Sick Summer Block Party

Contact Melinda Jones
Telephone (815) 622-1106
Cell (815) 590-7330
Email director@visitrockfalls.com
Website visitrockfalls.com

Motion Raceworks Sick the Magazine is coming through Rock Falls on Thursday, June 19, 2025, and Rock Falls is having a block party to welcome them for a 2nd year in a row!

What is Sick Summer you ask? These are some of the world’s quickest street legal cars, racing and cruising their way through the Midwest. These are drag-and-drive vehicles which will be racing at the Byron Dragway on Monday, June 16 and Friday, June 20, 2025. They will also be at the Cordova Dragway on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. On Thursday, June 19, 2025, after racing at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa, they will make their way to Rock Falls where we will be throwing a Sick Summer Rock Falls Block Party. Most of these cars will be staying at our Rock Falls hotels overnight before heading to the Byron Dragway on Friday morning.

Event promotors Sick The Magazine said that around 350 race vehicles and 200 more “Sick Ward” cruisers will arrive in Rock Falls throughout the afternoon on Thursday, June 19, 2025, and stick around until 9 or 10 pm downtown. Rock Falls Tourism has been working with Sick The Magazine and Rock Falls Police in order to accommodate all these cars.

We will be closing East 2nd Street from Avenue A to Wood Avenue from 1pm to 10pm. Please use alternate routes.

We invite the community to come view the cars and talk with the drivers. We are planning for these cars to be parked at the lot across from the RB&W District Park as well as on East 2nd Street between Avenue A and Wood Avenue, thus necessitating the road to be closed from 1pm to 10pm.

We are bringing back the epic burnouts by the Sick Summer entrants which will begin at 6:30pm at the parking lot across from the RB&W District off of Avenue A. The burnout fun is ONLY for cars officially entered into the Sick Summer event.

We are excited to have The Solution Band perform from 8pm to 10pm at the RB&W District. Brito’s Grill, Main Squeeze, OORAH BBQ, and Rock Falls Fraternal Order of Eagles will be at the RB&W District area for some good eats, as well as all our downtown restaurants.

Event T-shirts are available through Rock Falls Tourism and also at the RB&W District area the day of the event.

Want to volunteer for the event, call Rock Falls Tourism at 815-622-1106.
Let’s give all the Sick Summer racers a warm welcome from Rock Falls!

For more information, contact:
Melinda Jones, Director of Rock Falls Tourism, (815) 622-1106 director@visitrockfalls.com
Contact Melinda Jones
Telephone (815) 622-1106
Cell (815) 590-7330
Email director@visitrockfalls.com
Website visitrockfalls.com