Vulture Fest
Makanda celebrates the annual turkey vulture migration over the Shawnee National Forest with a quirky two-day street festival of local art, handmade crafts, live music, and concessions in its historic village boardwalk.
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"One of northwest Illinois's stalwart agricultural shows, held each August in the small county-seat town of Morrison with livestock, 4-H exhibits, and grandstand entertainment."
Whiteside County Central Agricultural Fair
"Fairbury's beloved county fair in Livingston County brings together livestock shows, carnival rides, and grandstand events in this small prairie town each late August."
Fairbury Fair
"Held in the small village of Pecatonica rather than the city of Rockford, the Winnebago County Fair is a genuine rural gathering with 4-H shows, livestock competitions, and demolition derbies."
Winnebago County Fair
"The Bureau County Fair in Princeton is a long-running north-central Illinois agricultural show featuring livestock competitions, harness racing, and nightly grandstand entertainment."
Bureau County Fair
"A free three-day hot-air balloon festival in southern Illinois with tethered balloon glows lighting the evening sky above Fairview Park, live entertainment, and over 100 food and craft vendors."
Centralia Balloon Fest
"A small-town summer celebration in the McLean County village of Danvers (pop. ~1,100) bringing the community together for a classic Illinois village days festival each August."
Danvers Days
"Since 1978, Banner Elk has settled the winter forecast by racing woolly bear caterpillars up strings, with the Saturday champion earning $1,000 and official meteorological honours for the High Country."
Woolly Worm Festival
"The self-proclaimed Possum Capital of the World stages its legendary one-day folk carnival each August in the Florida Panhandle's deep pine country, complete with a Possum Parade, Hog Callin' and Rooster Crowin' contests, a quilt auction, and the famous Possum Ice Cream made with persimmon."
Wausau Possum Festival