Festivals and Fairs
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Festival to open with a throwback to Cream of WheatonMay 31, 2017 1:00 am - If you refuse to utter the words Willis Tower or Guaranteed Rate Field, you will understand why folks in Wheaton have a fondness for calling their first festival of the ...
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Graue Mill festival puts focus on artMay 30, 2017 11:00 pm - At the Graue Mill Fine Arts Festival, the art is the thing - the only thing. There's no food, no music, no carnival games, no thrill rides - nothing to distract the sens...
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MCC to host family fest on June 10 for 50th anniversaryMay 30, 2017 1:00 am - McHenry County College hosts MCC Scots Fest June 10 as part of its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration. The free family festival is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Crystal La...
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Gilberts Community Days features three days of free musicMay 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Festival season in the Fox Valley kicks off this weekend with Gilberts Community Days. Highlights of the three-day fest include live music, carnival rides, a petting zoo...
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Festivals: Memorial Day ceremonies, parades in the suburbsMay 29, 2017 6:00 am - Memorial Day Festivals Addison Memorial Day Events: 8 to 11 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Addison Village Hall, 1 Friendship Plaza, Addison. Knights of Columbus pancake breakf...
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Algonquin Commons to hold Touch a Truck eventMay 29, 2017 1:00 am - Children and children at heart will get a chance to get hands on with supersized vehicles this month along the Randall Road corridor. The Algonquin Commons mall is hosti...
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Frontier Days lineup includes Jefferson Starship, Gin Blossoms, Rick SpringfieldMay 28, 2017 1:00 am - Jefferson Starship, the Gin Blossoms and Rick Springfield will headline the first three nights of Frontier Days in Arlington Heights, organizers have announced. They wil...
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Midwest travel: Welcome summer at Maifest Chicago, Harvard Milk DaysMay 27, 2017 7:29 am - Chicago Strudel, steins and sausage You thought you had to wait until September for a gigantic stein of beer, a string of brats and vibrant oompah music. Not if you take...
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Five ideas for your long Memorial Day weekendMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - Art fairs in Barrington, Schaumburg and St. Charles offer the chance to browse and buy to your heart's content. Here are five ideas for the weekend ahead. For others, go...
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Eyes to the Skies releases musical lineupMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - Rockabilly band The Reverend Horton Heat, British rockers Foghat and country/pop artist Cassadee Pope will be the musical headliners when Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festi...