{"id":1950427,"date":"2025-08-09T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1950427"},"modified":"2025-08-09T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:30:11","slug":"block-party-taste-of-batavia-earlier-start-time-new-music-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/block-party-taste-of-batavia-earlier-start-time-new-music-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Party, Taste Of Batavia: Earlier Start Time, New Music Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BATAVIA, IL \u2014 The Block Party and Taste of Batavia are returning Aug. 31, but this year with an earlier start time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Hosted by Batavia MainStreet, the end-of-summer event will take place from 3-8 p.m. at Peg Bond Center and on Houston Street, where a car show will run. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Block Party and Taste of Batavia is one of the best ways to wrap up summer in our community,&#8221; Batavia MainStreet Assistant Director Kristen Desler said in a statement. &#8220;It&#8217;s a day to come together, enjoy amazing food and drinks from our downtown restaurants, and this year we&#8217;re thrilled to welcome new live music acts \u2014 Cheryl Rodey and The Gentlemen, a cover band joining us from Quincy, Illinois. We&#8217;re also starting an hour earlier, because we know people are always eager to get the party started sooner!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sturdy Shelter Brewing and Grainology BrewStillery will supply craft brews for the event, while multiple Batavia restaurants will serve food tastings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windmill Grille &amp; Pizzeria<\/li>\n<li>Sidecar Supper Club<\/li>\n<li>Gammon Coach House<\/li>\n<li>Pal Joey\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Wilson Street Tavern<\/li>\n<li>Fernando\u2019s Street Kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Thai Village<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Farmers market favorites Tamalex, Q&amp;A Beignet, Bella Rosa Cannoli and Cianti&#8217;s<br \/>Catering will also provide delectable bites. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In addition to the new live music acts, the Batavia Academy of Dance will perform. Plus, the Congregational Church of Batavia is sponsoring a family zone fitted with a bounce house and other activities. <\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/downtownbatavia.com\/event\/block-party-taste-of-batavia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Block Party and Taste of Batavia<\/a> without the Batavia Mother&#8217;s Club&#8217;s <span class=\"redactor-unlink\">pie bake-off<\/span> or the Wayback Wheels Car Show featuring classic and unique vehicles. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Registration, costing $10 per baker, is open for three categories of pie: fruit, non-fruit and youth (ages 14 and under). Pies can be dropped off at the Block Party between 3-3:30 p.m., with judging taking place from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at 4:45 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>The car show will operate from 3-7 p.m. Vehicles, which can register for $15 a car, can begin parking at 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for &#8220;People&#8217;s Choice&#8221; and &#8220;History on the Road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Admission for the Block Party and Taste of Batavia is free for kids and $5 \u2014 including a wristband for those 21 years and older \u2014 for adults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source patch.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BATAVIA, IL \u2014 The Block Party and Taste of Batavia are returning Aug. 31, but this year with an earlier start time. Hosted by Batavia MainStreet, the end-of-summer event will take place from 3-8 p.m. at Peg Bond Center and on Houston Street, where a car show will run. &#8220;Block Party and Taste of Batavia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1950428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Block-Party-Taste-Of-Batavia-Earlier-Start-Time-New-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}