This Saturday, October 8th, Cantigny in Wheaton will celebrate autumn with their annual Fall Festival. The event runs from 10AM to 4PM and will feature live music by The Salt Creek Boys in addition to stilt walkers, jugglers, and a live children’s show by the entertainer ScribbleMonster. Other family-friendly fun includes a hayrides, jumping inflatables, face painting, and a petting zoo. Snacks will be available via outdoor vendors.
The St. Charles Scarecrow Festival is this weekend, beginning today! The festival runs today, Friday (9AM – 9PM), Saturday (9AM – 9PM), and Sunday (9AM – 6PM), and features a carnival, great food, scarecrow displays, crafts, and live entertainment. The Scarecrow Festival is now in its 25th year and is a wildly-successful event. The festival…
German food, fun, and great beers await you at this year’s Oktoberfest event in Naperville. The event begins today (4PM -10PM) and runs through Saturday (11AM – 10PM).
Check out Winfield’s Good Old Days festival, running Thursday, September 9 – Sunday, September 12, 2010. The Good Old Days festival is located in downtown Winfield (1.5 miles north of Roosevelt Road on Winfield Road). This year’s theme is “Drive Back to ’75.” Here is the 2011 Winfield Good Old Days information! The thing I like…
The effects of this weak economy have claimed yet another victim… Aurora’s Fall Festival and the Holiday Magic Christmas celebrations have been cancelled this year. The two events had a combined price tag of nearly $40,000. City officials indicated that the cuts were a necessity due to tight 2010/2011 revenue projections. The Fall Festival was…