DeKALB – After five years at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, Corn Fest looks set to return to downtown DeKalb.

The festival organizers’ plan also calls for the festival to be moved back a week to Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1. The city requested that change in order to avoid placing too much strain on city resources during move-in day for students at Northern Illinois University.

“By moving the date, which really wasn’t possible until this year, we were able to relocate the festival,” Corn Fest chairwoman Lisa Angel said Friday. “Other agencies and businesses have agreed to allow us to use property that will allow us to fit [the festival] into areas that have already been renovated.”