memories of Waukegan in them. Ray Bradbury passed away on June 5, 2012, and is honored in numerous ways in Waukegan.

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