Festivals and Fairs
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Day of the Dead celebration in downtown AuroraOct 30, 2018 11:00 pm - Aurora's First Fridays is celebrating the Day of the Dead on Friday evening in downtown. Many venues will be open for art shows and community ofrenda displays, along wi...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsOct 30, 2018 6:00 am - Big holiday house More than 50 artisans and food vendors are part of the Wilder Mansion Holiday Market at 211 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Free admission. rglmarketingfo...
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Diwali Festival to feature food, fashion and fireworksOct 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Aurora's Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board will celebrate its annual Diwali Festival from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Waubonsie Valley High Schoo...
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BatFest fills downtown Batavia with family funOct 27, 2018 1:00 am - BatFest, Batavia's annual Halloween-themed family event, attracted about 2,500 ghouls to the downtown Saturday. The day began with United Way's BatFest 5K/10K Run/Walk a...
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Elmhurst College celebrates World Music Festival SaturdayOct 26, 2018 7:00 am - A chance encounter coupled with musicians' penchant for experimentation led to the first World Music Festival at Elmhurst College. "I was approached in 2010 by a visito...
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A real 'Halloween Happening' in NapervilleOct 26, 2018 6:00 am - This is no ordinary Sunday afternoon in the park. Spooky themes, silly costumes, Halloween-themed dance performances and a magic show will materialize in and around the...
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Candy joins commerce during fest in downtown Glen EllynOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - It's not every day a mom in downtown Glen Ellyn can say to her costumed kid, "OK, let's go into the cheese shop first and say, 'Trick-or-Treat!'" But that's exactly what...
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Festivals: Seasonal fests fill the weekend with Halloween funOct 24, 2018 12:30 pm - This weekend Fall Color Festival and Scarecrow Trail: 7 a.m. to sunset daily through Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. See scarecrow cre...
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Will this suburban tradition end? Sonny Acres family puts property up for saleOct 24, 2018 5:30 am - As a kid, the autumn trip to Sonny Acres near West Chicago went something like this: We wore an ugly sweater, our parents plopped us down in the vast pumpkin patch and m...
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Trick-or-treat hours in the suburbsOct 24, 2018 1:00 am - Get your candy ready. Halloween is almost here, and trick-or-treaters will soon be ringing doorbells throughout the suburbs. Here's a list of trick-or-treat hours; all ...