The Northwest Illinois Calendar
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Festivals, concerts, markets and main-street traditions across all four counties.
28 upcoming events across Northwest Illinois.
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Festivals, fundraisers, live music, farmers markets: if it happens in Carroll, Lee, Ogle & Whiteside counties, we want it here. It’s free.
- Festivals & FairsStillman Valley Fall FestivalSep 26 – Sep 27Downtown Stillman Valley · Stillman ValleyA free small-town festival on the fourth weekend of September: an indoor craft show, car and tractor shows, a horticulture show, a parade and live music the length of Main Street.
Outdoor RecreationBos Brothers Old Fashioned Fall Harvest8:00 AM – 5:00 PMBos Brothers Historical Farm · ErieJoin us for our fall harvest show where we harvest corn and soybeans. See corn go from the field all the way to fresh cornbread on the table. Many demonstrations will be running in addition to the harvesting, such as plowing stalks & stubble, corn shelling, rock crushing, blacksmithing, sawmilling, and wood workin…
Food & DrinkPawpaw Festival10:00 AM – 6:30 PMPaw Paw Veterans Park · Paw PawA festival for North America’s largest native fruit, in the village that shares its name — tastings, food trucks, tram tours out to the groves, growers’ talks and live music.
CommunityLes Allen - Taft Gallery10:00 AM – 5:00 PMColiseum Museum of Art, Antiques and Americana (CMAAA) · OregonLes Allen
Taft Gallery, August 1 – September 30
