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In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Route 66, The Pharmacy will host a special Bob Waldmire Art Exhibit Bob Waldmire - Nomadic Hippie, gifted artist, and Route 66 icon. Immerse yourself in the legend's creative expressions and awe-inspiring attention to detail, celebrating the nostalgia and culture of Route 66. Springfield native Bob Waldmire was… 
Take the time to smell the coffee in southwest Illinois this fall. Javapalooza returns to coffee shops throughout the Great Rivers & Routes region Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, showcasing great brews, a Latte Art Competition and the popular Coffee Connoisseur giveaway. A total of 16 participating coffee shops will serve up a signature Javapalooza… |
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Dare to enter the spookiest school in town! Area 66 Haunted School brings chills, thrills, and hair-raising scares every Friday and Saturday night throughout October 3rd - November 1st. From eerie classrooms to haunted hallways, experience a fright-filled adventure perfect for thrill-seekers of all ages. 2025 Dates: 10/3-10/4, 7-11pm 10/10-10/11, 7-11pm 10/17-10/18, 7-11pm 10/24-10/25, 7-11pm…
$19.99
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Spooky Season Starts NOW! We’re kicking off October with First Friday: First Fright on Friday, October 3 from 5–8 PM! Hunt for hidden skeletons Snag special deals & spooky sales Show off your best fall + Halloween fits Enjoy a frightfully fun night all across Downtown Bloomington Mark your calendars, grab your friends, and let’s make this the spookiest…
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✨🎶 Dinner with the Stars of GREASE! 🎶✨ Friday, October 3, 2025 • 7:00 PM 📍 The Twistee Treat Diner – Livingston, IL 🔥ONLY 40 SEATS TOTAL🔥Less than 30 left!!! This is a once-in-a-lifetime Route 66 event—an intimate dinner with cast members of the original GREASE movie! 🎟️ $95.87 per person – includes: 🍔 Full…
$95.87
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The Mudhounds will be playing a live show at Buzz Bomb on Friday, October 3rd from 7-10pm. No cover charge. Buzz Bomb Brewing offers many ongoing events throughout the year, including Tuesday Happy Hour, Friday Happier Happy Hour, Handmade Trivia, Music Bingo, Buzz Bomb Board Games, Brew Ha Ha Comedy Open Mic Night, Buzzed Karaoke,… |
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Bruegala is BACK, but this year it’s BIGGER and BADDER than before! A little ghost told us you’re missing "old Bruegala" so join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, for a fun & frightful evening of family-friendly activities 3-6pm and spookier, adult fun from 6-9pm as we sip on bubbly brews from over 50 breweries…
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The Joliet Area Historical Museum (JAHM) will be showing a 45th anniversary screening of “The Blues Brothers” in the yard of the Old Joliet Prison on Saturday October 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. Tours of the Old Joliet Prison will begin that day at 4:00 p.m. It was in late August of 1979 when a… |
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Terry Jones Rogers and Scott Nienhaus, of Rogers & Nienhaus, along with drummer and vocalist Tim Politte, keyboardist Bill Murphy, and percussionists Madison Thorn and R. Scott Bryan, have joined with: The Mondin Band, John Mondin and Paul Graves, to create a tribute to CSNY. Not only are they all world-class musicians, Rogers, Nienhaus &… |
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The Tenth Annual Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference will be held Thursday – Saturday, October 9-11, 2025, in Joliet, Illinois, with the theme “Road to the Centennial.” The main conference activities will take place at the Joliet Area Historical Museum (JAHM) on Route 66. The keynote speaker is Rhys Martin, author and photographer from… |
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Dare to enter the spookiest school in town! Area 66 Haunted School brings chills, thrills, and hair-raising scares every Friday and Saturday night throughout October 3rd - November 1st. From eerie classrooms to haunted hallways, experience a fright-filled adventure perfect for thrill-seekers of all ages. 2025 Remaining Dates: 10/10-10/11, 7-11pm 10/17-10/18, 7-11pm 10/24-10/25, 7-11pm 10/31-11/1,…
$19.99
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Saturday night dance party with Soul Experience Band as we will be playing Soul, R&B, and Funk tunes with our personal flair and style!!!Come to the Curve as Ami, Ray, Ric, and the rest of the staff as they will be serving up delicious food as well as adult beverages!!We look forward to a fun,… |
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The Sugar Creek Arts Festival is a free community event featuring more than 100 locally and nationally acclaimed artists, two live music stages, food trucks and much more! Presented by the McLean County Arts Center and the Town of Normal.
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The Apple Barn in Chatham, Illinois Annual Fall Festival is Saturday, October 11th, from 9am - 4pm. Join us this Saturday, October 11 from 9 AM to 5 PM for a full day of autumn fun! Live music from 10 AM–2 PM Delicious food & treats Pumpkin painting and face painting Special offers in-store and…
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Keith Daniel’s Psycho Swamp Stomp Band - Wisconsin’s Wildest One-Man Show! Keith is a one-man dynamo: Forget anything you know about “one-man bands.” This is a one-man, voodoo-grunge, blues-rock spectacle! Keith loops, stomps, and conjures the kind of music you’d find on a haunted Delta highway— Ghostly voodoo-infused beats, haunting blues guitar fury, and a… |
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The 2025 Litchfield Pickers Market returns on the second Sunday of each month, May to October, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 2025 Dates: Season Finale - October 12. Downtown Litchfield- 400 N. State St. (Intersection of Route 16/Union Avenue and State Street) Are you a fan of vintage items, antiques, and collectibles? If so, you do not…
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Wilmington, IL - Photographer and storyteller David J. Schwartz will premiere his new Route 66 exhibition, Roadwork Ahead: The Exhibition – A Future for the Mother Road, at Art On 66 Gallery in Wilmington, Illinois. The show opens with a public reception on Sunday, October 12, from 11 AM to 3 PM, and will remain… |
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Collect Native Wildflower Seeds at a Local Prairie with Project Wingspan! Project Wingspan is a multi-year, Midwestern initiative to expand and enhance pollinator habitat with volunteer-collected, local native wildflower seeds. This project is conducted by Pollinator Partnership and funded by a grant from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Every year, Project Wingspan Illinois awards locally… |
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Dare to enter the spookiest school in town! Area 66 Haunted School brings chills, thrills, and hair-raising scares every Friday and Saturday night throughout October 3rd - November 1st. From eerie classrooms to haunted hallways, experience a fright-filled adventure perfect for thrill-seekers of all ages. 2025 Remaining Dates: 10/17-10/18, 7-11pm 10/24-10/25, 7-11pm 10/31-11/1, 7-11pm
$19.99
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Join local Springfield legend Frank Parker for a jazz jam night AND featuring jambalaya (and other food) from A Taste of Seoul! Buzz Bomb now has cocktails and wine in addition to beer too. Show is free and musicians welcome to sit in. Buzz Bomb Brewing offers many ongoing events throughout the year, including Tuesday… |
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👻 Area 66 Haunted School – Fall Kids Day 🎃 📅 Saturday, October 18th 🕝 Low-Scare Haunted School Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ages: 12 & under (must be accompanied by an adult) Rules: No more than 2 adults per child • All adults must be accompanied by a child Entry Fee: 2 nonperishable…
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Dare to enter the spookiest school in town! Area 66 Haunted School brings chills, thrills, and hair-raising scares every Friday and Saturday night throughout October 3rd - November 1st. From eerie classrooms to haunted hallways, experience a fright-filled adventure perfect for thrill-seekers of all ages. 2025 Remaining Dates: 10/24-10/25, 7-11pm 10/31-11/1, 7-11pm
$19.99
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Collect Native Wildflower Seeds at a Local Prairie with Project Wingspan! Project Wingspan is a multi-year, Midwestern initiative to expand and enhance pollinator habitat with volunteer-collected, local native wildflower seeds. This project is conducted by Pollinator Partnership and funded by a grant from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Every year, Project Wingspan Illinois awards locally…
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The Elkhart Historical Society is excited to introduce Janet Roney as the featured guest speaker for our Friday, October 24, 2025 dinner lecture program. Janet is a multi-faceted individual with a background steeped in history, farming and writes a column for her local paper. She is an accomplished artist as well. Her realistic and detailed watercolors,… |
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Welcome to Route 66 Main Street Mingle Market: More than a Market, It's a Movement. Discover the heart and soul of Virden, Illinois, nestled along the iconic Old Route 66. Join us on the Fourth Saturday of the month, 9am-3pm from April to October. In the heart of Virden, the Route 66 Main Street Mingle…
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SPRINGFIELD – Spooky fun takes center stage at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, Oct. 25, when the museum transforms into Abe’s Haunted Hollow, a Halloween wonderland filled with free games, music, and costumes for all ages. Guests can explore exhibits “haunted” by creepy characters, experience spooky lighting and special effects, walk… |
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Something wicked this way comes! Join us on the 2nd floor of Buzz Bomb as we celebrate the debut of author Christopher Ruíz's horror short story collection. This is a combination book launch and Halloween party. There will be raffle prizes, party games, and books, of course! Christopher Ruíz is a fiction writer based in… |
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Dare to enter the spookiest school in town! Area 66 Haunted School brings chills, thrills, and hair-raising scares every Friday and Saturday night throughout October 3rd - November 1st. From eerie classrooms to haunted hallways, experience a fright-filled adventure perfect for thrill-seekers of all ages. 2025 Remaining Dates: 10/31-11/1, 7-11pm
$19.99
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It's a Halloween throwdown at Buzz Bomb featuring live music from local favorites, Scarlet's Darling and Buzz Bomb's very own Zach Karraker! Buzz Bomb Brewing offers many ongoing events throughout the year, including Tuesday Happy Hour, Friday Happier Happy Hour, Handmade Trivia, Music Bingo, Buzz Bomb Board Games, Brew Ha Ha Comedy Open Mic Night,… |
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Forest Bathing, also called Forest Therapy, is a practice of deepening a sense of connection or relationship with nature through a 1.5- 2-hour walk. It is typically a slow wander through nature, but it can be adapted in many ways for different groups and abilities. A Forest Bathing walk is not a naturalist walk, a…
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Step inside the very church where Reverend Dresser once pastored and witness a heartfelt reenactment of the Lincoln wedding. Featuring a period-costumed wedding couple and a specially recreated gown inspired by Mary Lincoln’s imagined attire—meticulously crafted using historical references and fashion details of the day. Candlelight and live music evoke the warmth of a 19th-century…
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The McLean County Museum of History is hosting a free, community event to celebrate Día de Muertos on Saturday, November 1, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. People of all ages are welcome. Stop by to discover something new, listen to live music, make some art, and add a deceased loved one’s photo to the community… |
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Event postings are limited to events held in Route 66 communities in Illinois, and are a benefit to members of the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway.