If the weather cooperates area residents will have plenty of chances to have some fun this weekend. The Danville Area Visitors Bureau notes the Danville Dans have a home stand this weekend. Tonight (Friday’s) game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 at Danville Stadium. Other games are set for Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday (June 20th, 2021) game celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. The game is at 4:30 with a pre-game ceremony recalling when Robinson and such famous Brooklyn Dodgers players as Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider played at the stadium. It was during a visit by the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 20th, 1947. Sunday’s festivities are part of this year’s 75th anniversary celebration for Danville Stadium.
Other activities around the area this weekend according to the Danville Area Visitors Bureau include:
- Summer Sounds Concert Series continues at Temple Plaza in Downtown Danville from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. The concert is free.
- AMBUCS Friday Night Concert Series at the Turtle Run Golf and Banquet Center (at 332 East Liberty Lane, Danville). The Friday evening concert is free.
- Saturday, June 19th the Danville Farmers’ Market is at the Crossroads Church (at 3623 North Vermilion Street in Danville) from 8:00 a.m. until noon.
- The Vermilion County Conservation District hosts a Cicada Mania Guided Hike starting at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at Forest Glen Preserve.
- The Saturday Morning Summer Sounds and Farmer’s Market is at the Danville Public Library from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
- Danville Dans have a home baseball game at Danville Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2021.
- Bismarck Men’s Club Annual Fireworks is Saturday evening (June 19, 2021) at Bismarck-Henning High School. It begins around 8:30 p.m. (dusk or later).
- Danville Dans Jackie Robinson Day Sunday includes a game and special pre-game activities reflecting on the day in 1947 when Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers played at Danville Stadium. Game time is 4:30 p.m.
- Danville Municipal Band concert Sunday at 7:00 p.m. at Lincoln Park. If it rains the concert will be held at St. James Church in Danville.
[***IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL OF THE ABOVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE CONTINGENT ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.]
