Aurora GreenFest Canceled Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

AURORA, IL — The 11th annual Aurora GreenFest will have to wait until next year after organizers called off the event amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the Aurora Beacon-News. The event to promote sustainability and environmental protection was scheduled to take place Sept. 19 at the Prisco Community Center.

Mavis Bates, founder and chair of GreenFest, made the decision to cancel the event several weeks ago after speaking with Brook McDonald, president and CEO of the Conservation Foundation, and Fox Valley Park District Executive Director Jim Pilmer about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the report states.

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A group of Fox Valley residents formed the Aurora GreenLights group more than a decade ago and put on the first GreenFest in June 2010. The annual event attracts and supports about 100 exhibitors and vendors “to inspire our friends and neighbors about how to live more sustainably,” according to a news release.

For more information about the canceled event, visit the Aurora GreenFest’s Facebook page.