All your festival listings for Chicago, Aurora, Springfield and all of Illinois.

Welcome to Illinois’ most comprehensive festival guide where you can find all of the music festivals, food festivals, wine and beer festivals, cultural festivals, art festivals, weird festivals, Oktoberfests and more in such cities as Chicago, Decatur, Peoria, Effingham, Rockford, Edwardsville and everywhere in-between.

This guide does NOT include conventions/expos or events lacking the 3 essentials of a festival (food, vendors and entertainment). Feel free to contact me if you have a question about your event.

If there is a festival you do not see but would like listed, please Contact Me and let me know about it, especially smaller festivals that don’t have the advertising.

Before traveling to any festivals, please be sure to double check events via the link provided as events could have been rescheduled or cancelled without my knowledge, especially after damaging weather.

If there is an * (asterisk) next to the date, this means that I have not confirmed the date.

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JANUARY (2026)

1/18 – Pere Marquette Bald Eagle Festival – Grafton

1/24 – Chicago Whiskey Tasting Festival – Chicago
1/24-1/25 – Great River Eagle Days – Quincy

1/30-2/1 – Downers Grove Ice Festival – Downers Grove

FEBRUARY

2/4-2/7 – Rockton Yeti Fest – Rockton
2/7 – POLARpalooza – DeKalb

2/14 – Chain O’ Lakes Fishing Derby and Winter Festival – Antioch
2/14 – Argenta IceFest – Argenta
2/14 – Chicago Winter Tequila Tasting Festival – Chicago
2/14* – Ice Jam at the Dam – East Alton – DISCONTINUED
2/14 – Westmont Winter Beer Festival – Westmont
2/15 – Cabin Fever Festival – Schaumburg

2/21 – Lake County Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake

2/28 – Chicago Bacon Fest at Old Crow – Chicago
2/28 – Artic Ale and Art Walk – Freeport
2/28 – Naperville Ale Fest: Winter Edition – Naperville

MARCH

3/1* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo I– Peoria
3/1* – Marchtoberfest – Peoria

3/6-3/7 – Manhattan Irish Festival – Manhattan
3/6-3/8* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo II– Peoria
3/7 – Chicago Bagel Fest – Chicago
3/7 – Maple Syrup Festival at Argyle State Park – Colchester

3/12 – Chicago Donut Fest I – Chicago
3/12 – Winter Jam – Peoria
3/13-3/15 – McHenry ShamROCKS the Fox – McHenry
3/13-3/15* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo III– Peoria
3/14 – Uncorked: Chicago Wine Fest – Chicago
3/14* – Shamrocked: Woodstock Street Fest – Woodstock
3/14 – Yorkville St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Yorkville

3/20-3/22 – Chicago Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Chicago
3/20-3/22* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo IV– Peoria
3/21-3/22 – Maple Syrup Festival – Makanda
3/22* – Buzz’d Beer Festival – Alton

3/27-3/29* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo V– Peoria

APRIL

4/3-4/5* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo VI– Peoria
4/3-4/5* – Boneyard Arts Festival – Champaign
4/4 – Chicago Donut Fest II – Chicago
4/4* – Holi – The Festival of Colors – Naperville

4/10-4/11* – Tinley Park Brew and Vine Festival – Tinley Park
4/10-4/12* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo VII– Peoria
4/11* – Holi Moli – Normal
4/11* – Sheep and Craft Festival – Waterloo

4/17-4/19* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo VIII– Peoria
4/18-4/19* – Midwest Tulip Fest I – Maple Park
4/19 – Family Eco Festival – Alto Pass
4/19 – Mushroom Festival at Pere Marquette Lodge – Grafton

4/23-4/25* – CLAS Spring Fest – Charleston
4/24-4/26 – Southern Illinois Irish Festival – Carbondale
4/24-4/26 – One of a Kind Show and Sale – Chicago
4/24-4/26* – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo IX– Peoria
4/25* – Pretzel Fest – Freeport
4/25* – Long Grove’s Craft Beer Festival – Long Grove
4/25* – Oak Street Art Fair – Murphysboro
4/25* – Bockfest – Roselle
4/25-4/26 – Aurora Uke Fest – Aurora
4/25-4/26* – Midwest Tulip Fest II – Maple Park
4/25-4/26* – Spring Festival at Vahling Vineyards – Stewardson

4/29-5/2* – Rend Lake Water Festival – Benton
4/30-5/2* – May Play Days – Bushnell
4/30-5/3* – Mt. Vernon BIG Spring Carnival – Mt. Vernon

MAY

5/1-5/2* – CarbondALE Brew Fest – Carbondale
5/1-5/2* – Dutch Days – Fulton
5/2* – Beer Can’d Festival – Blue Island
5/2* – Locust Street Historic Fair – Centralia
5/2* – Chicago Chamoy Fest – Chicago
5/2 – Finders Market I – Decatur
5/2* – Cinco de Mayo Taco and Margarita Festival – East Moline
5/2* – American Farm Heritage Museum Spring Fling Festival and BBQ Competition – Greenville
5/2* – Blues and Brews Festival – Jacksonville
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5/2* – May Market – Lebanon
5/2* – Naperville Food Truck Spring Festival – Naperville
5/2* – Dogwood Parade Party and Festival – Quincy
5/2* – Rochelle Cinco de Mayo Fiesta – Rochelle
5/2-5/3 – Deer Park Art Show – Deer Park
5/2-5/3* – Midwest Tulip Fest III – Maple Park
5/2-5/3* – Wine on the Fox – Oswego
5/2-5/3* – Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival – Various Cities
5/3* – Lilac Time Art and Craft Fair – Lombard
5/3* – Maeystown Springfest/Fruehlingsfest – Maeystown
5/3 – Cinco de Mayo Jeeps and Tacos – Rockford

5/7-5/9* – Athens Glory Days – Athens
5/7-5/10* – Old King Coal Festival – West Frankfort
5/8-5/9 – Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival – Shelbyville
5/8-5/9* – Fat Ass 5K and Street Party – Springfield
5/9 – Chicago Pickle Fest – Chicago
5/9* – DeKalb Back Alley Market: Spring – DeKalb
5/9* – Pretzel City Wine Fest – Freeport
5/9* – Decatur Craft Beer Festival – Decatur
5/9* – Homer Glen Kite Festival – Homer Glen
5/9* – Ballpark Brew Fest – Schaumburg
5/9-5/10* – Midwest Tulip Fest IV – Maple Park
5/9-5/10 – Northbrook Art in the Park – Northbrook
5/10* – Maxwell Street Market I – Chicago

5/14-5/17* – MayDays Festival – Clinton
5/14-5/17* – Toledo Spring Festival – Toledo
5/15* – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market I – Ottawa
5/15-5/16* – Strawberry Jam Festival – Arthur
5/15-5/17* – Aurora Greek Fest – Aurora
5/15-5/17* – Art on the Square – Belleville
5/15-5/17* – Chicago Mayfest – Chicago
5/15-5/17 – Long Grove Chocolate Festival – Long Grove
5/16* – Young Evanston Artists (YEA!) Festival – Evanston
5/16* – St. Basil Rastko Folklore Festival – Mettawa
5/16* – World of Food Truck Festival – Plainfield
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5/16* – Rockton Pelican Fest – Rockton
5/16 – Springfield Pride Fest – Springfield
5/16 – Streator Food Truck Festival – Streator
5/16* – Mayfaire Festival – Wauconda
5/16* – Blooming Fest – West Chicago
5/16-5/17* – Lincoln Roscoe Art and Craft Fair – Chicago
5/16-5/17* – Pullman Railroad Days – Chicago
5/16-5/17* – Renegade Craft Spring Fair – Chicago
5/16-5/17* – Skokie Festival of Cultures – Skokie
5/16-5/17 – Old Capitol Art Fair – Springfield
5/17 – Blessing of the Bikes and Bless Fest – Alto Pass
5/17 – Rhubarb Festival – Kankakee
5/17* – St. Jacob UCC Strawberry Fest – St. Jacob

5/21* – Margaritas En Mayo – Yorkville
5/21-5/24 – Summer Camp Music Festival – Chillicothe
5/21-5/24* – Colona Memorial Festival – Colona
5/21-5/25* – HerrinFesta Italiana – Herrin
5/22* – Lake County Food Truck Festival – Grayslake
5/22-5/23* – Bonifest – Edwardsville
5/22-5/24* – Benld Italian-American Days – Benld
5/22-5/24 – Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival – Chicago
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5/22-5/24* – Mole de Mayo Festival – Chicago
5/22-5/24 – St. Louis Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Collinsville
5/22-5/24* – Mud Memorial Day – Taylorville
5/23* – Blues, Brews and BBQ – Lemont
5/23-5/24 – Barrington Art Festival – Barrington
5/23-5/24* – Mayfestiversary – Chicago
5/23-5/24* – Randolph Street Market: Spring – Chicago
5/23-5/24 – Sueños Music Festival – Chicago
5/23-5/24* – Mackinaw Valley Winery Music, Wine and Craft Beer Festival – Mackinaw
5/23-5/24* – Prairie Arts Festival – Schaumburg
5/23-5/24* – St. Charles Fine Art Show – St. Charles
5/24* – Collinsville Memorial Day Fireworks Celebration – Collinsville

5/27-5/30* – Genoa Days – Genoa
5/27-5/31* – Washington Good Neighbor Days Festival – Washington
5/28-5/30 – Farmer City Heritage Days – Farmer City
5/28-5/30 – Irish Days Celebration – Farmersville
5/28-5/30* – Galatia Lions Old Settlers Days – Galatia
5/28-5/30 – Neoga Days – Neoga
5/28-5/31* – Maifest Chicago – Chicago
5/28-5/31* – Rose Festival – Roselle
5/29* – Hoosier Grove Barn and Brew – Streamwood
5/29-5/30* – Branding Iron Country Music Fest – Bridgeview
5/29-5/30* – Folklorijada Serbian Folklore Festival – Chicago
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5/29-5/30* – Pheasant Hollow Winery Cajun Festival – Whittington
5/29-5/31 – Do Division Street Fest – Chicago
5/29-5/31 – Windy City Hot Dog Fest – Chicago
5/29-5/31* – La Grange Carnival – La Grange
5/29-5/31* – Taylorville Blackhorse Veterans Pow Wow – Taylorville
5/30* – Umbrella Arts Festival – Evanston
5/30* – OUT Mt. Vernon = Mt. Vernon
5/30* – Vernon Hills Craft Beer Festival – Vernon Hills
5/30* – Max Happy Fest – Woodstock
5/30-5/31* – Railroad Days – Rochelle
5/30-5/31* – Garden Fair Weekend – Rockford
5/31* – Champagne British Car Festival – Bloomington
5/31* – Strawberry Jazz Festival – Bradley
5/31* – PorchFest Lakeview – Chicago

JUNE

6/1-6/7 – Macon County Fair – Decatur
6/4* – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market I – Evanston
6/4-6/6* – Moweaqua Pow Wow – Moweaqua
6/4-6/6* – Spring Bay Watermelon Festival – Spring Bay
6/4-6/7* – Chicago Blues Festival – Chicago
6/4-6/7* – Old Canal Days – Lockport
6/4-6/7 – Cream of Wheaton – Wheaton
6/5* – Downtown Block Party – Rolling Meadows
6/5-6/6* – Horizon Hobby RC Fest – Monticello
6/5-6/6 – Rhubarb Festival – Aledo
6/5-6/6 – The International Horseradish Festival – Collinsville
6/5-6/6 – Balloons Over Vermilion – Danville
6/5-6/6* – Homewood Art and Garden Street Fair – Homewood
6/5-6/6* – Germanfest – Quincy
6/5-6/7* – Cogs and Corsets: A Steampunk Happening – Bloomington
6/5-6/7 – Lincoln Park Greek Fest – Chicago
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6/5-6/7 – Ribfest Chicago – Chicago
6/5-6/7* – St. Sophia Greek Fest – Elgin
6/5-6/7* – Strawberry Festival at Windy Acres Farm I – Geneva
6/5-6/7* – Sodbuster Days – Good Hope
6/5-6/7* – St. Elizabeth Parish Picnic – Granite City
6/5-6/7 – Harvard Milk Days – Harvard
6/5-6/7* – Schweizerfest – Highland
6/5-6/7* – Leaf River Summer Daze Festival – Leaf River
6/6* – Family Fest Block Party at Wilder Park – Aurora
6/6* – Catlin Strawberry Festival – Catlin
6/6* – Elmwood Strawberry Festival – Elmwood
6/6* – Grayslake Arts Festival – Grayslake
6/6* – FForest Fest – Morris
6/6 – Mt. Vernon Brewers Festival – Mt. Vernon
6/6 – Mundelein’s Craft Beer Festival – Mundelein
6/6* – Neponset Picnic Day – Neponset
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6/6* – Shrimpfest and Brew Hullabaloo – Princeton
6/6* – Bellson Music Fest – Rock Falls
6/6* – VVAC Artisan Festival – Tinley Park
6/6-6/7* – Annawan Fun Days – Annawan
6/6-6/7* – Global Arts Festival – Bartlett
6/6-6/7 – Art on Main Fine Arts Festival – Canton
6/6-6/7* – 57th Street Art Fair – Chicago
6/6-6/7 – Beyond Wonderland Chicago – Chicago
6/6-6/7 – Hardy’s Highway Race for the Lake – Decatur
6/6-6/7 – Deerfield Art Festival – Deerfield
6/6-6/7 – Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival – Hinsdale
6/6-6/7* – Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment – Pittsfield
6/6-6/7 – Fort de Chartres June Rendezvous – Prairie du Rocher
6/7* – All-Wheels Drive-In Car Show – Alton
6/7* – Greater Chicago Jewish Festival – Chicago
6/7* – Maxwell Street Market II – Chicago

6/11-6/13* – Minooka Summerfest – Minooka
6/11-6/14* – Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas/Puerto Rican Festival – Chicago
6/11-6/14* – Franklin Park Fest – Franklin Park
6/11-6/14* – Summer Fun Fest – Oglesby
6/11-6/14* – PrairieFest – Oswego
6/11-6/14* – Old Settler Days – Rockton
6/12-6/13* – Clarendon Hills Daisy Days – Clarendon Hills
6/12-6/13* – Pike County Pig Days – Pittsfield
6/12-6/13* – The Scottish Festival and Highland Games – Wheaton
6/12-6/13* – Nostalgia Days – Zion
6/12-6/14* – Andersonville Midsommarfest – Chicago
6/12-6/14* – Taste of Randolph Street – Chicago
6/12-6/14 – Lincoln Square Greekfest – Chicago
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6/12-6/14* – Elmhurst Greek Festival – Elmhurst
6/12-6/14* – Geneseo Music Festival – Geneseo
6/12-6/14* – Strawberry Festival at Windy Acres Farm II – Geneva
6/12-6/14* – Industry Pinhook Days – Industry
6/12-6/14* – Buffalo Days – LaMoille
6/12-6/14* – Superman Celebration – Metropolis
6/12-6/14 – Tremont Turkey Festival – Tremont
6/13 – Annabelle Street Festival – Anna
6/13* – A-Town House Music Fest – Aurora
6/13* – Bronzeville Juneteenth Celebration – Chicago
6/13* – The Uprising summer Solstice Market and Art Festival – Chicago
6/13 – Route 66 Festival – Edwardsville
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6/13* – Taste of Lena – Lena
6/13* – Brothers’ Field Family Fun Days – Long Grove
6/13* – Mahomet Soda Fest – Mahomet
6/13* – Mt. Morris PorchFest – Mt. Morris
6/13 – Mt. Vernon PawFest – Mt. Vernon
6/13* – Ottawa Family Pride Festival – Ottawa
6/13* – Quincy Juneteenth Celebration – Quincy
6/13* – Solstice Hop and Vine Fest – Schaumburg
6/13-6/14 – Old Town Art Fair – Chicago
6/13-6/14 – Wells Street Art Festival – Chicago
6/13-6/14 – Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival – Morris
6/13-6/14* – St. Nicholas GreekFest – Oak Lawn
6/13-6/14 – Riverside Arts Weekend – Riverside
6/14 – Aurora Pride Festival and Parade – Aurora
6/14* – Woodstock PrideFest – Woodstock

6/16* – Porta Westfalica Festival – Waterloo
6/17-6/20* – Chillicothe Days – Chillicothe
6/17-6/20* – Sesser Homecoming – Sesser
6/17-6/21* – Swedish Days – Geneva
6/18-6/20 – Tailgate n’ Tallboys Festival – Bloomington
6/18-6/21* – Rotary GroveFest – Downers Grove
6/18-6/21* – Moccasin Creek Festival – Effingham
6/18-6/21* – Oneness Fest – Geneva
6/18-6/21 – Libertyville Days Festival – Libertyville
6/18-6/21* – Spring Valley Summerfest – Spring Valley
6/19* – DuSable Black History Museum Juneteenth Community BBQ – Chicago
6/19* – Hazel Crest Junteenth Celebration – Hazel Crest
6/19* – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market II – Ottawa
6/19-6/20* – Funfest for Air-Cooled VW – Effingham
6/19-6/20* – Taste of Highland Park – Highland Park
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6/19-6/20* – Naper Nights I – Naperville
6/19-6/20 – Winnetka Music Festival – Winnetka
6/19-6/21* – Blarney Island Key West Fest – Antioch
6/19-6/21* – Summer Smash – Bridgeview
6/19-6/21* – Annunciation Church Gold Coast Greek Fest: Summer – Chicago
6/19-6/21 – Motoblot: Motorcycle Street Rally – Chicago
6/19-6/21 – Elgin Juneteenth Cultural Festival – Elgin
6/19-6/21 – Great Galena Balloon Race – Galena
6/19-6/21* – Taste of Joliet – Joliet
6/19-6/21 – Holy Cross Greek Festival – Justice
6/19-6/21* – St. Nectarios Greek Fest – Palatine
6/20* – Belvidere “Late-Night” Flea Market – Belvidere
6/20 – Grayslake Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake
6/20* – Sacred Heart Feast Day Celebration – Lombard
6/20* – Malta Days – Malta
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6/20 – Rhythm and BBQ Festival – Morris
6/20* – Oblong Freedom Fest – Oblong
6/20* – Shake, Raffle, Roll Music Festival – Olney
6/20* – Beef and Ag Festival – Princeton
6/20* – Princeton Bike Fest – Princeton
6/20* – Midsommar Fest – Rockford
6/20* – St. Francis Solanus Picnic – Quincy
6/20 – The Illinois Black Woodstock Festival – East St. Louis
6/20* – Summerfest – Villa Park
6/20-6/21 – Chicago Pride Fest – Chicago
6/20-6/21* – Chicago Vegandale Food and Drink Fest – Chicago
6/20-6/21 – Gold Coast Art Fair – Chicago
6/20-6/21* – Arts in the Park – Danville
6/20-6/21* – Brothers’ Field Blues Fest – Long Grove
6/21* – Forge Food Fest – Lemont
6/21* – Oak Forest Food Truck Festival – Oak Forest
6/21* – Skokie Pride – Skokie

6/22-6/28* – Marseilles Fun Days – Marseilles
6/24 – Inferno Fest – Highwood
6/24-6/27 – Old Settlers Days – Metamora
6/24-6/28* – Bourbonnais Friendship Festival – Bourbonnais
6/25-6/27* – Sheffield Summer Fest – Sheffield
6/25-6/28* – Galesburg Railroad Days – Galesburg
6/25-6/28* – HomerFest – Homer Glen
6/25-6/28* – Macomb Heritage Days – Macomb
6/25-6/28* – Polo Town and Country Days – Polo
6/25-6/28* – Pioneer Park Railroad Days – West Chicago
6/25-6/28* – Wood Dale Prairie Fest – Wood Dale
6/26* – Gathering on the Green – Western Springs
6/26-6/27* – Mississippi River Festival – Alton
6/26-6/27* – Belvidere Heritage Days – Belvidere
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6/26-6/27 – Taco and Tequila Fest – Chicago
6/26-6/27* – Irvington Homecoming – Irvington
6/26-6/27* – Strawberry Fest – Long Grove
6/26-6/27* – Tolono Fun Day – Tolono
6/26-6/28* – Logan Square Arts Festival – Chicago
6/26-6/28 – Michelada Fest – Chicago
6/26-6/28* – Old Settlers Days – Lanark
6/26-6/28* – Plainfield Fest – Plainfield
6/26-6/28* – Midsummer Arts Faire – Quincy
6/26-6/28* – Red Bud Fireman’s Picnic and Parade – Red Bud
6/27* – Arthur’s Independence Day Freedom Celebration – Arthur
6/27* – Fire Up! Food Truck Festival – Buffalo Grove
6/27* – Craft Brews at Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
6/27* – Navy Pier Pride – Chicago
6/27* – Vegan Street Fair – Chicago
6/27 – Celebrate Fox Lake – Fox Lake
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6/27* – Taste of Grayslake Family Picnic and Fireworks – Grayslake
6/27* – Great Illinois River Raft Race – Hardin
6/27* – Hinckley Fireworks Fest – Hinckley
6/27* – Hooppole Fun Day – Hooppole
6/27* – Kewanee Pride Fest – Kewanee
6/27* – Lipanda Day Festival I – Monmouth
6/27* – Touch A Truck of Rock Falls – Rock Falls
6/27* – Testicle Festival at The Mill – Sesser
6/27* – Rock N Run The Runway – Wheeling
6/27-6/28 – Back Lot Bash – Chicago
6/27-6/28* – Chicago Food Truck Summer Festival – Chicago
6/27-6/28 – Millennium Art Festival – Chicago
6/27-6/28 – Naperville Fine Art and Artisan Fair – Naperville
6/28* – Sicilian Summer Block Party – Chicago
6/28* – Hickory Hills Street Fair – Hickory Hills
6/28* – Lipanda Day Festival II – Galesburg
6/28 – Shish-Ka-Bob Festival – Peoria

6/30* – Elizabeth Freedom Fest – Elizabeth

JULY

7/1-7/4* – Beecher Fourth of July Celebration – Beecher
7/1-7/5* – Frontier Days Festival – Arlington Heights
7/1-7/5* – Mount Prospect Lions Club 4th of July Festival – Mount Prospect
7/1-7/5* – Palatine Jaycees Hometown Fest – Palatine
7/2-7/5* – Bartlett 4th of July Festival – Bartlett
7/2-7/5* – The Dole Lakeside Festival – Crystal Lake
7/2-7/5* – Dixon Petunia Festival – Dixon
7/2-7/5* – Morton Grove Days – Morton Grove
7/2-7/5* – Mundelein Community Days – Mundelein
7/2-7/5* – AudioFeed Music Festival – Urbana
7/3* – Alton Fireworks on the Mississippi – Alton
7/3* – Aurora 4th of July Celebration – Aurora
7/3* – Bridgeview Park District 3rd of July Celebration – Bridgeview
7/3* – Party in the Park – Glencoe
7/3* – Hanover Days – Hanover
7/3* – Taste of Oak Brook – Oak Brook
7/3* – Plainfield Food Truck Festival – Plainfield
7/3* – Red, White and Boom – Rock Island
7/3* – Independence Day Celebration at Gillson Park – Wilmette
7/3-7/4* – Deerfield Family Days – Deerfield
7/3-7/4* – Galva Freedom Fest – Galva
7/3-7/4* – Herrick 4th of July Celebration – Herrick
7/3-7/4* – Homer Freedom and Music Festival – Homer
7/3-7/4* – Red, White and Boom – Lincolnshire
7/3-7/5 – International Festival of Life – Chicago
7/3-7/5* – Kirkland 4th of July – Kirkland
7/3-7/5* – Steeleville 4th of July Celebration – Steeleville
7/3-7/5* – Walnut Days Celebration – Walnut
7/4* – Bensenville LibertyFest – Bensenville
7/4* – 4th on 53rd Parade and Festival – Chicago
7/4* – DeKalb 4th of July Celebration – DeKalb
7/4* – Goreville Freedom Fest – Goreville
7/4* – Hinsdale July 4th Festival – Hinsdale
7/4* – Lake Forest Friends Festival and Fireworks – Lake Forest
7/4* – Lake Zurich’s Independence/Family Day – Lake Zurich
7/4* – New Lenox Independence Day Celebration – New Lenox
7/4* – Red, White and Boom – Peoria
7/4* – Round Lake Beach BeachFest – Round Lake Beach
7/4* – Freedom Days – Sandwich
7/4* – Shabbona 4th of July Festival – Shabbona
7/4* – Sleepy Hollow Fourth of July Festival – Sleepy Hollow
7/4* – South Holland Independence Day Celebration – South Holland
7/4* – Rock the Dock – Springfield
7/4* – Stockton 4th of July Celebration – Stockton
7/4* – Westmont Independence Day Celebration – Westmont
7/4* – Winnetka’s Fourthfest – Winnetka
7/4* – Yorkville Independence Day Celebration – Yorkville
7/4-7/5* – Nascar Street Race Weekend – Chicago
7/4-7/5* – Bond County FourthFest – Greenville
7/4-7/5* – Northwest Fourth-Fest – Hoffman Estates
7/4-7/5* – Lincolnshire Art Festival – Lincolnshire
7/5* – German American Central Society Volksfest – Peoria

7/8-7/12 – Windy City Smokeout – Chicago
7/9* – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market II – Evanston
7/9-7/11* – Wyanet Summer Festival – Wyanet
7/9-7/12* – Glendale Heights Fest – Glendale Heights
7/9-7/12* – Itasca Fest – Itasca
7/9-7/12 – Lake in the Hills Rotary Rockin’ Ribfest – Lake in the Hills
7/9-7/12 – McHenry Fiesta Days I – McHenry
7/9-7/12* – Friendship Festival – Palos Hills
7/9-7/12* – Taste of Westmont – Westmont
7/10-7/11 – Effingham Artisan Fair – Effingham
7/10-7/11 – Maryville Firefighters Homecoming – Maryville
7/10-7/11* – Pingree Grove Independence Day Celebration – Pingree Grove
7/10-7/12* – Windmill City Festival – Batavia
7/10-7/12* – ByronFest – Byron
7/10-7/12* – Square Roots Festival – Chicago
7/10-7/12* – Peach Festival at Windy Acres Farm I – Geneva
7/10-7/12* – Tutty Baker Fest – Freeport
7/10-7/12* – Hoyleton Hofbraufest – Hoyleton
7/10-7/12* – Dog Days of Summer – Libertyville
7/11* – Chicago Gospel Music Festival – Chicago
7/11* – Chosen Few Picnic and Festival – Chicago
7/11* – Jazz Up Music Festival – Glen Ellyn
7/11* – Forge Fest – Lemont
7/11* – Naperville Ale Fest: Summer Edition – Naperville
7/11* – Cork and Pork Festival – Sainte Marie
7/11* – Pheasant Hollow Winery Blues and BBQ Festival – Whittington
7/11-7/12* – Bucktown Garden Walk and Block Party – Chicago
7/11-7/12* – EEEEEATSCON – Chicago
7/11-7/12 – Southport Art Festival – Chicago
7/11-7/12* – St. Andrew’s Edgewater Greek Fest – Chicago
7/11-7/12 – Frankfort Bluegrass Festival – Frankfort
7/11-7/12* – Hungarian Gulyas Festival – Norridge
7/11-7/12* – St. Spyridon Greek Festival – Palos Heights
7/11-7/12* – Pocahontas Fireman’s Picnic – Pocahontas
7/11-7/12* – Schiller Park Greek Festival – Schiller Park
7/12* – Bastille Day Chicago – Chicago
7/12* – Maxwell Street Market III – Chicago
7/12 – Peruvian Festival Chicago – Chicago
7/12* – Heritage Fair – Union

7/14-7/19 – McHenry Fiesta Days II – McHenry
7/15-7/19 – Elk Grove Rotaryfest – Elk Grove Village
7/16-7/18* – Mattoon Bagelfest – Mattoon
7/16-7/18 – Warrensburg Corn Festival – Warrensburg
7/16-7/19 – Braidwood Lions Club Summerfest – Braidwood
7/16-7/19* – Tampico Fest – Tampico
7/16-7/19* – Vernon Hills Days – Vernon Hills
7/17 – Horner Brew Fest – Chicago
7/17* – EffingHAM-JAM BBQ Cookoff – Effingham
7/17* – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market III – Ottawa
7/17-7/18* – Chatham Sweet Corn Festival – Chatham
7/17-7/18 – Taste of River North – Chicago
7/17-7/18* – Kewanee Prairie Chicken Arts Festival – Kewanee
7/17-7/18* – Naper Nights II – Naperville
7/17-7/19 – El Gran Festival Colombiano – Chicago
7/17-7/19 – Roscoe Village Burger Fest – Chicago
7/17-7/19* – Tacos Y Tamales Festival – Chicago
7/17-7/19 – West Fest Chicago – Chicago
7/17-7/19* – Elizabeth Community Fair – Elizabeth
7/17-7/19* – Peach Festival at Windy Acres Farm II – Geneva
7/17-7/19* – German Valley Days – German Valley
7/17-7/19 – Highwood Days with Taste of Highwood – Highwood
7/17-7/19 – AlpineFest – Lake Zurich
7/17-7/19* – The Big Greek Food Fest of Niles – Niles
7/18* – Volleywood – Chicago
7/18* – Mac n’ Cheese Fest – Decatur
7/18* – Food Truck Fight – East Moline
7/18* – Sleepy Creek Vineyards Art and Music Festival – Fairmount
7/18* – Brothers’ Field DeadFest – Long Grove
7/18* – Deadfest (formerly Freshie Fest) – Long Grove
7/18* – River City Pride Festival – Peoria
7/18* – Stanford Good Old Days – Stanford
7/18* – Waterman Lions Summerfest – Waterman
7/18* – Yorkville’s River Fest – Yorkville
7/18-7/19* – Ravenswood On Tap – Chicago
7/18-7/19 – Glencoe Festival of Art – Glencoe
7/18-7/19* – Homer’s Taste of Greece – Homer Glen
7/18-7/19 – Egypt Fest – Palatine
7/18-7/19* – Edgar County Fair I – Paris
7/18-7/19* – Rockford Chow Down Food Truck Fest – Rockford
7/18-7/19 – Summer of ‘99 and Beyond Festival – Tinley Park
7/19 – Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Art and Wine Festival – Mackinaw
7/19* – Voyage en France – Wheaton
7/19* – Winfield Food Truck Festival – Winfield
7/19* – Woodstock Folk Music Festival – Woodstock

7/20-7/25* – Edgar County Fair II – Paris
7/23-7/25* – Waverly Old Fashioned Picnic – Waverly
7/23-7/26* – Algonquin Founders’ Day Festival – Algonquin – DISCONTINUED
7/23-7/26 – Lincolnwood Fest – Lincolnwood
7/23-7/26 – Campfire Music Festival – Saint Anne
7/23-7/26* – Out of Space Music Festival – Skokie
7/23-7/26 – Sugar Grove Corn Boil Festival – Sugar Grove
7/23-7/26* – Catfish Days – Wilmington
7/24* – Summer Wine Fest at Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
7/24-7/25 – Taste of Lincoln Avenue – Chicago
7/24-7/25* – Findlay Walleye Festival – Findlay
7/24-7/25* – Merchant Street Musicfest – Kankakee
7/24-7/25* – Downhome Music Festival – Springfield
7/24-7/26* – Blarney Island Blarney Gras – Antioch
7/24-7/26* – Wicker Park Fest – Chicago
7/24-7/26 – Farm Heritage Days – Greenville
7/24-7/26 – Streamwood Summer Celebration – Streamwood
7/25* – A-Tilla Fest – Alton
7/25* – Barrington PorchFest – Barrington
7/25* – GhanaFest – Chicago
7/25* – Jollof Festival – Chicago
7/25* – Pride Community Picnic – Evanston
7/25* – Honey Festival at Wild Harvest Honey Farm – Heyworth
7/25* – Homegrown Arts and Music Festival – Lisle
7/25* – Rhythm of the Heart – Loves Park
7/25* – Festa Italiana in Mokena – Mokena
7/25* – BrazIL Fest Naperville – Naperville
7/25* – Fiesta en el Rio – Peoria
7/25* – George Fest – Rock Falls
7/25* – Iron&Glass LagerFest – Romeoville
7/25-7/26* – Bantu Fest – Chicago
7/25-7/26 – Chinatown Summer Fair – Chicago
7/25-7/26 – Art at the Glen – Glenview
7/25-7/26* – Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Fest – Glenview
7/25-7/26* – Long Grove Vintage Days – Long Grove
7/25-7/26* – Japanese Summer Festival – Rockford
7/26* – Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Festival – Aurora

7/29-8/1* – Mt. Carmel Chamber Days (formerly Ag Days) – Mt. Carmel
7/29-8/2 – Northbrook Days – Northbrook
7/30-8/1* – South Fork Music and Mud Festival – Taylorville
7/30-8/2* – Algonquin Fest – Algonquin
7/30-8/2* – Fiesta del Sol – Chicago
7/30-8/2* – Lollapalooza – Chicago
7/30-8/2* – Pow Wow Days – Tiskilwa
7/31* – Stolp Block Party – Aurora
7/31* – Irish Fest – Monticello
7/31-8/1* – Jeff Fest – Chicago
7/31-8/1* – Forreston Sauerkraut Days – Forreston
7/31-8/1* – Bier Rock Fest at Buffalo Creek Brewing – Long Grove
7/31-8/1* – North Chicago Community Days – North Chicago
7/31-8/1* – River City Soul Fest and Gospel Fest – Peoria
7/31-8/1* – Party at the Beach Festival – Pontoon Beach
7/31-8/2* – Blarney Island 90’s Fest – Antioch
7/31-8/2* – Homecoming und Augustfest – Mascoutah
7/31-8/2* – Taste of Orland Park – Orland Park
7/31-8/2* – Festa Italiana – Rockford
7/31-8/2* – Taste of Roselle – Roselle
7/31-8/2* – Shorewood Crossroads Fest – Shorewood

AUGUST

8/1* – Alton Food Truck Festival – Alton
8/1* – Charleston Butterfly Festival – Charleston
8/1* – Faeries of the Forest – Elgin
8/1 – Galena Brew Fest – Galena
8/1* – Hazelnut Festival – Hazel Crest
8/1* – Barro Fest – Plainfield
8/1* – Community Church of Rolling Meadows Corn Fest and Craft Fair – Rolling Meadows
8/1-8/2* – David Adler Center Festival of the Arts – Libertyville
8/1-8/2* – Destination Asia Festival – Lisle
8/1-8/2* – Naperville Halal Fest – Naperville
8/1-8/2* – Wilmette Art Fair – Wilmette
8/2* – Belize Day in the Park – Chicago
8/2* – Peach Festival at Pere Marquette Lodge – Grafton

8/5-8/9* – Three Rivers Festival – Channahon
8/5-8/9* – Gladiolus Festival – Momence
8/6* – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market III – Evanston
8/6-8/8* – The Great River Tug Fest – Port Byron/LeClaire, Iowa
8/6-8/8* – St. Joseph Community Festival – St. Joseph
8/6-8/9* – Taste of Elmwood Park Family Festival – Elmwood Park
8/6-8/9* – Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days – Hampshire
8/6-8/9* – Mendota Sweet Corn Festival – Mendota
8/6-8/9* – Romeofest – Romeoville
8/6-8/9 – Streator Fest – Streator
8/6-8/9* – The Sycamore Steam Show and Threshing Bee – Sycamore
8/7-8/8* – Ignite the Courage Smoke and Irons Music Fest – Bartlett
8/7-8/8* – Cobden Peach Festival – Cobden
8/7-8/8* – Cortland Summer Fest – Cortland
8/7-8/8* – Lakemoor Fest – Lakemoor
8/7-8/8* – DeadHead Daze at DESTIHL Brewery – Normal
8/7-8/8 – North Aurora Days – North Aurora
8/7-8/8* – Prairie Crossroads Blues Fest – Urbana
8/7-8/9* – Blarney Island 80’s Fest – Antioch
8/7-8/9* – The Fest for Beatles Fans – Chicago
8/7-8/9* – Ginza Holiday Festival – Chicago
8/7-8/9* – Sabor Taco y Tequila Fest – Chicago
8/7-8/9* – SerbFest – Chicago
8/7-8/9* – American Italian Cultural Society’s Festa Italiana – Crest Hill
8/7-8/9* – Darien FEST – Darien
8/7-8/9* – Blueberry Fest and Corn Boil at Windy Acres Farm I – Geneva
8/7-8/9* – Willow Folk Festival – Stockton
8/8* – Rock the Hops – Alton
8/8* – Arlington Heights Historical Museum’s Heritage Fest – Arlington Heights
8/8* – Arlington Heights Historical Museum’s Irish Fest – Arlington Heights
8/8* – Punk Rock Paradise 3-Peat – Blue Island
8/8* – East Dubuque Wingfest – East Dubuque
8/8* – The Back Road Music Festival – Galva
8/8* – Cruise Night – Freeport
8/8* – Illinois City Fireman’s Festival – Illinois City
8/8* – Joliet Blues Festival – Joliet
8/8* – Lynwood Fest – Lynwood
8/8* – Illinois Oz Festival – Mapleton
8/8* – Ash Bash Art and Music Festival – Mt. Vernon
8/8* – Taste of Korea Chicago Festival – Skokie
8/8-8/9* – Burr Ridge Art Fair – Burr Ridge
8/8-8/9* – LatiNxt Music Festival – Chicago
8/8-8/9* – Printer’s Row Art Fest – Chicago
8/8-8/9* – Northalsted Market Days – Chicago
8/8-8/9* – Gurnee Days – Gurnee
8/9* – Maxwell Street Market IV – Chicago
8/9* – Unplugged Fest – Lake Zurich
8/9* – India Day Parade and Celebration – Naperville
8/9* – Italian American Festa – Peoria
8/9* – Wheeling International Festival – Wheeling

8/12 – Highwood Garlic Fest – Highwood
8/13-8/15* – Windsor Harvest Picnic – Windsor
8/13-8/16* – Chicago’s Little Italy Festa on Taylor Street – Chicago
8/13-8/16* – Mt. Zion Pony Express Days – Mt. Zion
8/14* – New Orleans North – Joliet
8/14* – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market IV – Ottawa
8/14-8/15* – Atwood Apple Dumpling Festival – Atwood
8/14-8/15* – Columbia Days Summer Festival – Columbia
8/14-8/15* – Freeburg Homecoming – Freeburg
8/14-8/15* – Grayslake SummerFest (formerly Summer Days) – Grayslake
8/14-8/15* – Naper Nights III – Naperville
8/14-8/15* – Little Bear Ribfest – Vernon Hills
8/14-8/15 – Willow Springs Blues Fest – Willow Springs
8/14-8/16* – Union County Fair I – Anna
8/14-8/16* – Blarney Island Fantasy Fest – Antioch
8/14-8/16* – Centralia Balloon Fest – Centralia
8/14-8/16* – Glenwood Ave Arts Fest – Chicago
8/14-8/16* – Danvers Days – Danvers
8/14-8/16* – Elburn Days – Elburn
8/14-8/16* – Blueberry Fest and Corn Boil at Windy Acres Farm II – Geneva
8/14-8/16* – Mansfield Homecoming – Mansfield
8/14-8/16* – Montgomery Fest – Montgomery
8/14-8/16* – Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival – Rochelle
8/15* – Front Street Music Fest – Bloomington
8/15* – Prairie Fest – Campton Hills
8/15* – Chicago Caribbean Carnival – Chicago
8/15* – Taste of Africa Chicago – Chicago
8/15* – Rotary Criterium Festival – Edwardsville
8/15* – Elizabeth Harvest Festival – Elizabeth
8/15* – Gibson City Summer Bash – Gibson City
8/15* – Hampton Days – Hampton
8/15* – Fried Green Tomato Festival – Iroquis
8/15* – Liberty Arts Festival – Morris
8/15* – Oak Park Micro Brew Review – Oak Park
8/15* – India Fest – Peoria
8/15* – Balloon Glow in Staunton – Staunton
8/15* – Loo Family Fest – Waterloo
8/15* – Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival – Waukegan
8/15* – Wheaton All Night Flea Market – Wheaton
8/15-8/16* – The Great American Lobster Fest – Chicago
8/15-8/16* – Ukrainian Village Fest – Chicago
8/15-8/16* – Evanston Art and Big Fork Fest – Evanston
8/15-8/16* – Greek Fest of Palos Hills – Palos Hills
8/15-8/16* – Smoke N for the Kids BBQ Festival – Troy
8/16* – Porchfest Roscoe Village – Chicago
8/16* – Taste of Chicago at Pullman – Chicago
8/16*- East Moline Harmony Fest – East Moline
8/16 – Highwood Bloody Mary Fest – Highwood
8/16* – Around the World Food Festival – Lemont
8/16* – St. Stanislaus Polish Fest – Rockford

8/17-8/22* – Union County Fair II – Anna
8/18-8/22* – Le Roy Fall Festival – Le Roy
8/19-8/22* – Bushnell Town and Country Fall Festival – Bushnell
8/19-8/23* – Will County Fair – Peotone
8/20-8/22* – Watseka Family Festival – Watseka
8/20-8/23* – Amboy Depot Days – Amboy
8/20-8/23* – Lindenfest – Lindenhurst
8/21* – Waubonsie Valley Food Truck Rally – Aurora
8/21-8/22* – Up in Smoke on the Square – Lincoln
8/21-8/22* – Mahomet Music Festival – Mahomet
8/21-8/23* – Edison Park Fest – Chicago
8/21-8/23* – Lakeview Taco Fest – Chicago
8/21-8/23* – Pizza City Fest – Chicago
Weekend continues below…

8/21-8/23* – Taste of Greektown – Chicago
8/21-8/23* – DeKalb Corn Fest – DeKalb
8/21-8/23* – Du Quoin State Fair I – Du Quoin
8/21-8/23* – Midwest Salute to the Arts – Fairview Heights
8/21-8/23* – Flanagan Fest – Flanagan
8/21-8/23* – Kirchenfest – Highland
8/21-8/23* – Balloons Over 66 – Lincoln
8/21-8/23* – Irish Fest at Chicago Gaelic Park – Oak Forest
8/21-8/23* – Palatine Street Fest – Palatine
8/21-8/23* – Erin Feis: Peoria Irish Fest – Peoria
8/21-8/23* – Elote Festival – Round Lake Beach
8/21-8/23* – Skokie’s Backlot Bash – Skokie
8/22* – Aledo Main Street Antique Days and Car Show – Aledo
8/22* – Cultural Fest – Bloomington
8/22* – Alfalfa Music Festival – Caledonia
8/22* – Galewoodstock Music Festival – Chicago
8/22* – Noche Caribeña – Chicago
8/22* – West Chicago Food Festival – Chicago
8/23 – Willye White Park End of Summer Bash – Chicago
8/22* – Woodstock Festival – Lemont
8/22* – Brothers’ Field Country Fest – Long Grove
8/22* – Sts. Peter and Paul Homecoming Fest – Naperville
8/22* – Ogden Street Fest Car Show – Ogden
8/22* – Art in the Park Outdoor Art Gallery and Sculpture Walk – Rock Falls
8/22* – Crossroads Blues Festival – Rockford
8/22* – Staunton Ribfest – Staunton
8/22* – Ribs, Rhythm and Brews Fest – Sycamore
8/22-8/23* – Bucktown Arts Fest – Chicago
8/22-8/23* – Romanian Food and Folk Festival – Chicago
8/22-8/23* – Sangria Festival – Chicago
8/22-8/23* – Thirsty Ears Festival – Chicago
8/22-8/23* – West Loop Art Fest – Chicago
8/22-8/23* – Festival of the Arts – Glen Ellyn
8/22-8/23* – Port Clinton Art Festival – Highland Park
8/22-8/23* – Egyptian Festival – Monee
8/22-8/23* – Sweet Corn Circus – Normal
8/23* – A Walk in the Park Summer Art Fair – Arlington Heights
8/23* – Firehouse Block Party – Chicago
8/23* – Taste of Armenia Street Fair – Evanston
8/23* – St. Pius X Parish Festival – Rock Island

8/24-8/31* – Du Quoin State Fair II – Du Quoin
8/27-8/29* – Pittsfield Fall Festival – Pittsfield
8/27-8/30* – Chicago Jazz Festival – Chicago
8/28-8/29* – Peoria Blues and Heritage Music Festival – Peoria
8/28-8/30* – ARC Music Festival – Chicago
8/28-8/30* – North Coast Music Festival – Chicago
8/28-8/30* – Summer Sunset Festival – Lake in the Hills
8/28-8/30* – Lebanese Festival at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church – Lombard
8/28-8/30* – Manito Popcorn Festival – Manito
8/28-8/30* – Shoe Fest Music and Camping – Manteno
8/28-8/30* – Nauvoo Grape Festival – Nauvoo
8/28-8/30* – Orion Fall Festival – Orion
8/28-8/30* – Pioneer City Rodeo – Palestine
8/28-8/30* – Yorkville Hometown Days Festival – Yorkville
8/29* – Alton Jazz and Wine Festival – Alton
8/29* – Alley Art Festival – Aurora
8/29* – Roamer Cruise Night and Car Show – Streator
8/29-8/30* – WingOut Chicago – Chicago
8/29-8/30* – Taste of Serbia Festival – Lake Forest
8/29-8/30* – Maple Park Fun Fest – Maple Park
8/30* – Batavia Block Party and Taste of Batavia – Batavia
8/30* – Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival – Mackinaw
8/30* – Old Times Family Picnic – Oak Forest

SEPTEMBER

9/2-9/5* – Warren County Prime Beef Festival – Monmouth
9/2-9/6* – Pekin Marigold Festival – Pekin
9/2-9/6* – The Sandwich Fair – Sandwich
9/3* – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market IV – Evanston
9/3* – Kits, Cats and Kids Block Party – Evanston
9/3-9/5* – El Paso Corn Festival – El Paso
9/3-9/5* – Elmwood Fall Festival – Elmwood
9/3-9/5* – McLeansboro Fall Festival – McLeansboro
9/3-9/6* – Cache River Days – Ullin
9/3-9/7* – Buffalo Grove Days – Buffalo Grove
9/3-9/7* – Colchester Labor Day Celebration – Colchester
9/3-9/7* – The National Sweetcorn Festival – Hoopeston
9/3-9/7* – Milan Harvest Festival – Milan
9/3-9/7* – Central States Threshermen’s Reunion – Pontiac
9/4-9/5* – Carlyle Street Fair – Carlyle
9/4-9/5* – Itasca Oktoberfest – Itasca
9/4-9/5* – Lena Lions Fall Festival – Lena
9/4-9/5* – Art, Wind and Fire Festival – Macomb
9/4-9/5* – Traditional Music Festival – Petersburg
9/4-9/5* – Our Big Fat Greek Festival – Rock Island
9/4-9/6* – Arcola Broomcorn Festival – Arcola
9/4-9/6* – Chicago German-American Oktoberfest – Chicago
9/4-9/6* – Retro on Roscoe – Chicago
9/4-9/6* – Taste of Chicago in Grant Park – Chicago
9/4-9/6* – Throwback Music Fest – Chicago
9/4-9/6* – Festival of the Vine – Geneva
9/4-9/6* – Havana Oktoberfest – Havana
9/4-9/6 – Nashwood – Highwood
9/4-9/6* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest I – Homer Glen
9/4-9/6* – Route 66 UFO Festival – Livingston
9/4-9/6* – Village of Monee Fall Fest – Monee
9/4-9/6* – Cedarhurst Art and Craft Fair – Mt. Vernon
9/4-9/6* – Oak Lawn Fall Music Festival – Oak Lawn
9/4-9/6* – Roscoe Lions Fall Festival – Roscoe
9/4-9/6* – Winfield Good Old Days – Winfield
9/4-9/7* – Bethalto Homecoming – Bethalto
9/4-9/7* – Casey Popcorn Festival – Casey
9/4-9/7* – Taste of Polonia Festival – Chicago
9/4-9/7* – Edinburg Labor Day Festival – Edinburg
9/4-9/7* – Kewanee Hog Days – Kewanee
9/4-9/7* – Last Fling – Naperville
9/4-9/7* – Feast of Maria SS. Lauretana of Altavilla Milicia – Niles
9/4-9/7* – Westville Labor Day Celebration – Westville
9/5* – Alto Vineyards Harvest Festival – Alto Pass
9/5* – Bloomingdale Septemberfest – Bloomingdale
9/5* – 79th Street Renaissance Festival – Chicago
9/5* – BrazIL Fest Chicago – Chicago
9/5* – Dement Town Music Fest – Dixon
9/5* – VolksFest Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Genoa
9/5* – Slovenian Grape Harvest Festival – Joliet
9/5* – Ela Township History Day and Antique and Artisan Market – Lake Zurich
9/5* – Southern Illinois Honey Festival – Makanda
9/5* – Naperville Food Truck Fall Festival: Taco and Margarita Edition – Naperville
9/5* – When I’m 64 Beatles Music Festival – Prairietown
9/5* – Screw City Beer Fest – Rockford
9/5* – Tamale Fest – Rockford
9/5* – South Holland Heritage Fest – South Holland
9/5* – Fae Folk Art Festival – Springfield
9/5* – Williamsville Autumn on the Boulevard – Williamsville
9/5* – No Place Like Home Wizard of Oz Fest – Wilmington
9/5-9/6* – Printer’s Row Lit Fest – Chicago
9/5-9/6* – Renegade Craft Fair – Chicago
9/5-9/6* – Mum Fest – Clinton
9/5-9/6* – Evanston Folk Festival – Evanston
9/5-9/6* – West End Arts Festival – La Grange
9/5-9/6* – Military History Weekend (formerly WWII Days) – Lockport
9/5-9/6* – The Miracle in Mundelein – Mundelein
9/5-9/6* – Mundelein Fine Arts Festival – Mundelein
9/5-9/6* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival I – South Barrington
9/5-9/7* – Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival – Arthur
9/5-9/7* – African Festival of the Arts – Chicago
9/5-9/7* – Frankfort Fall Festival – Frankfort
9/5-9/7* – Long Grove’s Irish Days – Long Grove
9/5-9/7* – Schaumburg Septemberfest – Schaumburg
9/6* – Festival of Joy – Bloomington
9/6* – DeKalb Kite Fest – DeKalb
9/6* – Grand Detour Arts Festival – Dixon
9/6* – Manhattan Labor Day Party – Manhattan
9/6* – Scandinavian Day Festival – South Elgin
9/6-9/7* – Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival – Geneva
9/6-9/7* – Deer Path Art Fair on the Square – Lake Forest
9/7* – Paw Paw Lions Club Labor Day Celebration – Paw Paw

9/7-9/13* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival II – South Barrington
9/9-9/12* – Canton Friendship Festival – Canton
9/9-9/12* – Lawrence County Fall Festival – Lawrenceville
9/9-9/12* – Morton Pumpkin Festival – Morton
9/9-9/12* – Murphysboro Apple Festival – Murphysboro
9/10-9/12* – Cairo Heritage Blues/Gospel Festival – Cairo
9/10-9/13* – Glendale Heights Oktoberfest I – Glendale Heights
9/10-9/13 – Homestead Festival – Princeton
9/11* – BBQ-n-Blues – La Salle
9/11* – Romeoville Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Romeoville
9/11* – 375th Force Support Squadron Fall Festival – Scott Air Force Base
9/11-9/12* – Carterville Lions Club Free Fair – Carterville
9/11-9/12* – Norwood Park Fall Fest – Chicago
9/11-9/12* – Downers Grove Oktoberfest – Downers Grove
9/11-9/12* – Mount Pulaski Fall Festival – Mount Pulaski
9/11-9/13* – Des Plaines Fall Fest – Des Plaines
9/11-9/13* – Summer Sundown Music Festival – Effingham
9/11-9/13* – Golden IL Fall Festival – Golden
9/11-9/13* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest II – Homer Glen
9/11-9/13* – McHenry Music Festival – McHenry
9/11-9/13* – Destihl Brewery Oktoberfest Weekend – Normal
9/11-9/13* – Wheat Festival – Okawville
9/11-9/13* – West Dundee Heritage Fest – West Dundee
9/12* – Alton Pride Festival – Alton
9/12* – Oktoberfest at Fairview Park – Centralia
9/12* – Clarendon Hills Oktoberfest – Clarendon Hills
9/12* – Coal City Fall Fest – Coal City
9/12* – Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest – Elmhurst
9/12* – Oktoberfest at Penrose Brewing Company – Geneva
9/12* – Gibson City Harvest Fest – Gibson City
9/12* – JazzN’ the Street – La Salle
9/12* – Marseilles Renaissance Faire – Marseilles
9/12* – Naper Pride Fest – Naperville
9/12* – Bacon Fest – O’Fallon
9/12* – Popcorn Days – Ridgway
9/12* – Rochelle Fiesta Hispana – Rochelle
9/12* – Taste of Fiesta – Rock Falls
9/12* – Iron Saddle Ranch Harvest Fest – Salem
9/12* – Salem AppleFest – Salem
9/12* – Pluto Fest – Streator
9/12-9/13* – El Grito Chicago – Chicago
9/12-9/13* – Lakeview East Festival of the Arts – Chicago
9/12-9/13* – Creston Booster Days – Creston
9/12-9/13* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm I – Geneva
9/12-9/13* – Revolutionary War Reenactment and Grand Encampment – Wheaton
9/12-9/13* – A River Thru History: The Des Plaines Valley Rendezvous – Willow Springs
9/13* – Maxwell Street Market V – Chicago
9/13* – Mexican Independence Day Celebration – Woodstock

9/14-9/20* – Glendale Heights Oktoberfest II – Glendale Heights
9/14-9/20* – Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest III – Homer Glen
9/14-9/20* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival III – South Barrington
9/16-9/19* – Eldorado Town and Country Days – Eldorado
9/16-9/19* – Fairfield Fall Fun Fest – Fairfield
9/17-9/19* – Sugar Creek Music Festival – Benton
9/17-9/19* – Pygmalion – Champaign/Urbana
9/17-9/19* – Praise the Lard Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off – Murphysboro
9/17-9/19* – Seneca Shipyard Days Festival – Seneca
9/17-9/20* – Dwight Harvest Days – Dwight
9/18* – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market V – Ottawa
9/18-9/19* – Berwyn’s Oktoberfest – Berwyn
9/18-9/19* – ItalianFest – Collinsville
9/18-9/19* – Crete Acorn Fest – Crete
9/18-9/19* – Corvette Funfest – Effingham
9/18-9/19* – Elk Grove Oktoberfest – Elk Grove Village
9/18-9/19* – Mount Prospect Oktoberfest – Mount Prospect
9/18-9/19* – Naperville Irish Fest – Naperville
9/18-9/19* – Autumn in the Park Festival – Palos Park
9/18-9/20* – Belleville Oktoberfest – Belleville
9/18-9/20* – Big Rock Plowing Match and Festival – Big Rock
9/18-9/20* – Cary Main Street Fest – Cary
9/18-9/20* – Riot Fest – Chicago
9/18-9/20* – Vermilion River Fall Festival – Danville
9/18-9/20* – Griggsville Apple Festival – Griggsville
9/18-9/20* – Ina Fall Festival – Ina
9/18-9/20* – Marshall Autumn Fest – Marshall
9/18-9/20* – Palatine Oktoberfest – Palatine
9/18-9/20* – Peoria Oktoberfest – Peoria
9/18-9/20* – Goebbert’s Farm Oktoberfest – Pingree Grove
9/18-9/20* – Tinley Park Oktoberfest – Tinley Park
9/19* – Albion Artisan Fall Festival – Albion
9/19* – Mississippi Earthtones Festival – Alton
9/19* – Argenta Family Fun Festival – Argenta
9/19* – Auroraland Oktoberfest – Aurora
9/19* – Broadlands Homecoming Festival – Broadlands
9/19 – Finders Market II – Decatur
9/19* – Deerfield Harvest Fest – Deerfield
9/19* – Nachusa Grasslands Fall Festival – Franklin Grove
9/19* – Chicago Tacos and Tequila Festival – Geneva
9/19* – Golconda Shrimp Festival – Golconda
9/19* – Mallard Fest – Hanover
9/19* – Highland Street Art Festival – Highland
9/19* – Highland Park Oktoberfest – Highland Park
9/19* – Jacksonville Rotary Oktoberfest – Jacksonville
9/19* – Joliet Pride Festival – Joliet
9/19* – Kankakee Estival Festival – Kankakee
9/19* – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest I – Lake Villa
9/19* – Le Roy Oktoberfest – Le Roy
9/19* – Oswego Brew at the Bridge Craft Beer Festival – Oswego
9/19* – Petersburg Harvest Fest – Petersburg
9/19* – Artisan Market at Hornbaker’s Garden – Princeton
9/19* – Buzz Bomb Oktoberfest – Springfield
9/19* – Flannel Festival at Trenton Sportman’s Club – Trenton
9/19* – C-U Black and African Arts Festival – Urbana
9/19-9/20* – Taste of Egypt Festival – Burr Ridge
9/19-9/20* – Macoupin County Historical Society Fall Festival – Carlinville
9/19-9/20* – West Loop Music and Art Fest – Chicago
9/19-9/20* – Arts in Central Park – Decatur
9/19-9/20* – Fall and Fantasy Festival – Dixon
9/19-9/20* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm II – Geneva
9/19-9/20* – Fall Festival at Kinmundy Log Cabin Village I – Kinmundy
9/19-9/20* – Vintage Illinois at the Canal Market – North Utica
9/19-9/20* – Monarch Butterfly Festival – Palos Heights
9/19-9/20* – Peotone Historical Society’s Old Mill Fall Fest – Peotone
9/19-9/20* – Clayville Fall Festival – Pleasant Plains
9/19-9/20* – Edwards Place Fine Art Fair – Springfield
9/19-9/20* – Art on the Prairie – Warrenville
9/19-9/20* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival I – West Chicago
9/19-9/20* – Stark County Fall Festival – Wyoming
9/20* – Fall Stroll and Scarecrow Festival – Bourbonnais
9/20* – Taste of Evanston – Evanston
9/20* – Brothers’ Field Pizza Fest – Long Grove

9/21-9/27* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest IV – Homer Glen
9/21-9/27* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival IV – South Barrington
9/23-9/27* – Grundy County Corn Festival – Morris
9/24* – Taste of Heights – Peoria Heights
9/24-9/27* – Manteno Oktoberfest – Manteno
9/24-9/27* – Haunted Hollows Fest I – Peotone
9/25* – Rock Falls Taco Throwdown – Rock Falls
9/25-9/26* – Bartlett Oktoberfest – Bartlett
9/25-9/26* – East Dundee Oktoberfest – East Dundee
9/25-9/26* – St. Ambrose Applefest – Godfrey
9/25-9/26* – Lansing Autumn Festival – Lansing
9/25-9/26 – Mt. Vernon Fall Fest – Mt. Vernon
9/25-9/26* – Nashville Fall Festival – Nashville
9/25-9/26* – Oaktoberfest – Oak Park
9/25-9/26* – Woodridge Oktoberfest – Woodridge
9/25-9/27* – Beardstown Fall Fun Festival – Beardstown
9/25-9/27* – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest I – Chicago
9/25-9/27* – Oktoberfest Chicago at St. Alphonsus – Chicago
9/25-9/27* – Huntley Fall Fest – Huntley
9/25-9/27* – Prairie Land Heritage Museum Fall Festival and Steam Show – Jacksonville
9/25-9/27* – Long Grove Apple Festival – Long Grove
9/25-9/27* – Milton Corn Carnival – Milton
9/25-9/27* – Paris Honeybee Festival – Paris
9/25-9/27* – International Route 66 Mother Road Festival – Springfield
9/25-9/27* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival II – West Chicago
9/26* – Food is Love Festival – Alton
9/26* – Hispanic Heritage Fest at Brookfield Zoo – Brookfield
9/26* – Elim Dutch Festival – Crestwood
9/26* – Johnny Appleseed Festival – Crystal Lake
9/26* – DeKalb Back Alley Market: Fall – DeKalb
9/26* – Village of Elsah Festival – Elsah
9/26* – Pretzel City Brewfest – Freeport
9/26* – Galena Cellars Fall Harvest Festival – Galena
9/26* – Fall Corn Festival – Godfrey
9/26* – Relleke Farm Vendor Fair and Pumpkin Festival – Granite City
9/26* – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest II – Lake Villa
9/26* – German Society of Rockford Oktoberfest – Loves Park
9/26* – Light The Night at Miller Point – McHenry
9/26* – New Athens Fall Festival – New Athens
9/26* – St. Clare Oktoberfest – O’Fallon
9/26* – Olney Fall Festival – Olney
9/26* – Quincy Oktoberfest – Quincy
9/26* – St. Jacob Lions Club Fall Fest – St. Jacob
9/26* – Teutopolis Civic Club Oktoberfest – Teutopolis
9/26* – HOPtober Fest – Wheaton
9/26-9/27* – Art in the Barn – Barrington
9/26-9/27* – Jordbruksdagarna (Agriculture Days) – Bishop Hill
9/26-9/27* – Lincoln Log Cabin Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration – Charleston
9/26-9/27* – Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago
9/26-9/27* – Randolph Street Market: Fall – Chicago
9/26-9/27* – Apple ‘n Pork Festival – Clinton
9/26-9/27* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm III – Geneva
9/26-9/27* – Fall Festival at Kinmundy Log Cabin Village II – Kinmundy
9/26-9/27* – Hamilton Primary School Festival – Otterville
9/26-9/27* – Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair – Peoria
9/26-9/27* – Stillman Valley Fall Festival – Stillman Valley
9/26-9/27* – Cantigny Fall Festival – Wheaton
9/27* – Harvest Fall Festival at Oakhurst Forest Preserve – Aurora
9/27* – Oktoberfest at Brookfield Zoo – Brookfield
9/27* – Taste of Canton – Canton
9/27* – Taste of DeKalb – DeKalb
9/27* – Hoosier Grove Barn and Brew: Oktoberfest – Streamwood

9/28-10/4* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest V – Homer Glen
9/28-10/4* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival V – South Barrington

OCTOBER

10/1-10/3* – CU Folk and Roots Festival – Urbana
10/1-10/4* – Barry Apple Festival – Barry
10/1-10/4* – Mokena Halloween Hollow – Mokena
10/1-10/4* – Haunted Hollows Fest II – Peotone
10/2-10/3* – Harmony Fest – Arlington Heights
10/2-10/3* – Camargo Woolly Worm Festival – Camargo
10/2-10/3* – Naper Settlement Oktoberfest – Naperville
10/2-10/3* – Stubbornfest at Stubborn German Brewing – Waterloo
10/2-10/4* – Lincoln Park Wine Festival – Chicago
10/2-10/4* – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest II – Chicago
10/2-10/4* – St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest – Chicago
10/2-10/4* – Macon County Fair Harvest Festival – Decatur
10/2-10/4 – The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival – Highwood
10/2-10/4* – SDJCA Oktoberfest – Lockport
10/2-10/4* – Buffalo Creek Brewing Oktoberfest – Long Grove
10/2-10/4* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival III – West Chicago
10/3* – St. Edward Parish Harvest Bash – Chicago
10/3* – Du Quoin Fall Fest – Du Quoin
10/3* – Fulton Fall Fest – Fulton
10/3* – Galena Oktoberfest – Galena
10/3* – Genoa Harvest Festival – Genoa
10/3* – Greenville Apple Day – Greenville
10/3* – Legions of Craft Beer Fest – Gurnee
10/3* – Shawnee Sasquatch Festival – Harrisburg
10/3* – The Abbey on Broad Oktoberfest – Hillsboro
10/3* – Jersey County Historical Society Apple Festival – Jerseyville
10/3* – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest III – Lake Villa
10/3* – Lebanon Fall Festival – Lebanon
10/3* – Cider and Ale Festival – Lisle
10/3* – Oktoberfest – Lynwood
10/3* – Manhattan Taste of Fall – Manhattan
10/3* – Jefferson County Historical Village Heritage Festival – Mt. Vernon
10/3* – Vercellino’s Fall Festival – Mulkeytown
10/3* – The Big Muddy Monster Brew Fest – Murphysboro
10/3* – Smoketoberfest – Oak Lawn
10/3* – Ottawa Scarecrow Festival – Ottawa
10/3* – Lumberjack Show at Selmi’s Greenhouse and Family Farm – Rock Falls
10/3* – Oktoberfest Rock Island – Rock Island
10/3* – Hometown Hoedown – Fall Fest – Rolling Meadows
10/3* – Roselle Founders Day Festival – Roselle
10/3* – Octoberfest in Meineke Park – Schaumburg
10/3* – South Elgin Pumpkin Patch Festival – South Elgin
10/3-10/4* – Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest – Chicago
10/3-10/4* – Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival I – Fulton County
10/3-10/4* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm IV – Geneva
10/3-10/4* – Knox County Scenic Drive I – Knox County
10/3-10/4* – Autumn on Parade – Oregon
10/3-10/4* – Wabash Valley Wine and Art Festival – Palestine
10/3-10/4* – Cider n’ Cinnamon Arts and Crafts Fair – Rockford
10/3-10/4* – Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – Springfield
10/3-10/4* – Fall Festival at Happy Hollow Family Farms – St. Elmo
10/3-10/4* – Taylorville Chillifest – Taylorville
10/4* – FestiFall – Columbia
10/4* – Fox Lake Fall Festival – Fox Lake
10/4* – Bushido’s Aki Matsuri/Fall Festival – Gurnee
10/4* – Ottawa Fall Fest and Parade – Ottawa
10/4* – Autumn Harvest Festival – Schaumburg

10/5-10/11* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest VI – Homer Glen
10/5-10/11* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VI – South Barrington
10/8* – Peoria Food and Wine Festival – Peoria Heights
10/8-10/10* – Greenup Apple Festival – Greenup
10/8-10/11* – Haunted Hollows Fest III – Peotone
10/9-10/10* – Belleville Chili Cook-Off – Belleville
10/9-10/11* – St. Mary’s Oktoberfest – Alton
10/9-10/11* – Lumenaura – Aurora
10/9-10/11* – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest III – Chicago
10/9-10/11* – Little Grassy Get Down – Makanda
10/9-10/11* – Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest – Shelbyville
10/9-10/11* – Scarecrow Fest – St. Charles
10/9-10/11* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival IV – West Chicago
10/10* – Anna Colorfest – Anna
10/10* – Water Lantern Festival – Aurora
10/10* – Gilmore’s Monster Mash – Clinton
10/10* – Stews and Brews – Highland Park
10/10* – Homewood Fall Fest – Homewood
10/10* – Brothers’ Field Fall Fest – Long Grove
10/10* – Maroa Harvest Festival – Maroa
10/10* – Ottawa Smoketober Fest – Ottawa
10/10* – Hops on the Rock – Sterling
10/10* – Waterloo PumpkinFest – Waterloo
10/10-10/11* – Oktoberfestiversary – Chicago
10/10-10/11* – Galena Country Fair – Galena
10/10-10/11* – Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival II – Fulton County
10/10-10/11* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm V – Geneva
10/10-10/11* – Old Settlers Days – Kampsville
10/10-10/11* – Knox County Scenic Drive II – Knox County
10/10-10/11* – Sugar Creek Arts Festival – Normal
10/10-10/11* – La Salle County Burgoo Festival – North Utica
10/10-10/11* – Lincoln Memorial Garden Fall Harvest Festival – Springfield
10/10-10/11* – Harvest Pow Wow – Wheaton
10/10-10/11* – Wine and Art Festival at Rend Lake – Whittington
10/11* – Maxwell Street Market VI – Chicago
10/11* – Maeystown Oktoberfest – Maeystown
10/11* – Maranatha Christian Academy Fall Festival – Mattoon
10/11* – Autumn Festival of Crafts – Wilmington

10/12-10/18* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest VII – Homer Glen
10/12-10/18* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VII – South Barrington
10/15-10/18* – City of Chester Fall Festival – Chester
10/15-10/18* – Haunted Hollows Fest IV – Peotone
10/15-10/19* – Blue Grass Festival at Argyle Lake – Colchester
10/16-10/17* – All Hallows Eve at Naper Settlement – Naperville
10/16-10/18* – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest IV – Chicago
10/16-10/18* – Fat Tire Fest – Ozark
10/16-10/18* – American Thresherman Association Fall Festival – Pinckneyville
10/16-10/18* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival V – West Chicago
10/17* – Scarecrow Festival – Dixon
10/17* – Fox Lake Pumpkin Jubilee – Fox Lake
10/17* – Grafton Witches on the Water – Grafton
10/17* – Hinsdale Fall Family Festival – Hinsdale
10/17* – Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival – Jacksonville
10/17* – Brew Moon Beer and Band Festival – McCook
10/17* – Springfield Area Highland Games and Celtic Festival – New Berlin
10/17* – Princeton Oktoberfest – Princeton
10/17* – Rochester Fall Festival – Rochester
10/17-10/18* – Treehouse Wildlife Center Owl Fest – Dow
10/17-10/18* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm VI – Geneva
10/17-10/18* – Vulture Fest – Makanda
10/17-10/18* – Fort Massac Grand Encampment – Metropolis
10/17-10/18* – Pike County IL Fall Pickin Days – Pittsfield
10/18* – Bloody Mary Fest – Chicago
10/18* – Leclaire Parkfest – Edwardsville
10/18* – Halloween Downtown – Kankakee
10/18* – St. Andrew Wurstfest – Murphysboro

10/19-10/25* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest VIII – Homer Glen
10/19-10/25* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VIII – South Barrington
10/21-10/25* – The Sycamore Pumpkin Festival – Sycamore
10/22-10/25* – Haunted Hollows Fest V – Peotone
10/23-10/24* – Howlin’ at the Moon at Naper Settlement – Naperville
10/23-10/25* – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest V – Chicago
10/23-10/25* – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival VI – West Chicago
10/24* – BatFest – Batavia
10/24* – Centralia Fall Festival – Centralia
10/24* – Flannel Fest – Champaign
10/24* – Galena Halloween Parade and Festival – Galena
10/24* – POLC Community Fall Festival – Goreville
10/24* – St. Matthew Lutheran Church Fall Festival – Hawthorn Woods
10/24* – Downtown Litchfield Halloween Block Party – Litchfield
10/24* – Glacier Fest and Art Fair – Marion
10/24* – Pumpkinfest – Mount Carroll
10/24* – New Baden Chili and Soup Cook-off and Cupcake Wars – New Baden
10/24* – Pinckneyville Mardi Gras – Pinckneyville
10/24* – CU Pride Parade and Fair – Urbana
10/24* – Haunted Halloween Flea Market – Wheaton
10/24-10/25* – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm VII – Geneva

10/26-10/30* – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival IX – South Barrington
10/26-11/1* – Bengtson’s Fall Fest IX – Homer Glen
10/29-11/1* – Haunted Hollows Fest VI – Peotone
10/31* – Día de los Muertos Celebration – Moline

NOVEMBER

11/6-11/7* – 3 French Hens Holiday Market – Morris
11/6-11/7* – Hobnob Holiday Market – Springfield

11/13-11/15* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis I – Fairmont City
11/13-11/15* – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden I – Glencoe
11/13-11/15* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights I – Vandalia
11/14* – Christmas Craft and Holiday Bazaar – Galva
11/14-11/15* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum I – Lisle

11/16-11/22* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis II – Fairmont City
11/16-11/22* – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden II – Glencoe
11/16-11/22* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum II – Lisle
11/16-11/22* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights II – Vandalia
11/19-11/21* – The Baby Fold’s Festival of Trees – Bloomington
11/19-11/22* – Glow Holiday Festival I – Joliet
11/20-11/22* – Christkindlmarket Aurora I – Aurora
11/20-11/22* – Way of Lights I – Belleville
11/20-11/22* – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic I – Brookfield
11/20-11/22* – Christmas in Fairview Park I – Casey
11/20-11/22* – Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza I – Chicago
11/20-11/22* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville II – Chicago
11/20-11/22* – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo I – Chicago
11/20-11/22* – Santa’s Rock N Lights I – Geneva
11/20-11/22* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland I – Lebanon
11/20-11/22* – Mattoon Lightworks I – Mattoon
11/20-11/22* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights I – Shelbyville
11/21* – IRG Holiday Market/Festival of Trees – Champaign
11/21* – The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival – Chicago
11/21* – Pope County Deer Festival – Golconda

11/23-11/29* – Christkindlmarket Aurora II – Aurora
11/23-11/29* (Closed 11/26) – Way of Lights II – Belleville
11/23-11/29* – Christmas in Fairview Park II – Casey
11/23-11/29* – Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza II – Chicago
11/23-11/29* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville III – Chicago
11/23-11/29* (Closed 11/26) – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo II – Chicago
11/23-11/29* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis III – Fairmont City
11/23-11/29* (Closed 11/26) – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden III – Glencoe
11/23-11/29* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland II – Lebanon
11/23-11/29* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum III – Lisle
11/23-11/29* – Mattoon Lightworks II – Mattoon
11/23-11/29* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights II – Shelbyville
11/23-11/29* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights III – Vandalia
11/25* – Turkey Testicle Festival – Braidwood
11/25* – Turkey Testicle Festival – Huntley
11/25-11/29* (Closed 11/26) – Glow Holiday Festival II – Joliet
11/25-11/29* – All Aglow Holiday Display I – Rockford
11/26-11/29* – Du Quoin Holiday Lights Fair I – Du Quoin
11/26-11/29* – Wonderland in Lights I – Effingham
11/26-11/29* – Hutsonville Trees on the River I – Hutsonville
11/26-11/29* – Olney Christmas Lights I – Olney
11/26-11/29* – Quincy Festival of Lights I – Quincy
11/27* – Festival of Lights and Holiday Market – Grayslake
11/27-11/28* – Beardstown Christkindlmarkt I – Beardstown
11/27-11/29* – Christmas Wonderland I – Alton
11/27-11/29* – Aurora Festival of Lights I – Aurora
11/27-11/29* – Belleville Christkindlmarkt I – Belleville
11/27-11/29* – Julmarknad Christmas Market I – Bishop Hill
11/27-11/29* – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic II – Brookfield
11/27-11/29* – Christmas in Carlyle Lights in the Park I – Carlyle
11/27-11/29* – Christmas Lights of Hope I – Carmi
11/27-11/29* – Chatham Light Up the Park I – Chatham
11/27-11/29* – Folepi’s Winter Wonderland I – East Peoria
11/27-11/29* – Santa’s Rock N Lights II – Geneva
11/27-11/29* – Christmas Lights Wonderland at American Farm Heritage Museum I – Greenville
11/27-11/29* – Ottawa Chris Kringle Market I – Ottawa
11/27-11/29* – Zoo Lights at the Henson Robinson Zoo I – Springfield
11/27-11/29* – Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights I – Wheaton
11/28* – Holiday Cheers Market I – Alton
11/28* – Kris Kringle Market – Bloomingdale
11/28* – Fox Lake Festival of Lights – Fox Lake
11/28* – Christmas on the River – Hutsonville
11/28* – Downtown Country Christmas Festival – Jerseyville
11/28* – Holly Jolly Fest – Niles
11/28* – Keeping Christmas Close to Home – Streator
11/28-11/29* – Bethalto Christmas Village I – Bethalto
11/28-11/29* – Bright Nights: A Celebration of Lights I – Jerseyville
11/28-11/29* – A December to Remember I – Pana
11/29* – Orland Park Christmas Parade, Tree Lighting and Festival – Orland Park

11/30-12/6* – Christmas Wonderland II – Alton
11/30-12/6* – Aurora Festival of Lights II – Aurora
11/30-12/6* – Christkindlmarket Aurora III – Aurora
11/30-12/6* – Way of Lights III – Belleville
11/30-12/6* – Christmas in Carlyle Lights in the Park II – Carlyle
11/30-12/6* – Christmas Lights of Hope II – Carmi
11/30-12/6* – Christmas in Fairview Park III – Casey
11/30-12/6* – Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza III – Chicago
11/30-12/6* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville IV – Chicago
11/30-12/6* – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo III – Chicago
11/30-12/6* – Du Quoin Holiday Lights Fair II – Du Quoin
11/30-12/6* – Folepi’s Winter Wonderland II – East Peoria
11/30-12/6* – Wonderland in Lights II – Effingham
11/30-12/6* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis IV – Fairmont City
11/30-12/6* – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden IV – Glencoe
11/30-12/6* – Christmas Lights Wonderland at American Farm Heritage Museum II – Greenville
11/30-12/6* – Hutsonville Trees on the River II – Hutsonville
11/30-12/6* – Bright Nights: A Celebration of Lights II – Jerseyville
11/30-12/6* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland III – Lebanon
11/30-12/6* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum III – Lisle
11/30-12/6* – Mattoon Lightworks III – Mattoon
11/30-12/6* – Olney Christmas Lights II – Olney
11/30-12/6* – A December to Remember II – Pana
11/30-12/6* – Quincy Festival of Lights II – Quincy
11/30-12/6* – All Aglow Holiday Display II – Rockford
11/30-12/6* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights III – Shelbyville
11/30-12/6* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights IV – Vandalia
11/30-12/6* – Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights II – Wheaton

DECEMBER

12/2-12/6* – Santa’s Rock N Lights III – Geneva
12/2-12/6* – Taylorville Christmas in the Park I – Taylorville
12/3-12/6* – Belleville Christkindlmarkt II – Belleville
12/3-12/6* – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic III – Brookfield
12/3-12/6* – CLAS Holiday Fest – Charleston
12/3-12/6* – Chatham Light Up the Park II – Chatham
12/3-12/6* – Glow Holiday Festival III – Joliet
12/3-12/6* – Zoo Lights at the Henson Robinson Zoo II – Springfield
12/4* – Belvidere Hometown Christmas – Belvidere
12/4-12/5* – Beardstown Christkindlmarkt II – Beardstown
12/4-12/5* – Dickens on the Square: A Magical Holiday – Macomb
12/4-12/5* – Kris Kringle Market in the Heights – Peoria Heights
12/4-12/6* – Winter WonderFest I – Chicago
12/4-12/6* – Ottawa Chris Kringle Market II – Ottawa
12/4-12/6* – Home for the Holidays Festival – Robinson
12/5* – Holiday Cheers Market II – Alton
12/5* – Christmas in the Village – Cobden
12/5* – Galena Holidaze Festival – Galena
12/5* – Hometown Holly Days – Marshall
12/5* – Julmarknad – Rockford
12/5* – Roselle Winterfest – Roselle
12/5-12/6* – Bethalto Christmas Village II – Bethalto
12/5-12/6* – Julmarknad Christmas Market II – Bishop Hill
12/5-12/6* – Festival of Lights/Winter Walk Mistletoe Market I – Bolingbrook
12/5-12/6* – Julmarknad at the Swedish American Museum – Chicago
12/5-12/6* – Coulterville Holiday Lights Display I – Coulterville
12/5-12/6* – Holiday Lights in Lilacia Park I – Lombard
12/5-12/6* – Christmas in the Commons I – New Lenox
12/5-12/6* – DESTIHL Brewery Christkindl Market – Normal
12/6* – Millstadt Weihnachtsfest German Christmas Festival – Millstadt
12/6* – Deer Santa Festival – Pittsfield

12/14-12/20* – Christmas Wonderland IV – Alton
12/14-12/20* – Christkindlmarket Aurora V – Aurora
12/14-12/20* – Aurora Festival of Lights IV – Aurora
12/14-12/20* – Way of Lights V – Belleville
12/14-12/20* – Christmas in Carlyle Lights in the Park IV – Carlyle
12/14-12/20* – Christmas Lights of Hope IV – Carmi
12/14-12/20* – Christmas in Fairview Park V – Casey
12/14-12/20* – Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza V – Chicago
12/14-12/20* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville VI – Chicago
12/14-12/20* – Winter WonderFest III – Chicago
12/14-12/20* – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo V – Chicago
12/14-12/20* – Coulterville Holiday Lights Display III – Coulterville
12/14-12/20* – Du Quoin Holiday Lights Fair IV – Du Quoin
12/14-12/20* – Folepi’s Winter Wonderland IV – East Peoria
12/14-12/20* – Wonderland in Lights IV – Effingham
12/14-12/20* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis VI – Fairmont City
12/14-12/20* – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VI – Glencoe
12/14-12/20* – Christmas Lights Wonderland at American Farm Heritage Museum IV – Greenville
12/14-12/20* – Hutsonville Trees on the River IV – Hutsonville
12/14-12/20* – Bright Nights: A Celebration of Lights IV – Jerseyville
12/14-12/20* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland V – Lebanon
12/14-12/20* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum V – Lisle
12/14-12/20* – Holiday Lights in Lilacia Park III – Lombard
12/14-12/20* – Mattoon Lightworks V – Mattoon
12/14-12/20* – Olney Christmas Lights IV – Olney
12/14-12/20* – A December to Remember IV – Pana
12/14-12/20* – Quincy Festival of Lights IV – Quincy
12/14-12/20* – All Aglow Holiday Display IV – Rockford
12/14-12/20* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights V – Shelbyville
12/14-12/20* – Taylorville Christmas in the Park III – Taylorville
12/14-12/20* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights VI – Vandalia
12/14-12/20* – Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights IV – Wheaton
12/15-12/20* – Santa’s Rock N Lights V – Geneva
12/17-12/20* – Belleville Christkindlmarkt V – Belleville
12/17-12/20*- Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic V – Brookfield
12/17-12/20* – Chatham Light Up the Park IV – Chatham
12/17-12/20* – Glow Holiday Festival V – Joliet
12/17-12/20* – Zoo Lights at the Henson Robinson Zoo IV – Springfield
12/18-12/19* – Beardstown Christkindlmarkt IV – Beardstown
12/18-12/20* – Ottawa Chris Kringle Market IV – Ottawa
12/19* – Holiday Cheers Market IV – Alton
12/19-12/20* – Bethalto Christmas Village IV – Bethalto
12/19-12/20* – Renegade Craft Fair: Winter – Chicago
12/19-12/20* – Christmas in the Commons III – New Lenox

12/21-12/22* – Belleville Christkindlmarkt VI – Belleville
12/21-12/24* – Christkindlmarket Aurora VI – Aurora
12/21-12/24* – Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza VI – Chicago
12/21-12/25* – Chatham Light Up the Park V – Chatham
12/21-12/25* – Mattoon Lightworks VI – Mattoon
12/21-12/25* – Taylorville Christmas in the Park IV – Taylorville
12/21-12/26* – Coulterville Holiday Lights Display IV – Coulterville
12/21-12/27* – Christmas Wonderland V – Alton
12/21-12/27* – Aurora Festival of Lights V – Aurora
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Way of Lights VI – Belleville
12/21-12/27* – Christmas in Carlyle Lights in the Park V – Carlyle
12/21-12/27* – Christmas Lights of Hope V – Carmi
12/21-12/27* – Christmas in Fairview Park VI – Casey
12/21-12/27* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville VII – Chicago
12/21-12/27* – Winter WonderFest IV – Chicago
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo VI – Chicago
12/21-12/27* – Du Quoin Holiday Lights Fair V – Du Quoin
12/21-12/27* – Folepi’s Winter Wonderland V – East Peoria
12/21-12/27* – Wonderland in Lights V – Effingham
12/21-12/27* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis VII – Fairmont City
12/21-12/27* – Santa’s Rock N Lights VI – Geneva
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VII – Glencoe
12/21-12/27* – Christmas Lights Wonderland at American Farm Heritage Museum V – Greenville
12/21-12/27* – Hutsonville Trees on the River V – Hutsonville
12/21-12/27* – Bright Nights: A Celebration of Lights V – Jerseyville
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/25) – Glow Holiday Festival VI – Joliet
12/21-12/27* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland VI – Lebanon
12/21-12/27* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum VI – Lisle
12/21-12/27* – Holiday Lights in Lilacia Park IV – Lombard
12/21-12/27* – Olney Christmas Lights V – Olney
12/21-12/27* – A December to Remember V – Pana
12/21-12/27* – Quincy Festival of Lights V – Quincy
12/21-12/27* – All Aglow Holiday Display V – Rockford
12/21-12/27* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights VI – Shelbyville
12/21-12/27* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights VII – Vandalia
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/25) – Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights V – Wheaton
12/25-12/26* – Beardstown Christkindlmarkt V – Beardstown
12/25-12/27* – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic VI – Brookfield

12/28-12/30* – Du Quoin Holiday Lights Fair VI – Du Quoin
12/28-12/30* – Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights VI – Wheaton
12/28-12/31* – Way of Lights VII – Belleville
12/28-12/31* – Christmas Lights of Hope VI – Carmi
12/28-12/31* – Christmas in Fairview Park VII – Casey
12/28-12/31* – Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville VIII – Chicago
12/28-12/31* – Santa’s Rock N Lights VII – Geneva
12/28-12/31* – Christmas Lights Wonderland at American Farm Heritage Museum VI – Greenville
12/28-12/31* – Hutsonville Trees on the River VI – Hutsonville
12/28-12/31* – Bright Nights: A Celebration of Lights VI – Jerseyville
12/28-12/31* – Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland VII – Lebanon
12/28-12/31* – A December to Remember VI – Pana
12/28-12/31* – Quincy Festival of Lights VI – Quincy
12/28-1/1* – Wonderland in Lights VI – Effingham
12/28-1/1* – Olney Christmas Lights VI – Olney
12/28-1/1* – Shelbyville Festival of Lights VII – Shelbyville
12/28-1/1* – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights VIII – Vandalia
12/28-1/2* – Winter WonderFest V – Chicago
12/28-1/2* – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum VII – Lisle
12/28-1/3* – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic VII – Brookfield
12/28-1/3* – Christmas in Carlyle Lights in the Park VI – Carlyle
12/28-1/3* – ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo VII – Chicago
12/28-1/3* – Folepi’s Winter Wonderland VI – East Peoria
12/28-1/3* – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis VIII – Fairmont City
12/28-1/3* – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VIII – Glencoe
12/28-1/3* (Closed 1/1) – Glow Holiday Festival VII – Joliet
12/28-1/3* – Holiday Lights in Lilacia Park V – Lombard
12/28-1/3* – All Aglow Holiday Display VI – Rockford

JANUARY (2027)

1/1* – Alton Eagle Ice Festival – Alton

1/4-1/10* – All Aglow Holiday Display VII – Rockford
1/7* – TR’s Festival Festival – Belleville
1/9* – Frosty Fest – Gurnee
1/10* – Volo Bog Winterfest – Ingleside

1/17* – Pere Marquette Bald Eagle Festival – Grafton

1/23 – Chicago Whiskey Tasting Festival – Chicago
1/23-1/24* – Great River Eagle Days – Quincy

1/29-1/31* – Downers Grove Ice Festival – Downers Grove

FEBRUARY

2/3-2/6* – Rockton Yeti Fest – Rockton
2/6* – POLARpalooza – DeKalb

2/13* – Chain O’ Lakes Fishing Derby and Winter Festival – Antioch
2/13* – Argenta IceFest – Argenta
2/13* – Chicago Winter Tequila Tasting Festival – Chicago
2/13* – Westmont Winter Beer Festival – Westmont
2/14* – Cabin Fever Festival – Schaumburg

2/20* – Lake County Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake

2/27* – Chicago Bacon Fest at Old Crow – Chicago
2/27* – Artic Ale and Art Walk – Freeport
2/27* – Naperville Ale Fest: Winter Edition – Naperville