Farm Heritage Festival Celebrates Lake County's Rural Roots

Check out hundreds of antique tractors, cars, engines and other farm machinery at Lake County’s rural roots at the 19th Annual Farm Heritage Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Sept. 24-25, at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda.

Presented by the Lake County Discovery Museum and the Lake County Farm Heritage Association, this two-day event celebrates farm life from the turn of the century to the present.

More than 200 tractors, antique cars and steam engines will be on display. See the tractor parade, daily at 1:30 p.m., and visit the petting zoo, open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Other activities include sheep herding demonstrations, live music, scarecrow making, wagon and barrel train rides and other children’s activities.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for seniors (ages 55 and up) and youth ages 4 through 17. Children three and under are free.

A two-day admission pass is also available at $12 for adults and $6 for youth and seniors. Admission includes all activities, rides, museum admission and parking. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

The Farm Heritage Festival and the Lake County Discovery Museum are located in Lakewood Forest Preserve on Route 176, just west of Fairfield Road and east of Wauconda. Here are for driving directions. Discount admission coupons are available. 

For more information about the Farm Heritage Festival or the Lake County Discovery Musuem, call (847) 968-3400.