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Oswego’s Venue 1012 will host all-day festival, moving away from summer concert series · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego's Venue ten twelve will host all day festival, moving
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  Speaker 1: away from summer concert series. Written by Eric Shelkopp, this
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. In light of dwindling attendance at Venue
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  Speaker 1: ten twelve, Oswego plans to scale back the number of
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  Speaker 1: activities at the village owned Amphitheater this summer. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: Venue ten twelve hosting concerts all summer, plans are to
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  Speaker 1: hold one full day event at the Amphitheatre on September nineteenth.
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  Speaker 1: The free movie Movies Under the Stars series, which is
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  Speaker 1: run in partnership with the Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department,
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  Speaker 1: will continue. We are going to do what I call
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  Speaker 1: an all day food and music festival. Oswego Events manager
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  Speaker 1: Kelly Bertogg said it's going to be much larger in
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  Speaker 1: scope than a traditional Venue ten twelve concert has been
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  Speaker 1: in the past. Movie nights will be on June twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 1: July thirtieth, and September twenty sixth. More details will be
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  Speaker 1: posted at Venue ten twelve dot com. During a Committee
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  Speaker 1: of the Whole meeting last October, village trustees discussed whether
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  Speaker 1: changes needed to be made in the operation of Venue
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  Speaker 1: ten twelve. Venue ten twelve's first full season was twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. Last season, it saw an overall decrease in attendance,
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  Speaker 1: which village staff attributed in part to the extreme heat
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  Speaker 1: throughout much of last summer. I know that September around
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  Speaker 1: here can still be quite warm, but we're hoping it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be better than the middle of July, Burtog said.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, the average attendance during the season
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  Speaker 1: was approximate seven hundred and fifty, while in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: five the average attendants dropped to approximately four hundred and fifty.
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  Speaker 1: Venue ten twelve is also available to rent for public
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  Speaker 1: and private events. It's not just a concert venue, it's
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  Speaker 1: a community space, he said. We want to really make
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  Speaker 1: it as community friendly as possible. During the October meeting,
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  Speaker 1: trustees voiced interest in prioritizing the community use of Venue
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  Speaker 1: ten twelve, hopefully for the twenty twenty seven season. There's
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  Speaker 1: not only a strong plan in place for how the
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  Speaker 1: village is going to use Venue ten twelve, but also
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  Speaker 1: how we can get other organizations really interested in that
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  Speaker 1: space as well, said Bertog, who started in his position
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  Speaker 1: last November. He replaced former events manager Julie Hoffman, who
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  Speaker 1: had resigned from the position after serving since February twenty eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: Bertogg started just a few weeks before the village's Christmas Walk,
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  Speaker 1: which kicked off the holiday season in downtown Oswego. Bertog
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  Speaker 1: lives in Oswego with his wife, Marina, and their two children.
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  Speaker 1: She grew up in Oswego and her parents still live
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  Speaker 1: in the village. This role is very personal for me,
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  Speaker 1: he said. We have two young kids now, and I
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  Speaker 1: really just believe in the power of events to create
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  Speaker 1: memories and create community and bring neighbors together. Tickets are
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  Speaker 1: on sale now for the village's next event, Wine on
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  Speaker 1: the Fox, which will be held May second and three
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  Speaker 1: at Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego. This is the
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  Speaker 1: twentieth anniversary of Wine on the Fox, which features wine
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  Speaker 1: tastings and live music. Wine on the Fox is presented
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  Speaker 1: by John Green Realtor. Proceeds from the event help offset
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  Speaker 1: the costs of Oswego's annual event programming and provide community
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  Speaker 1: amenities throughout the year. Vertogg hopes events like Christmas Walk
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  Speaker 1: and Wine on the Fox also help to showcase downtown
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  Speaker 1: businesses the village. This year will also celebrate the two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration
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  Speaker 1: of Independence. The celebration will be from three thirty to
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  Speaker 1: nine pm July fourth, at Prairie Point Park four to
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  Speaker 1: one to twenty Plainfield Road, Oswego. The fireworks display is
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  Speaker 1: set to take place at dusk, which is typically after
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  Speaker 1: nine pm. There will be plenty of activities before that time.
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  Speaker 1: There will be multiple music acts along with a Wall
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  Speaker 1: of History that kind of focuses on both the history
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  Speaker 1: of America and the history of Oswego. Ber Tog said
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  Speaker 1: the day will also a field of flags, food vendors,
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  Speaker 1: and kids activities. All of this will be happening all
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  Speaker 1: afternoon leading up the fireworks display to help celebrate the
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. He said. More information is
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  Speaker 1: available at Oswego Oil dot org, slash Oswego two five