Festivals and Fairs
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Tickets going on sale for Naperville Winter Ale FestNov 24, 2014 10:00 pm - When tickets for the second annual Naperville Winter Ale Fest go on sale over Thanksgiving weekend, organizer Josh Seago of Lou Dog Events expects them to disappear quic...
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Holiday Homecoming and Electric Christmas Parade light up St. CharlesNov 23, 2014 10:00 pm - Nothing says Christmas like a street lit up by thousands of Christmas lights. At the St. Charles Holiday Homecoming and Electric Christmas Parade, visitors can find thei...
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Arboretum opens second annual 'Illumination' festivalNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - The Morton Arboretum is giving a whole new meaning to lighting the holiday tree again this year. While many DuPage County communities are holding traditional tree-lighti...
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Holiday Wine Walk Nov. 22 in BarringtonNov 18, 2014 10:00 pm - The merchants in downtown Barrington will host a Holiday Wine Walk from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, to kick off the holiday shopping season by introducing shoppers an...
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Aurora prepares for downtown 'Jolly Holiday' celebrationNov 16, 2014 10:00 pm - Aurora is opening the holiday season with its third annual Winter Lights event, "It's a Jolly Holiday," from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, on Downer Place and Stolp Avenu...
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Gurnee Mills holds Breakfast with SantaNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - Gurnee Mills mall celebrated the arrival of Santa Claus with its annual Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning. The Simon Kidgits Club event offered families the opportun...
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Christmas haunted house raises concerns in LombardNov 14, 2014 12:01 am - Despite backlash from some residents and disapproval from the village board, a Lombard community group may move forward with plans to open a Christmas haunted house. The...
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'Welcoming lights' ring in Naperville Marathon, holiday seasonNov 06, 2014 5:00 am - A marathon is coming to town, it now gets dark an hour earlier and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Downtown Naperville doesn't need any more reasons than that to...
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New marathon course to display 'wide array of Naperville'Nov 04, 2014 4:00 am - Naperville touts new marathon course on neighborhood streets
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Kids come out in costume for Halloween Fest in LibertyvilleOct 27, 2014 11:00 pm - The Libertyville Sports Complex was transformed into Halloween Fest Tuesday night. There were 25 costumed characters on hand to greet parents and kids younger than 10 a...