McAninch Arts Center (MAC), hosts a free one-day 40th Anniversary Festival headlined by Sixteen Candles from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23 at the MAC’s Lakeside Pavilion.

Activities will include a performances by Jazz Ensemble “Good After V” featuring  COD students and alumni, a COD student dance department showcase, dance lessons by Luis Arturoa of Luis Arturo Dance, a performance by a trombone trio led by New Philharmonic principal trombonist and COD faculty member Tom Stark, and a performance of musical numbers by the cast of the COD College Theater production of “Footloose.” Chicago’s 1980s dance party band Sixteen Candles is the highlight of the celebration which throughout the day will feature DIY art activities, face painting, mural painting, food vendors and more.