Thursday Night

November 20, 2025

6:30-8:30 PM

Peoria Riverfront Museum

2025’s Exclusive Feature Length Screening:

Wardcliffe - 75 min

We are kicking off this year’s festival with a feature length film. David Ferino will be present for a Q&A after the screening and will discuss his experience bringing this production to Central IL.

David Ferino

75 min

Over the course of a single day, decades of tension escalate to a boiling point as a father and son quarantine together during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Based on real events.

Filmed in Peoria and Elmwood, IL.

Wardcliffe

Thursday Schedule:

  • 6 - 6:30 PM - Grey Slush Live Set with visuals  

  • 6:30 - 6:45 - Opening Remarks

  • 6:45 - 8:00 PM - Screening

  • 8:00 - 8:30 PM - Q&A with Director, David Ferino  

Grey Slush

Grey Slush’s newest EP, “Out of Touch,” is reminiscent of sitting in the rain and sifting through memories. T.J. Syndram and Jacob Hill share composition and production credits... handing listeners a load of emotional baggage that may require several listens to process... and yet, it is even better live.

Connor Fitzgerald (bass) and Matt Filarski (drums) lend just as much to the band’s magic, forming a rhythm section that is truly the head of the operation. While discreet at first, Fitzgerald and Filarski guide the band up and down in pace and through dynamic ranges.

Grey Slush has put out an album roughly every year since 2021. The band sticks to “a while-supplies-last” model, producing merch all at once for an era/album and then never again. Their live performances create moments and memories due to the nostalgic and “had to be there” feel of their music.