Festivals and Fairs
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St. Charles plans family-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Parade and celebrationMar 12, 2025 10:23 am - Downtown St. Charles hosts annual St. Patrick's Day parade on March 15 with Irish music, dancers, scavenger hunt, leprechaun photos, business specials, and other festivities.
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Things to do March 14-20: Carlos Mencia, Kevin Nealon, Chicago Sports Spectacular and moreMar 11, 2025 12:15 pm - Mark your calendar for Carlos Mencia at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, the Chicago Sports Spectacular, Kevin Nealon at Batavia’s Comedy Vault, St. Patrick’s Day events and more happening this week.
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Algonquin Founders' Days canceled this year; committee takes break to reevaluate for 2026
Mar 11, 2025 10:04 am - The Algonquin Founders' Days celebration is put on hold this year, as the committee plans to “reimagine” the festival for 2026.
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Best Bets: Ailyn Pérez returns to the Lyric for ‘La Bohème’Mar 10, 2025 5:04 pm - Former Elk Grove Village resident Ailyn Perez stars as Mimi in “La Bohème” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Jay Pharoah does standup in Schaumburg, and McHenry Sham-Rocks the Fox takes over Miller Point Park this weekend.
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‘This isn’t the end’: Itasca scraps Fourth of July fireworks in 2025Mar 07, 2025 3:22 pm - The village of Itasca has pulled the plug on the 2025 fireworks display at the Hamilton Lakes Business Park, with officials highlighting a number of challenges.
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Lisle’s French market gets room to growMar 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Lisle trustees say “oui” to French market move downtown and new food truck markets.
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28th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade to honor Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food PantryMar 06, 2025 1:34 pm - Elmhurst's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 8 features over 80 floats, dancers, bands, and more. Grand marshal is the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry which aided over 32,000 people in 2023.
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Concerts March 7-13: Better Than Ezra, Ivy Ford, Gregory Alan Isakov and moreMar 05, 2025 11:55 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Better Than Ezra, Disturbed, Ivy Ford, Gregory Alan Isakov, Michael McDermott and more.
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Things to do March 7-13: Bryan Callen, World of Wheels, Chris Hardwick and moreMar 05, 2025 11:32 am - Mark your calendar for Bryan Callen, Aziz Ansari’s “Hypothetical Tour,” World of Wheels, Chris Hardwick, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood’s “Asking for Trouble” tour and more happening this week.
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March Madness has arrived for maple syrup festsMar 02, 2025 4:57 pm - The art and science of turning tree sap into sweet delight was celebrated over the weekend at Maple Sugaring Days hosted by the Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles.