{"id":96198,"date":"2026-07-02T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96198\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:29:23","slug":"geneva-summerfest-returns-in-july-with-host-of-family-friendly-events-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96198\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva Summerfest returns in July with host of family friendly events | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA \u2014 Geneva Summerfest 2026 returns July 17-18, bringing what the Geneva Family YMCA describes as two days of live entertainment, family activities, delicious food, and community celebration to Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>The festival takes place in the Geneva Recreation Complex on South Exchange Street and outside under tents. Admission is free, but children must be accompanied by adults.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival features live music on Friday with the Bobby Greco Band and on Saturday with the Castleton Kings and Endless Mountain Derelicts. It also features festival food favorites, ice cream, soda, and beer, and a variety of activities for children and families, including a haunted maze.<\/p>\n<p>Other events:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A touch-a-truck experience featuring emergency, construction, and specialty vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Community exhibits and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Raffles, including grills, a flat-screen TV, and two recliners.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the weekend\u2019s signature event will be a fireworks show Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>For event schedules, entertainment announcements, sponsorship opportunities, volunteer information, and festival updates, visit the Geneva Family YMCA website, <a href=\"https:\/\/genevafamilyymca.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/genevafamilyymca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GENEVA \u2014 Geneva Summerfest 2026 returns July 17-18, bringing what the Geneva Family YMCA describes as two days&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[46225,34604,5197,46226,42962,65,48059,46223,48058,38156,1209],"class_list":["post-96198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-arts-festivals","tag-entertainment-events","tag-festival","tag-festivals","tag-fireworks","tag-geneva","tag-henry-maier-festival-park","tag-music-festivals","tag-rock-festivals","tag-summerfest","tag-ymca"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116851806371350752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}