Park Ridge will enjoy saucy toppings, cool tunes and more at the inaugural Park Ridge Pizza Fest on Friday and Saturday, September 7-8.

Presented by the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, this post-Labor Day community celebration will take place in downtown Park Ridge at the intersections of South Prospect and Summit Avenues in the shadow of the art deco movie Pickwick Theatre, a press release states.

In addition to pies (Caponie's Trattoria and Beggars Pizza are among the vendors) and a kids' area with inflatables and crafts, Friday night's music stage headliner is legendary Brit rockers Foghat while on Saturday it's acclaimed guitarist Daryl Stuermer of Genesis/Phil Collins fame.

Fest hours are 5 p.m.-11 p.m. on Friday, and Noon-11 p.m. on Saturday. The  suggested gate donation is $5.

For more/updates visit www.chicagoevents.com; 773.868.3010. The fest's music stage lineup as of early August is:

Friday, Sept. 7

• 6 p.m. Diving for Dynamite (party rock)

• 8:30 p.m. Foghat

Saturday, September 8

• Noon Serendipity (female pop/dance band)            

• 1:30 p.m.  TBA               

• 3:30 p.m.  TBA               

• 5:45 p.m.  JakTripper (rock)

• 8:15 p.m.   Daryl Stuermer

Information submitted by Special Events Management.