Live, from Peoria, Illinois, it’s Saturday Night Cheeseburger starring this week’s host, The 75th Heart Of Illinois Fair with special guest stars, Roxy and Greg and musical guest stars, Harlem Hayfield!
Now, please welcome this week’s host, The 75th Heart Of Illinois Fair!
Here we are at the home of the Heart of Illinois Fair, Expo Gardens! I walked in and was greeted by this smiling and friendly woman! Let’s go and start our Saturday night at this year’s fair!
Of course we have to start off at the Beer Garden, one of my favorite places at the fair!
I walked up to the bar and this pretty woman quickly handed me off an ice-cold can of beer. We’re off to a lovely start tonight!
The band, Harlem Hayfield is playing live tonight and here they are doing a soundcheck and getting the equipment all set up.
We’ll come back later to check out the show. Now let’s go wander around the fairgrounds.
They had a bouncy park area which the kids were loving and bouncing around in.
When you go to the fair, you have to get a jumbo corn dog. It’s just the rules, so I complied, added a healthy dollop of mustard and it was tasty and delicious!
There was a long line at the Funnel Cake stand!
Psychic Readings By Brooke had a booth and you can read all about them on Yelp by clicking here.
There was also an entertaining balloon artist at this booth and check him out online right here.
They had a fun and interactive trivia game show happening over here and the crowd was loving it.
There was an Animatromic Adventures area here this year and it was a really cool and unique exhibit.
The animals all moved and some had lit-up eyes and it was a lot of fun to wander around in.
Alright, after walking around, I’m hungry and I stopped at this food truck and discovered they had Smashburgers on the menu! Perfect for our Saturday Night Cheeseburger theme!
You order at one window and pick it up at the other one.
I got a double Smashburger with fries and the fries were crispy, golden and seasoned perfectily!
The Smashburger was cooked to perfection, had mustard, cheddar cheese, onions and lettuce and ti was tasty and delicious! The bun was bakery fresh and it was a fantastic cheeseburger.
I’m not going to rate it, because you can only get it at the fair and if you weren’t there, well, you missed out!
I can hear live music from the Beer Garden, so let’s go check it out!
Inside I saw the Heart of Illinois Fair President, Roxy and Greg and it was great to see both of them. Thanks to Roxy and all of the volunteers who work so hard to put this fair on!
And now, ladies and gentelmen, here’s Harlem Hayfield!
These guys put on a fabulous show! It was energetic and rocking and the crowd loved them!
They have a debut EP out now called Strong that’s getting national airplay and you can check that out here.
The music was fabulous and I loved the light show too!
After the show, I thought I’d have a nightcap at the Wine & Beer Shed.
In addition to wine and beer, they had frozen drinks and Julie served me one up and it was the perfect frosty nightcap to wind down this Saturday night evening with!
There was a painting party going on in the back and check out these lovely works of art! Very ncie!
The night falls on the 75th Heart Of Illinois Fair! Thanks again to Roxy and all the Officers and Directors who volunteer their time to make this a wonderful annual Peoria tradition!
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