Festivals and Fairs
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Scarecrow Festival on Oct. 21 in BarringtonOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - Barrington will hold its annual Scarecrow Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21. The 17th edition will be a family-friendly free event at Memorial Park at Hough and Lincoln aven...
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Spooky stories at Aurora Regional Fire MuseumOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - The Aurora Regional Fire Museum will celebrate Halloween early this year with a program Friday night featuring the paranormal group Ghost Head Soup. The group will discu...
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Autumn in full bloom at Cantigny Fall FestivalOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - After another summer of glorious blooms, the gardens at Cantigny Park in Wheaton are gracefully transitioning into a show for fall. The autumn panoramas will be on dis...
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Mount Prospect's Fall Fest/Oktoberfest offers seasonal fun for all agesOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2005, Mount Prospect debuted its Fall Fest event on the south side of the train tracks at the intersection of Wille Street and Prospect Avenue with the goal of p...
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Midwest travel: Discover hidden architectural gems during Open House ChicagoOct 07, 2017 7:33 am - Chicago Open House Chicago Take the opportunity to witness the hidden gems and architectural treasures of Chicago's diverse neighborhoods during the Chicago Architecture...
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Family fun on tap at Island Lake's Fall FestivalOct 07, 2017 1:00 am - There was plenty of family fun Saturday during Island Lake's Fall Festival. The event, held in Veterans Park, featured pumpkin picking and decorating, ice cream sundaes ...
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Hundreds buy pumpkins at festival in South ElginOct 07, 2017 1:00 am - Pumpkins sold for $2 to $5, depending on size, Saturday at SEBA Park in South Elgin during the annual Pumpkin Patch festival. Other highlights of the festival included ...
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Spring into fall with annual St. Charles Scarecrow FestOct 07, 2017 1:00 am - "Shall we make his head bigger?" "I need more hay!" Such were the comments that rang out Saturday in St. Charles as parents and grandparents realized there's a technique...
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Autumn Harvest festival gets folks into the fall spiritOct 07, 2017 1:00 am - Folks got into the fall spirit Saturday by building scarecrows and decorating pumpkins during the Autumn Harvest festival at Arlington Heights' North School Park. They a...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - An annual horse celebration in Wheaton, a scarecrow fest in St. Charles and an afternoon of seasonal family fun in Rosemont give suburbanites lots of reasons to venture ...