Festivals and Fairs
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Taste of Oak Brook expands offerings with drone show, fireworks and live musicApr 24, 2025 4:35 pm - Oak Brook hosting annual Taste event on July 3, featuring expanded entertainment like 16 Candles band, 25-minute fireworks, drone show, food, and new private cabanas.
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27th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show to feature 110 artists; volunteers neededApr 23, 2025 11:54 pm - The 27th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show will take place May 24-25, showcasing original art from over 110 juried artists. Art will be available for purchase during this free event.
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Smackdown at village hall: Elk Grove mayor wrestles with trash talk, agrees to tag team matchApr 23, 2025 7:43 pm - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson accepted two wrestlers' challenge to join a tag team match at a summer festival, turning a village board meeting Tuesday night into a spectacle resembling a WWE event.
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Spring is in bloom as Midwest Tulip Fest opens in Maple ParkApr 23, 2025 12:54 pm - Over 700,000 tulips of 30 different varieties will be on display across eight acres at Kuipers Family Farm for Midwest Tulip Fest, which opened Wednesday.
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Bonfire & Brews set for May 3 in GurneeApr 23, 2025 11:02 am - “Bonfire and Brews: Food Truck Frenzy” will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Viking Park, 4374 Old Grand Ave., Gurnee.
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Things to do April 25 to May 1: Chris Redd, Riverdance 30, Fear No Art Fest and moreApr 22, 2025 10:37 am - Mark your calendar for Chris Redd’s standup show at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, the College of Lake County’s Fear No Art Festival, Cantigny’s Tulip Sip and Stroll, Black Violin at the Belushi Performance Hall and more happening this week.
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Best Bets: Laugh it up with Lisa Ann Walter at Zanies RosemontApr 22, 2025 9:10 am - “Abbott Elementary” actress and comedian Lisa Ann Walter headlines Zanies Rosemont, comedian/filmmaker/author W. Kamau Bell headlines The Den Theatre and Long Grove welcomes beer fans to its Craft Beer Fest Saturday.
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Birding on the border: South Texas festival delivers special birds, experiencesApr 21, 2025 10:41 am - Jeff Reiter’s trip to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival offered a chance to finally do some serious birding in Texas. Special birds were calling, some available nowhere else in the United States.
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Thousands participate in annual Naperville Jaycees Great Egg Hunt despite rainApr 19, 2025 1:50 pm - The Naperville Jaycees Great Egg Hunt was a home run Saturday at Frontier Sports Complex.
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Downers Grove’s weeklong FoundersFest to highlight history and communityApr 17, 2025 2:41 pm - Downers Grove's FoundersFest 2025 has a packed schedule including golf, volunteering, Tivoli Theatre event with historian Ken Lerner, documentary premiere, architecture talk, family bike ride, and old-fashioned country fair.