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Five for fun in the Fox Valley
Looking for fun in the Fox Valley this weekend? Here are five can't-miss events to whet your appetite.
Sugar Grove Farmers Market to host 'Dog Days of Summer' Event
The Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce Farmers Market will be hosting Dog Days of Summer – a special event sponsored by Millie’s Pet Sitting & More, LLC – on Saturday. ...New Orleans jazz to hit St. Charles
The Big Easy is coming to the Pride of the Fox. From 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, the Downtown St. Charles Partnership will host "A Taste on the Plaza" on the new First Street Place Plaza, just north of the new parking deck in downtown St. Charles, behind the 100 block of West Main Street. ...A special night at RiverFest Express
Just after A Special Night for Special Kids kicked off at Riverfest Express, Hunter Hoan had already been on the slide and the dragon rides. For most 7-year-olds, the two rides would have been just any other night at the festival. But for Hunter and his family, it was a rarity. Hunter is autistic and often in crowds like those at a fair, he will have a meltdown from the change in his surroundings....
Taste to celebrate First Street plaza
After months of work, the sounds and smells of a construction site at the pedestrian plaza in the St. Charles First Street redevelopment will be replaced Sunday, Aug. 16, by live jazz and the aromas of food from more than a dozen downtown eateries. ...Funway marks 50 years by giving back
In honor of the 50th year of Funway in Batavia, owner Bob Hansen is welcoming community groups to join the excitement and earn money for their organization at the same time....Families to have special time at South Elgin fest
If you come out for Riverfest Express this week, "We will find a way for you to have fun," fest organizer Bill DiFulvio said. This is South Elgin's 13th annual Riverfest, a community event known for its fireworks, live music and the Special Night for Special Kids. ...Trolleyfest offers more festival fun
When families come to downtown South Elgin for Riverfest Express, they also are invited to enjoy the Trolley Museum's Trolleyfest on Saturday and Sunday. The Trolley Museum is just three blocks south of Panton Mill Park. ...Judge: 'This is a high-end show'
Artists Joe Eddy Brown and Jan Voogd were judges for this year's Fine Art Show at the Art in Your Eye festival. "We walk around like a couple in love," Brown said, with his clipboard in hand. ...New festival planned for Gilberts
The village is bucking a trend seen around the Fox Valley this summer. Instead of cutting back on or canceling community events, it's planning a new festival, Celebrating Gilberts, for Aug. 28-29....
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