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Grab a seat and enjoy The Week in Pictures

Daily Herald photographers found that summer festivals are not over yet.

  Members of the Schaumburg Park District's Charmed and Expressions dance companies perform during Monday's Labor Day parade in Schaumburg. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Charles Rickert, of Buffalo Grove and his daughter, Isabella, age nine months, dance to the beat of the music during the Buffalo Grove Days parade Sunday, August 1, 2019. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Media take a tour of the new locker room at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. The Chicago Bears held a media tour of the expansion on Thursday. The expansion included a 162,500-square-foot football operations addition to the already existing 143,000-square-foot facility and a 30,600-square-foot remodeling project on the northeast side of the building. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Michael and Rachel Maletich, of Wheaton, left, participate in a bit of Folk and Traditional dance at the Fox Valley Folk Music and Story Telling Festival in Geneva on Monday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  George Richardson walks through a row in this year's corn maze, which depicts the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing at Richardson Farm in Spring Grove. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  There was a wide variety of classic cars to see during the Buffalo Grove Days festival Monday. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Naperville's Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis sprays water from the 1874 pumper in the Naperville Jaycees Labor Day Parade through downtown Naperville on Monday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids scramble for candy during Monday's Schaumburg Labor Day parade. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Folk singer Gina Forsyth, of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana plays her fiddle behind her head and sings a song about a rooster on the main stage at the Fox Valley Folk Music and Story Telling Festival in Geneva on Monday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Rylie McLearen, 7, of St. Charles sees the parade from a different perspective as she does a walkover as part of the Legacy Elite Gymnastics of Aurora in the Naperville Jaycees Labor Day Parade through downtown Naperville on Monday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lilly Trammell, 3, of Schaumburg enjoys an ice cream treat during day two of Schaumburg Septemberfest Sunday, August 1, 2019. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Brian Urlacher watches Great Lakes Naval Station military service members throw the football during USAA's Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp Tuesday at Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Ricardo Galvan gives his daughter Aliyah, 9, last minute advice before she heads off to the 4th grade at Riley Elementary School in Arlington Heights on Tuesday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Another successful Septemberfest in Schaumburg makes it into the history books as Derek Smith of the Schaumburg Public Works department rolls up the fences. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  This is one of 23 state-endangered Blanding's turtles that were released to the wild in DuPage County on Tuesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Dan Thompson, ecologist with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, left, documents one of 23 state-endangered Blanding's turtles before it is released to the wild in DuPage County on Tuesday. Dr. Matt O'Connor, senior veterinarian with Shedd Aquarium, is at right. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Seventh graders get a close look at an Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter at Glen Crest Middle School in Glen Ellyn on Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Lloyd Laufer, of Crystal Lake sports a Bears fire helmet before the Bear Packer game Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Senior Sophia Gopuz and the dance team march along Main Street during the St. Charles East High School homecoming parade in downtown St. Charles Friday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Alvin Cole, of Chicago places a 3-D printed pilot, that was modeled in his image, in the cockpit of his Cessna 182 model plane before flying. The Fox Valley Aero Club Celebrates 90 Years of Flying Fun at the Annual Wings & Wheels Festival of Flight in St. Charles. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Steven Demma, 18, Trevor Sweeney, 11, and Rudy Reitman, 12, right, shuck ears of corn to be boiled at the Good Old Days festival in Winfield Saturday, August 7, 2019. The younger boys are current Boy Scout Pack 575 members while Demma is no longer a member. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Julie Austin, of Lake Zurich is in the rockin' mood with her bubble maker as she dances in the street to the music of Exit 187 singing the song "Crazy Town" as the 7th annual Main Street block party kicks off on Saturday, August 7, 2019. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tom Price of Arlington Heights, left, and Vinh Ta of Bartlett have a beer during Platzkonzert Germanfest at the Virginia Mary Hayter Village Green in Hoffman Estates Saturday, Ausgust 7, 2019. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Ellie Buynack, 5, of Arlington Heights tries eight hula hoops at once during the Randhurst Village Street Fest in Mount Prospect Saturday, August 7, 2019. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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