Festivals and Fairs
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Ribfest contestant downs 30½ hot dogs and buns in 10 minutesJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - If you're celebrating the Fourth of July this weekend, you've gotta eat a hot dog. Even if you're spending the day at an event such as the Naperville Exchange Club's Ri...
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Northwest Fourth-Fest provides family fun in Hoffman EstatesJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - Pulsing music greeted visitors to Hoffman Estates' Village Green on Saturday but it wasn't coming from the adjoining Sears Centre Arena. The recorded tunes were part of ...
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Eyes to the Skies has special 'glow' about itJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - If you're going to call your festival Eyes to the Skies, it always helps to feature something that, well, gets people to look to the sky. In Lisle, that traditionally ha...
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Images: Friday Night Holiday FestivalsJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - See moments from holiday festivals Friday in Arlington Heights, Barrington, Palatine, Lisle, and Mundelein. ...
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Weekend of fun at Mundelein Community DaysJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - The Mundelein Community Days festival opened Friday with a variety of entertainment. The Mundelein Park District dancers put on an hourlong performance highlighting the ...
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Fireworks will open, close Glendale Heights FestJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - Fireworks will open, close Glendale Heights Fest
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Festivals ready to launch in Arlington Heights and elsewhereJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - The Fourth of July marks the apex of the summer festival season for the Northwest suburbs, and on Thursday workers were setting the stage for the holiday weekend's big e...
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30th annual fest offers 100 percent chance of ribs in NapervilleJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - The forecast for the Fourth of July weekend might be a 50/50 mix of rain and sun, but festival lovers in Naperville know there's a 100 percent chance of pork. That's be...
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Warrenville to celebrate 50 years this Fourth of JulyJun 28, 2017 11:00 pm - Afraid her "little space in the world" would be "swallowed up" by Naperville and Wheaton, Fay Johnson dedicated her life in the mid-1960s to Warrenville's 1967 incorpora...
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35th annual Hampshire parade to offer prize awards for the first timeJun 28, 2017 11:00 pm - Applications are now being accepted for the Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days Parade that steps off at noon Sunday, Aug. 6. The four-day festival will run Aug. 3-6 in do...