Cops 4 Cancer Hosts 2 Days of Music at Cedar Point – Shaw Local

Cedar Point’s Cerri Memorial Park will host two days of live entertainment on Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27 during the Cops4Cancer summer event.

Cops 4 Cancer grew out of a private fundraiser at Terry Guisti’s home in Peru in 2003 and officially became a nonprofit seven years later after joining forces with Betty Glynn, another cancer activist. Together, the group helps families in their fight against cancer by providing financial assistance in a variety of ways.

The weekend fundraiser kicks off with Crawdaddy at 6pm and Nü Balance taking the stage for the first time at 8pm on Friday. There will be a beer garden and food from Dog House of La Salle.

Saturday is the main event with music and food. Tickets are $20, including food, while supplies last.

Saturday is Regal Beagle at 3:00 p.m., 303 at 7:00 p.m., and JUMP – America’s Van Halen experience from 9:30 to 11:00 p.m. The grill team will be cooking up burgers, bratwursts and hot dogs, while Mareta Ravioli of Leonore will be making their ravs and sauce in the park. Fried chicken will be available from Four Star Family Restaurant in Peru. Pizza will be available from Marchelloni-Peru. Cold crispy salad and breadsticks will be donated by Olive Garden. Walmart served as the food and volunteer partner. The food area will close around 7:00 p.m. or when supplies run out.

There will be a complimentary shuttle from Elle’s Tap – Peru, Riverfront Bar & Grill – Peru and Detour Tap – La Salle. The loop will run to and from Cedar Point all night long, with a bus operated by Johannes Bus Service of Peru. The last departure is at 11:10pm on Saturday.

Nearly every drink in the beer garden costs one ticket. Tickets cost $3 each or 10 tickets for $25.

There will be plenty of raffle entries available. Drawings are at 7:45 p.m. If you have a special talent or would like to contribute to the raffle, send them to Kelly Freschi: Allstate Insurance, 300 Bucklin St., La Salle, by Thursday, July 25.

There will be a 50/50 raffle on stage on Saturday night at approximately 9pm. Sales end at 8:30pm. Tip tables close at approximately 8pm.

If you are unable to attend the event but would still like to support the cause, you can leave an envelope with Kelly Freschi Allstate, make an electronic donation through https://cops4cancer.com/, or mail a donation to: Cops 4 Cancer, PO Box 1461, La Salle, IL 61301.

Creative Apparel apparel is on sale, as are tickets for Saturday’s event, at Rudy’s Liquors, 285 Chartres St., La Salle.