Festivals and Fairs
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Celebrate colors, flavors of fall at Morton ArboretumSep 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Sunlight streams through leaves burnished gold. On a morning hike along a winding wood-chipped trail, a canopy of trees from around the world rustles in the breeze - red...
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Cemetery walk to bring beauty queen, war heroes back to lifeSep 19, 2016 11:00 pm - For 29 years people like Steve and Laura Stroud have been bringing the dead back to life at Elgin's Bluff City Cemetery. Historical figures including first settlers, a ...
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Huntley Fall Fest ushers in the season with scarecrows and carnival ridesSep 18, 2016 11:00 pm - Whether your idea of fall fun includes scarecrow making, live outdoor music, or carnival and hay rides, the Huntley Fall Fest will have it all this weekend in a setting...
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Downtown St. Charles Partnership accepting entries for Electric Christmas ParadeSep 18, 2016 11:00 pm - The Downtown St. Charles Partnership is now accepting entries for the 16th annual Electric Christmas Parade, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, along ...
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Annual powwow in Elk Grove Village celebrates Native American cultureSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - As drums thundered, dancers wearing buckskin dresses and feathers hanging from their hair moved in rhythm Sunday as they took part in the Grand Entry of the American Ind...
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Midwest travel: Jazz it up at 2016 Hyde Park Jazz FestSep 17, 2016 7:23 am - Chicago A solid 10 on the jazz-o-meter The 2016 Hyde Park Jazz Festival offers two days of live jazz on 11 stages in and around Midway Plaisance, near the Museum of Scie...
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7th Heaven to headline Des Plaines Fall Fest SundaySep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Des Plaines Fall Fest is back for its eighth year at Lake Park, 2200 Lee St., and continues from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday with free admission, free parking and free concert...
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Visitors get a taste of culture at Mundelein's One World FestivalSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Music, dance, food, art and crafts from around the world were all part of Saturday's One World Festival in Mundelein. The village of Mundelein Human Relations Commissio...
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Hanover Park church celebrates Mexico's independenceSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - The sound of Mexican folk music filled the air Saturday during the annual Mexican Independence Day festival at St. Ansgar Catholic Church in Hanover Park. In the large,...
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Music, games and more part of the fun at W. Dundee Heritage FestSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Heritage Fest in West Dundee, which runs through Sunday, includes a wide variety of town festival activities, including music, food and drink, a busi...