The Northwest Illinois Calendar
What’s Happening
154 upcoming festivals, concerts, markets and main-street traditions across all four counties.
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Festivals, fundraisers, live music, farmers markets — if it happens in Carroll, Lee, Ogle or Whiteside County, we want it here. It’s free.
Coming Up Next
AUG 20 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMGolf Cart ToursIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- AUG 15 · 10:30 AMRock Falls Aqua Palooza & River ChaseSeward’s Riverside Park · Rock Falls
- SEP 19 · 10:00 AMNachusa Grasslands Fall FestivalNachusa Grasslands Visitor Center · Franklin Grove
The Full Run
- Rock Falls Aqua Palooza & River ChaseAug 15 · 10:30 AMSeward’s Riverside Park · Rock Falls
- Golf Cart ToursAug 20 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursAug 22 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursSep 3 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursSep 17 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursSep 19 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Nachusa Grasslands Fall FestivalSep 19 · 10:00 AMNachusa Grasslands Visitor Center · Franklin Grove
- Bos Brothers Old Fashioned Fall HarvestSep 25 · 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMBos Brothers Historical Farm · Erie
- Bos Brothers Old Fashioned Fall HarvestSep 26 · 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMBos Brothers Historical Farm · Erie
- Bos Brothers Old Fashioned Fall HarvestSep 27 · 8:00 AM – 3:00 PMBos Brothers Historical Farm · Erie
- Golf Cart ToursOct 1 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursOct 15 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Golf Cart ToursOct 17 · 8:00 AM – 10:00 AMIngersoll Wetlands Learning Center · Thomson
- Spooktacular Halloween Lighted Golf Cart & UTV ParadeOct 17 · 6:30 PM – 8:00 PMDowntown Rock Falls · Rock Falls