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Buzz Bomb Oktoberfest 2025
Buzz Bomb Brewing 406 East Adams Street, Springfield, IL, United StatesAs we always say, if it's worth doing it's worth over doing so with that in mind we are shutting down the street and throwing an outdoor music festival on…

2025 Pontiac Cruise Night Featuring the 2025 Summer Sendoff
Downtown Pontiac 115 W. Howard, Pontiac, IL, United StatesThe final 2025 Pontiac Cruise Night is on Saturday, September 20th, featuring the 2025 Summer Sendoff at its NEW location in Block 59! Cruise Nights for this year will be…

Untold Stories of Route 66 at West End Service Station
West End Station Visitor Center 620 St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL, United StatesJohn Paget is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who began his creative journey on Route 66. His acclaimed films: Route 66: An American Odyssey and Return to the Road with Martin Milner—became touchstones for preservationists, road-trippers, and Route 66 enthusiasts. Paget traveled the length of Route 66 more than a dozen times in the 1990s while…

2025 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival
Downtown Springfield #1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL, United StatesThe 24th Annual Route 66 Mother Road Festival is September 26-28, 2025. The cars, the music, the fun and nostalgia that Route 66 has brought to generations will return for…

History of the Underground Railroad in Illinois – John Ackerman & Susan Helm
Elkhart Christian Church Fellowship Community Center 206 S. Gillett St., Elkhart, IL, United StatesThe Elkhart Historical Society proudly introduces two guest speakers for our Friday, September 26, 2025, Dinner Lecture program. Susan Helm is past president of the Sangamon County Historical Society. Currently,…