The 2025 Mid-Summer Classics Concert Series in Elk Grove Village will feature Cheap Trick, O.A.R., Scotty McCreery and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

Mark your calendar for Dickens in Dundee, tree lightings, parades and festivals throughout the suburbs, Breakfast with Santa, Highwood’s Elf Invasion Pub Crawl, “Nutcrackers” and more happening this week.

Upcoming concerts include Meghan Trainor at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Peso Pluma, Toad the Wet Sprocket with Jackopierce, Wayne Newton and more.

Mark your calendars for the Naperville Irish Fest, Elgin Fringe Festival, Oktoberfests in several towns and more happening this week.

Mark your calendars for Des Plaines Fall Fest, West Dundee Heritage Fest, Fall on the Farm at Lambs Farm and more happening this week.

Mark your calendars for the Sandwich Fair, Festival of the Vine, Art on the Fox, Winfield Good Old Days, Mundelein Arts Festival, Scandinavian Day Festival, St. Charles Jazz Weekend and more happening this week.

National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event is intended to help build bonds between communities and their local law enforcement. Here are some of the events planned in local communities.

Mark your calendars for National Night Out events, Taste of Roselle, North Aurora Days, Festival of the Arts in Libertyville, Bluesmobile Cruise Nights and more happening this week.

PARIS — Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River. On-and-off shower...