Miquel Martinez pitches a baseball for a prize as his friend, Danny Mussa, watches at Thursday’s Buffalo Grove Days festival at Mike Rylko Park in Buffalo Grove. Both boys are Buffalo Grove sixth-graders. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com

The Buffalo Grove Days festival is in full swing, and the parade is set to return Saturday.

Stepping off at 11:30 a.m. from Thompson Road, the parade will march south on Buffalo Grove Road and turn west on Deerfield Parkway, ending at Mike Rylko Community Park where the rest of the Buffalo Grove Days activities will be held.

The traditional carnival rides and food are paired with several local food trucks and a local business expo in the park. Three bands will entertain from the band shell on Saturday and Sunday starting at 3:30 p.m. Live music begi

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