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Deerfield Festival of Fine Arts
Park Ave. and Deerfield Rd.
Deerfield, Ill.
(847) 726-8669
Deerfield Historical Society Fall Festival
Deerfield Road and Kipling Place
Deerfield, Ill.
(847) 948-0680
Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway
Lake County Forest Preserves
West Riverside Road, Lincolnshire to Russell Road, Wadsworth
(847) 367-6640
Donley’s Wild West Town
8512 S. Union Road
Union , Ill.
(815) 923-9000
Downtown Highland Park
Central Avenue
Highland Park, Ill.
(312) 285-7702
Farm Heritage Festival
Lakewood Forest Preserve
Route 176, west of Fairfield Road
Wauconda, Ill.
(847) 968-3400
Fel-Pro RRR
1520 Crystal Lake Ave.
Cary, Ill.
(815) 479-5779 (registration)
Festa Italiana
Boylan High School Grounds
4000 St. Francis Dr.
Rockford, Ill.
(815) 636-2902
Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve
Sheridan Road at Old Elm Road
Highland Park, Ill.
(847) 968-3321
