Eddie Morales - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cedarburg’s Country in the Burg music festival will return Aug. 27-28 for its first two-day event to rectify last year’s cancellation.

"I know everyone's going through a tough time during this," organizer Alex Uhan said last year. "Just know, we're here to make it up to you."

This will be the second Country in the Burg event since its debut in 2019. 

Country in the Burg’s lineup includes six artists and a DJ set from Travis Beckum, an Oak Creek High School graduate and former football player at Wisconsin and in the NFL. The event will be held at Cedar Creek Park in Cedarburg.

Artists Kip Moore, Drake White and Janesville native Kirstie Kraus will perform Aug. 27, followed by performances from last year’s headliners Billy Currington, Easton Corbin and Frankie Ballard on Aug. 28.

Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and artists will hit the stage at 5:45 p.m. Tickets bought last year can be used for the 2021 festival.

Two-day passes can be purchased for $109 at countryintheburg.com. 

Golf outing

This year also marks the first Country in the Burg Golf Outing on Sept. 27 at the River Club of Mequon, 12400 N. Ville Du Parc Drive.

The golf outing will benefit Children’s Wisconsin, the Wounded Warrior Project and Mel’s Charities. In 2019, the festival raised more than $50,000 for charities.

The event will host 36 groups of four. Registration costs $800 per group and must be submitted by Sept. 13 at countryintheburg.com.

Check-in starts at 9 a.m. bloody marys and bottomless mimosas will be served until 10:30 a.m. Attendees can receive prizes, win raffle items and make bids in silent and live auctions. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served followed by a private concert at the end of the event.

1840 Brewing will be hosting their second pop-up beer garden at Mequon Community Park (11345 Cedarburg Rd. located behind the Weyenberg Library) from 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. on Friday, June 18.  The event will feature live music, games, food trucks, and craft beer.  The dates and locations for the remaining beer gardens are as follows:

• July 16 - Lemke Park Pavilion, 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
• August 27 - Rotary Park Gazebo, 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
• September 24 - Rotary Park South Pavilion, 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

By S.R. Yogananda, past governor of District 3190 and 2011-14 regional Rotary Foundation coordinator

I had just come back from an assignment overseas in 1987 when I rejoined the Rotary Club of Bangalore East after an absence. I enjoyed the fellowship before meetings when I could connect with all my friends in one time and place. At one such meeting, one of our club leaders talked about Rotary’s top priority to eradicate polio and mentioned an upcoming immunization drive that Sunday.

But that Sunday, I had a wedding to attend of a friend of the family, who I knew would notice if I arrived late. At 06:30 that morning, I received a call from our polio committee chair, reminding me of the event. He was so convincing that I should volunteer that I said yes, even though I was not happy I would be missing the wedding.

When I arrived at the health center I found fellow Rotarians and friends wearing End Polio Now clothing waiting to get started. Some were accompanying health workers and cadets to various outreach centers where they were handing out packets of information. A vehicle with a loud speaker was announcing our immunization efforts, which were further communicated by large banners hanging overhead.