Savor the last summer weekend with suburban festivals

It’s the last official weekend of summer, and the weather will be perfect for fest crawling all over the suburbs. Depending on your likes, there’s stuff going on to fit every taste.

Bartlett Street Fest: The Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department Inc. hosts the fourth annual Street Fest, Dance and Raffle from noon-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, on Main Street, Bartlett. Come for the Kids Zone, “Obie the Train” ride, Bingo in the Fire Barn, a Classic Emergency Vehicle Rally, food, beer and wine, and continuous live entertainment. And at the end of the evening someone will go home with the $5,000 first place raffle prize. Free. (630) 830-4018.Batavia MainStreet Block Party: 4-9 p.m. Sunday on South River Street between Wilson and State streets. Food tastings and drink specials, face painting, bubbles, street-decorating; adult Bags Tournament; 50/50 raffle. Local restaurants as well. Local entertainment will include the band One Brick Short; the Batavia Academy of Dance and Field Day, Batavia#146;s own rock cover band. www.downtownbatavia.com; (630) 761-3528.Buffalo Grove Days: Continues through Monday at Lake-Cook Road and Raupp Boulevard. Carnival, parade, barbecue challenge, pancake breakfast, 5K run, entertainment. Hours: noon-11 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; 12:30-6:30 p.m. Monday. Main stage Saturday: BG Palooza, featuring all local bands. Big acts at night are at Trippin#146; Billies at 7:30 p.m. at Infinity at 9:15 p.m. Main stage Sunday: 7:30 p.m. Gone2Paradise. Free shuttle bus from several parking lots. No parking on site. Parade, 1 p.m. Sunday. Fireworks: 9:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. (847) 459-2500 or bgdays.com. or bgdays.com. visit vbg.org. Elgin#146;s Fiesta Salsa: Noon to 11 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 3 at Festival Park, 136 S. Grove Ave., Elgin. Food, entertainment and the Salsa Challenge, with tastings between noon-3 p.m. Hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Coalition it started in 1999 to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. For more information, www.fiestasalsaelgin.com or call (847) 531-7056. Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Sept. 4-5, at Island Park in Geneva. Bring blankets or folding chairs, and pack a picnic basket or purchase food from vendors in the park at State Street and Route 25. Sit on the grass or under the big tent near the Fox River, and spend either or both days soaking in the sounds of traditional and roots folk music on eight concert and workshop stages, with more than 36 top folk music and storytelling acts from the Midwest and around the country. On Sunday evening, join in a barn dance at 6 p.m., and take the kids along to hear spooky ghost stories, starting at 7:30 p.m. www.foxvalleyfolk.com or (630) 897-3655. Free parking behind the Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave., at the south end of Third Street.Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival: Friday-Sunday at Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills. Food, drink and carnival rides, entertainment. Hours: 3-10:30 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday with a fireworks finale at 9:30 p.m. Sunset Park is at Miller and Albrecht roads. www.summersunsetfest.com.Lake Forest Art on the Square: Rated one of the #147;100 Best Fine Art and Design Shows in the Nation#148; by Sunshine Artist magazine (September 2010), is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 in Lake Forest Market Square. Some 180 juried artists set up around the Square and along Western Avenue in downtown Lake Forest. www.deerpathartleague.org.Long Grove World Tour: International fare, live music, dance, bagpipe players, Irish step dancers, German oompah bands, kids#146; rides, ice cream-eating contest. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Monday, Sept. 3-5, at the crossroads of Old McHenry and Robert Parker Coffin roads, Long Grove. Free admission and parking. www.longgroveonline.com.Naperville#146;s Last Fling: Regional festival continues through Monday, Sept. 5 in downtown Naperville, with carnival, business expo, food, live entertainment. Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Main stage Saturday, $15: 4 p.m. Sister Hazel; 6 p.m. Poi Dog Pondering; 8 p.m. Gin Blossoms. Main Stage Sunday, $23: 5:30 p.m. Bradley Gaskin; 6:45 p.m. Tyler Farr; 8 p.m. Big Rich and Gretchen Wilson. Last Fling Parade, 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5 in downtown Naperville. www.lastfling.org.Schaumburg Septemberfest: Three-day regional festival held Saturday-Monday, Sept. 3-5 on the municipal complex grounds, 101 Schaumburg Court at Schaumburg Road and Summit Drive. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Main stage: Eddie Money at 8:30 p.m. Saturday; The Fabulous Thunderbirds, featuring Kim Wilson, 8:30 p.m. Sunday and 7th Heaven at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Septemberfest parade, 10 a.m. Monday, Summit Drive from Wise Road to Stock Port Lane. Features the 2010 IHSA champion Schaumburg High School Girls Cross Country Team as parade marshals. Fest parking is remote, and shuttle buses carry people to the grounds. Check the route at www.ci.schaumburg.il.us/; board at street corners along the route or at remote parking lots at Schaumburg High, Conant High and Jane Addams. St. Charles Labor Day Carnival: Now through Monday, Sept. 5 at Route 38 and Randall Road. Hours: 6-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2; 1-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 and 1-5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Unlimited ride specials will be available during specified hours each day. Carnival benefits Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley and Fox Valley Troop Support.Taste of Serbia Food and Music Festival: Noon-11 p.m. Saturday- Sunday, Sept. 3, 4 at St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church, 27450 N. Bradley, Lake Forest. Share in rich Serbian culture, food and music. One of the largest ethnic festivals in Lake County, music includes the Radovic Family from St. Charles, St. Basil#146;s Choir, St. Basil#146;s Children#146;s Choir and #147;Seoske Dame#148; Balkan Village Music. 12371969Chandler Curtis and Loco perform for Last Fling in 2010.DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO 24013848DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTORyan Haegeland, his sister, Paige, 8, both of Bartlett, and Declan Dwyer, 5, of Belvidere, climb a 1972 Maxim fire engine at BartlettÂ’s 2010 Street Fest. 32172137Cub Scout Pack 493 marches at the Schaumburg Septemberfest parade in 2010.Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com