Beloit Riverfest
The Beloit Riverfest was an annual music festival held in July at Riverside Park in Beloit, Wisconsin.  The festival attracted thousands of people from the American Midwest, who came to see internationally known musicians perform. In addition to music, the festival had a carnival, shops, and food vendors.  Riverfest was held the second week of July and ran from Thursday through Sunday.
The Riverfest Board of Directors voted to discontinue the festival in 2013 because of reduced financial support and difficulty in recruiting new board members.
== Location ==
Riverfest was held on Riverside Drive, north of downtown for most of its existence. The festival typically spanned from Riverside Park to the Beloit Mall (now Eclipse Center). Concerts were typically held closer to the park whereas the carnival stretched throughout the street. In its final years, Riverfest relocated out to the space where ABC Supply Stadium is located.
== Past performers ==
Groups that have performed at Riverfest include:12 Stones
The Beach Boys
Blue Öyster Cult
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Cheap Trick
Collective Soul
Alice Cooper
Crossfade
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Hootie and the Blowfish
K.C. and the Sunshine Band
B.B. King
Foghat
Kool and the Gang
Little Richard
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
Ted Nugent
REO Speedwagon
Quiet Riot
Saliva
Evan's Blue
Halestorm
Shinedown
Silvertide
Smash Mouth
Rick Springfield
Styx
Survivor
Tesla
Trapt
Weird Al Yankovic

== External links ==
Official Beloit Riverfest website