DuPage County Entertainment
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Downers Grove Park District’s weekly Summer Concert canceled due to power outageJul 28, 2026 1:14 pm - The Downers Grove Park District recently announced that the Summer Concert on Tuesday, July 28, at Fishel Park featuring Cadillac Groove, has been canceled due to a power outage at Fishel Park.
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Best Bets: Horror fans converge on Rosemont for Flashback WeekendJul 28, 2026 12:57 pm - Horror fans will be heading to Rosemont for the annual Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention. Meanwhile, the Morton Arboretum celebrates Asian culture, the Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into North Central College, and Cantigny invites fans to a 19th-century baseball game.
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Pollyanna Brewing plans holiday pop-up in St. CharlesJul 28, 2026 12:40 pm - St. Charles will welcome a holiday pop-up beginning Nov. 19 when Pollyanna Brewing Company transforms its taproom into a Christmas village complete with holiday scenes, playful fauna and towering trees dripping with multicolored lights.
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Naperville native headlining Lollapalooza Thursday as one of world’s biggest DJsJul 28, 2026 8:53 am - The world knows Naperville native and Neuqua Valley grad John Schuster these days as John Summit, “one of EDM’s biggest rising stars,” according to Variety magazine in 2024, and a headliner Thursday at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park.
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‘Rich diversity of cultures’: Visit Destination Asia at Morton Arboretum in LisleJul 27, 2026 3:49 pm - Visit the Far East without your passport as The Morton Arboretum in Lisle presents its popular Destination Asia Festival this weekend. “There is something for everyone,” said Kate Fitzgerald, Special Events Planner for the Arboretum.
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Wheaton Municipal Band spotlights clarinet section at July 30 concertJul 27, 2026 3:23 pm - The Wheaton Municipal Band's July 30 concert at Memorial Park features three clarinet soloists including Abbey Atwater performing Bassi's "Concert Fantasia from Rigoletto" and Eric Mandat with Jay Niepoetter performing Mandat's original composition.
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Learn about Civil War soldiers’ lives through camp newspapersJul 24, 2026 7:05 pm - Historian Dan Freas explores how Union Army newspapers reveal the raw, unfiltered reality of Civil War soldiers' daily lives through camp newspapers at Glen Ellyn History Center on Aug. 29.
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DuPage County Fair draws on traditionsJul 24, 2026 5:58 pm - Everything from farm animals on display to traditional carnival food to sheep herding demonstrations are at the DuPage County Fair through Sunday, July 26, in Wheaton.
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Woodridge draws thousands of film enthusiasts from across the country to see ‘The Odyssey’ in IMAX 70 mmJul 24, 2026 1:06 pm - John Marks admits he didn’t have to drive his family across state lines in the middle of the night to see “The Odyssey.” But as he stood in the lobby of Woodridge’s Cinemark Seven Bridges and IMAX at 2 a.m. on a recent Thursday, he couldn’t imagine seeing it anywhere else.
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‘Create some memories’: 10 activities to do with your kids before school startsJul 24, 2026 12:47 pm - With less than a month before school starts in the suburbs, here are 10 activities, from mini golfing to visiting a museum, that will help keep kids entertained for the remainder of summer.