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Illinois Festivals and Fairs

Illinois Festivals and County Fairs are listed below! Find all types of fairs and festivals in Illinois including events in Chicago, Rockford, Springfield, Peoria, IL & more. Find the Taste of Chicago, Chicago Blues Festival, Illinois State Fair, Cornerstone Festival schedule, County fair dates, plus more. Find concession trailers for sale on our concession trailers page.

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May Illinois Festivals


Beer on the Pier
Chicago, Illinois - May
Description: Come out and taste hundreds of beers from all over the world at the Beer on the Pier. Beer on the Pier transforms Navy Pier and Festival Hall, into Chicago's largest beer garden. Hundreds of local, national and international beers will be on hand for sampling. Beer on the Pier also features some of the best local bands Chicago has to offer.

Pingree Grove Arts and Craft Fair
Pingree Grove, Illinois - May
Description: The Pingree Grove Arts and Craft Fair will feature food and beverages. Please join us for this years festival!


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June Illinois Festivals


Chicago Blues Festival
Chicago, Illinois - June
Description: The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free admission Blues festival in the world. The four-day festival offers the best in national, international and local Blues entertainment on six stages with more than 70 performances, preceded by a month of Blues activities (Blues Season) throughout Chicago.

Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago, Illinois - June
Description: Grant Park Music Festival is a free outdoor classical music festival. The Grant Park Music Festival was founded in 1935 to allow people of all backgrounds access to orchestral performances. This is both a critically-acclaimed festival and a highly popular one. The audience take their places on a first come, first serve basis and many bring picnic baskets to feast al fresco. There are about 35 free concerts to choose from with details normally announced a couple of months before the event. Concerts are generally performed on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, and occasionally on Sundays. The Festival also presents nearly 60 concerts in neighbourhood parks between July and mid-August.

Western Illinois Fair
Griggsville, Illinois - June
Western Illinois Fair

Cornerstone Festival
Bushnell, Illinois - June
Description: The Cornerstone Festival is a music and arts festival held every year near Bushnell, Illinois.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Normal, Illinois - June
Description: The Illinois Shakespeare Festival represents a long-established tradition of professional theatre devoted to performing the plays of Shakespeare. The Festival originated in 1978 as a joint enterprise of the Illinois State University Department of Theatre and the College of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the Illinois State University Foundation. From the beginning the productions have been performed in an open-air, Elizabethan-style theatre constructed on the site of the abandoned tennis court on the grounds of Ewing Manor in Bloomington. The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is known nationally in the theatre community as one of the top Shakespeare Festivals. The Illinois Office of Tourism nominated the Illinois Shakespeare Festival as one of the top 120 attractions in the country. As of 2007, The Illinois Shakespeare Festival was rated in the top 5 of the best National Shakespeare Festivals.

Taste of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois - June
Description: Taste of Chicago is the Midwest's Largest Food Festival. Each day the festival more than 60 local restaurateurs offer a delicious combination of ethnic items, family favorites, exotic and Chicago specialties feeding more than 3 million people in Grant Park, in downtown Chicago. The Fun Time Stage/Family Village at Taste of Chicago is a popular destination for kids and families to enjoy kid-focused programming and family friendly activities.

Southern Illinois Music Festival
Southern Illinois
Description: The annual Southern Illinois Music Festival features more than 50 performances in venues from Mt. Vernon to Cairo and Murphysboro to Marion, including a six-concert series at SIUC's Shryock Auditorium. Musicians from throughout the United States, Europe and Asia perform orchestral and chamber music, opera, ballet, musical theater, jazz, patriotic and new music, in an informal atmosphere. Several programs are formulated just for kids, and the majority of the performances are free.


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July Illinois Festivals


Marshall Putnam County Fair
Henry, Illinois - July
Marshall Putnam County Fair

Heart of Illinois Fair
Peoria, Illinois - July
Heart of Illinois Fair

Jasper County Fair
Newton, Illinois - July
Jasper County Fair

Champaign County Fair
Urbana, Illinois - July
Description: The Champaign County Fair has become "one of the best in the country" according to former Director of Agriculture for the State of Illinois. Exhibitors may enter livestock, agriculture products, arts, textiles, culinary items, horticulture, floriculture, needlework and crafts. In addition there is a queen contest prior to the fair and during fair week there is a religious music show, country music show, talent show, BIG give-away, demolition derbies, monster trucks, harness racing, motorcycle racing, car show, rodeo, tractor pull and semi truck pull. At today's fair the picnic basket is seldom seen since fair goers look forward to food prepared by local organizations and by food vendors who travel from fair to fair.


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August Illinois Festivals


Effingham County Fair
Altamont, Illinois - August
Effingham County Fair

Lollapalooza
Chicago, Illinois - August
Description: Lollapalooza is a musical experience unlike any other in the city of Chicago. For three days, Grant Park is transformed into a celebration of music, food, arts, technology, and community, where fans gather from around the world to catch one of the summer's most powerful line-ups.

Illinois State Fair
Champaign, Illinois - August Description: The Illinois State Fair is one of Illinois' most treasured summer events. The State Fair offers a unique combination of activities including 4-H projects, dog show, horse show, art exhibits, festival rides, fair food, and music. The fair is known for its life-size sculpted butter cow.

Rock Island Grand Prix
Rock Island, Illinois - August
Description: The Rock Island Grand Prix is an independent kart racing event which draws hundreds of entries from throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to being recognized as the world's largest street race, the Grand Prix is a social event of a unique kind. With thousands of spectators lining the streets, fans and drivers alike can mingle in The District of Rock Island, the official host of the Rock Island Grand Prix. The event includes racing in 4-cycle, 2-cycle, TAG and shifter classes, including the famed "King of The Streets" title, a prestigious and coveted title in the world of karting. For families, it's an array of activities, food, and spectacles.


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September Illinois Festivals


Sandwich Fair
Sandwich, Illinois - September
Description: Spanning 120 years, the Sandwich Fair is one of the largest in Illinois, drawing thousands of people with live entertainment, food, games, shows, judgings, cook-offs, crafts, tractor pulls and livestock shows.

Morton Pumpkin Festival
Morton, Illinois - September
Description: The Morton Pumpkin Festival is home of the Libby's packing plant where over 80% of the world's canned pumpkin is processed. The Morton Pumpkin Festival delights all ages with family style entertainment, fesival rides, foot races, concession food, merchant tents, craft shows, a giant festival parade, and pumpkins.

Murphysboro Apple Festival
Murphysboro, Illinois - September
Description: The Murphysboro Apple Festival is the longest, continuous running festival in southern Illinois, featuring the largest parade in the region. Tens of thousands of people come out every year to enjoy the events and shows. This family-oriented event is a time-honored tradition, synonymous with Murphysboro's good name.


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