Festivals and Fairs
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Fairs & fests: Tall Ships, county fairs, Sugar Grove Corn Boil and moreJul 27, 2016 12:00 pm - This weekend DuPage County Fair: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 29-31, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Animal exhibits, m...
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Artist to paint his biggest mural at fairJul 27, 2016 8:00 am - Working as a graffiti and mural artist for more than a decade, Ryan "ARCY" Christenson is used to painting some large canvasses. This week, however, at the DuPage County...
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DuPage County Fair shows off residents' unsung talentsJul 27, 2016 6:00 am - For many who visit the DuPage County Fair each summer, it's a chance to step away from the fast-paced life of the suburbs for a few hours into the slower rhythms of rura...
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Sugar Grove Corn Boil festival brings community togetherJul 27, 2016 6:00 am - Over 49 years the Sugar Grove Corn Boil has become a hometown tradition for new Sugar Grove residents, as well as for the ones who have lived there or volunteered at the...
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DuPage County Fair begins 5-day run in Wheaton todayJul 27, 2016 5:18 am - When someone recently suggested the DuPage County Fair features a little of everything, Jim McGuire quickly made it clear there's a lot of everything. McGuire, who is ma...
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Viking ship arrives, just like vessel now in Geneva did in 1893Jul 27, 2016 1:00 am - For the first time in 123 years Wednesday, a dragon head ship from Norway sailed into harbor in Chicago. Almost as rare among the participants in Navy Pier's annual Tall...
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Annual parade kicks off DuPage County Fair's 5-day runJul 27, 2016 1:00 am - Laughing and cheering, people crowded around the midway of the DuPage County Fairgrounds to watch the DuPage County Fair kick off its five-day run Wednesday with a parad...
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Lake County Fair preserves area's agricultural heritageJul 27, 2016 1:00 am - From fried Oreos to stomach-dropping carnival rides, this year's Lake County Fair has everything one would expect at a county fair. However, the fair still sports a str...
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Streamwood Summer Celebration opens Friday with music, games and moreJul 26, 2016 6:00 am - The Streamwood Summer Celebration is returning this weekend with a carnival, bingo, children's activities, games, food/beer tent, live entertainment on multiple stages, ...
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Lake County Fair prepares for openingJul 26, 2016 1:00 am - Teenagers from the Glenview Clovers 4-H Club led Holstein cows into their stalls, while Phil Tonyan of Spring Grove used a blower to clean dirt off his crossbred cow nam...