Kickapoo Creek Festival:
A Gathering for Education,
Connection and Healing
Sommer Farm, August 8, 9 and 10, 2025
We’re busy finalizing the full lineup of bands, workshops and vendors. A final schedule will be available very soon. Thanks for checking in!!
2025 Kickapoo Creek Festival
Music, Camping, Canoeing, Workshops and More!
MOST ALL ACTIVITIES AND CAMPING ARE FREE
3-Day Schedule of Events
REMEMBER: MOST ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE. CAMPING, WORKSHOPS, MUSIC AND CHILD CARE ARE FREE!!!*
FRIDAY
FEATURING!
Herb Walk with Nicole
Live Music! 4 band-lineup!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
Bonfire beginning at sunset. Camping begins for next three nights.
*11am-3pm – Herbal Wisdom Retreat with Nicole (cost is $65)
—- FREE LIVE MUSIC BEGINS! —–
6-7 pm – TBD
7-8 pm – Sweet Cheeks
8-9 pm – Ouzo Brothers
9- 10 – DJ Basswolf
SATURDAY
Workshops, Outdoor Activities and Childcare are Free!
Support our Local Arts & Crafts Vendors





SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
6 am – Sunrise.
7 am – Ancient Oaks kitchen is open for hot water, tea, fruit and oatmeal.
9 am – Vendors open for public.
9 am – Child care begins, ongoing until 5 pm.
9 am – Workshops begin. All sessions will be 45 minutes unless specified.
9 am – ATV/Trailer Water Wagon begins, every 60 minutes until final route is completed at 5 pm.
9 am – Morning Yoga.
9 am – Panther Creek Survival Skills camp site open to visitors, drop in available until 4pm .
Learn to Canoe and Learn to fish begins, drop in available until 4 pm.
9 am – Learn the Fine Art of Fly Fishing by Robert Rowe (at Prairie Pavilion on dry land).
10 am – Coal Trail Geology hike by Ed Stermer (90 minutes).
– Raptors of the Region by Wildlife Prairie Park
10 am- Restoration workday begins (4 hours ). See FORG table for information and tools.
– Native Planting workshop begins (4 hours). See FORG table for information, tools and plants. Co-sponsored by Diverse Metamorphosis and FORG.
10 am – Soil under the Microscope by Haystack Gardens and Diverse Metamorphosis.
11 am – Watershed Macroinvertebrates
11am – Native American walking sticks in the Tipi.
11:30 am – Coal Trail Geology hike returns.
12 pm – Family Yoga by Soul side (or other).
12 pm – Peoria Astronomical Society Solar viewing.
1 pm – Geology of the Watershed Presentation by Ed Stermer
Native American walking sticks by Ellida Lakota is finished.
Nicole Klinge Herbal walk and Preparation ( 90 minutes)
2 pm – Restoration workday completed.
2 pm – Native Planting workshop completed.
2:30 pm – Herbal Walk and Preparation ends
3 pm – Vision Quest by Teresa.
3 pm – Log Check Dam workshop
4 pm – Learn to Canoe, Learn to Fish winds down.
4 pm – Panther Creek Survival Skills is finished.
5 pm – Child care ends.
Charcoal grill available for next 3 hours (charcoal provided).
7:30 pm – Sunset Gong Meditation
8 pm – Bonfire begins
9:30 pm – Peoria Astronomical Society night sky guided tour.
SUNDAY
Yoga, Healing, Meditation
Healing the Watershed Survey Discussion

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
6:30 am – Sunrise Yoga with Elmira from Miraspa
7 am – Kitchen breakfast for everyone facilitated by David. Free.
Canoes available for personal use at pond (no transport, no guides)
9 am – Gentle Yoga with April from Soulside
Vendors begin
Workshops begin
Learn the Fine Art of Fly Fishing by Robert Rowe.
11 am – Jimmy Lakota
12 pm – Healing the Watershed Discussion based on final report of Baxter Woodman Study led by FORG and TCRPC.
1:30 pm – Full Moon Circle.
5 pm – Charcoal grill available. Charcoal provided.
6:30 pm – Movement Meditation with Elmira from Miraspa
7 pm – Bonfire begins.
7: 30 pm – Closing Sound Healing with Elmira and Devpreet
8 pm – Sunset