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2024 Illinois State Fair
The Illinois State Fair returns for 2024, August 8 - 18, with an all star concert lineup and the return of a new Route 66 presence. Grandstand acts TBA. Gate 2 of the Illinois State Fair is home to the Illinois State Fairgrounds Route 66 Experience - a multiyear project focusing on our nation’s most…
August Cruise-In at Docs
August Cruise-In at Docs
THURSDAY NIGHT Cruise in to Docs for dinner, drinks, classic cars and Live Music with Pat Jones!
3rd Thursday Twistee Treat Diner Car Cruise-In August 15th
3rd Thursday Twistee Treat Diner Car Cruise-In August 15th
Come out every 3rd Thursday 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm May - October for our Twistee Treat Diner Car Cruise-Ins at the Pink Elephant Antique Mall complex. Free to enter your vehicle. 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes. All makes & models are welcome. 2024 Remaining Dates: August 15 | September 19 | October 17.
Another GIANT Coming to Atlanta!
Another GIANT Coming to Atlanta!
The public is invited to welcome another new "Giant" to Atlanta, Illinois, when a 19-foot-tall fiberglass statue of a waitress holding an apple pie is installed at the town's CountryAire Restaurant this Friday, August 16th. Earlier this summer, restaurant owner Nick Beckteshi noted the many tourists visiting Atlanta's new American Giants Museum and decided he,…
Blues Brothers Con – The Sequel Featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi
Blues Brothers Con – The Sequel Featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi
Joliet, IL - The Joliet Area Historical Museum has rescheduled its second annual Blues Brothers Con featuring actors Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, reprising their roles as “The Blues Brothers” at the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site on Saturday, August 17th, 2024. Postponed due to the SAG/AFTRA Strikes of 2023, the festival will once again…
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