Chiefs, Popcorn Festival, Illinois Blues Festival, Italian Fest, Zoo Run Run & Labor Day Parade & Picnic
Published: Thu, 08/28/14
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"Downtown
Thursday" will take place on the 2nd
Street Market in Chillicothe today
(Thursday) from 4 - 8 pm featuring a
Back to School Bash and Ice Cream Social
plus a live auction, food, vendors and
door prizes. For more information, click 
The Peoria Chiefs will take on
Beloit tonight (Thursday) beginning
at 6:30 pm and at 7 pm on Friday at Dozer Stadium.
Individual tickets are $10 for club box
seating ($11 on Fireworks nights) and $7
for lawn seats and are available at the
Peoria Chiefs Box Office, by calling
309-680-4008 or online at
Monty
Python's Spamalot continues at Corn
Stock Theatre tonight (Thursday) through
Saturday beginning at 7:30 pm
each night. Tickets are $18 for adults &
$12 for students 18 & under and are
available at the Corn Stock Theatre Box
Office, by calling 309-676-2196 or
online at
The
13th Annual Amateur Tournament Semi
Finals and Finals will take
place at Jukebox Comedy Club tonight
(Thursday) through Saturday at 8 pm.
Tickets are $10 for the Thursday and
Friday shows and $12 on Saturday. For
more information and to reserve seats,
call 309-673-5853 or visit 
Peoria
Historical Society's Grandview Drive
& Springdale Cemetery Trolley Tour
winds along Grandview Drive takes place
on Friday beginning at
10:30 am leaving from Harp & Thistle
(located at 4605 N Prospect Road in
Peoria Heights). 
The Manito Popcorn Festival will take
place in downtown Manito on Friday
beginning at 3 pm and running through
Sunday. Featuring a 1 Mile Fun Run &
Walk on Saturday at 7:30 pm followed by
a parade at 10 am, there will also be a
battle of the bands, a petting zoo, an
antique tractor pull, a lip sync
contest, live entertainment, a craft
show plus food through Sunday at 5 pm.
For more information, visit 
Live
at the Five Spot at the Contemporary Art
Center will feature the The Flying
D'Rito Brothers on Friday beginning at
5:30 pm. Admission is $8 for members,
$12 for non-members, $7 for student &
senior members and $11 for student &
senior non-members. For more
information on either event, call 309-674-6877 or visit 
The2 6th Annual Illinois Blues Festival will take place at Peoria Riverfront
Park beginning at 6 pm on Friday and at
Noon on Saturday featuring three stages
of entertainment plus musician
workshops, Blues Alley with arts and
merchandise vendors, food and beer.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the
gate for a one day admission, or $35 in
advance and $40 at the gate for a
two-day admission and are available at
Emack's & Bolio's on the Peoria
RiverFront & Peoria Heights and at CO-OP
Records, by phone at 1-800-514-ETIX or
online at 
Zoo
After Dark will take place at the
Peoria Zoo on Friday beginning at 7 pm.
Enjoy a special tour to learn about
night houses, nocturnal animals and even
meet some animals up close. Cost is $20
per person and pre-registration is
required. To register, call
309-681-3559. For more information,
visit 
The
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The Farmington Italian Fest will take
place on Saturday in Jacobs Park in
Farmington beginning at 7 am with "Race
the Fest", a 5k/2 mile walk and a kids'
fun run beginning at 9 am. Featuring
inflatable rides, a petting zoo, a kids
activities corner, an 18 game backyard
challenge, live entertainment, a kiddie
tractor pull, a spaghetti eating contest
plus authentic Italian cuisine and a
beer tent. Admission and parking are
free. For more information, call
309-245-2441 or visit 
The 36th Annual Zoo Run Run is a
picturesque 5K run throughout the
beautifully landscaped Zoo grounds and
surrounding Glen Oak Park on Saturday
beginning at 8:30 am for the 5K and 9:15
am for the Youth Run. Fees are $25 for
Zoo members and $30 for non-members for
the 5K and $12 for Zoo members or $15
for the Youth Run. The race takes place
before the Zoo opens and a limited
edition T-shirt is included with race
registration plus admission to the Zoo
and the after party. Food, prizes and
awards available to all runners
including participants in the fun
quarter-mile Youth Run. Registration is
available 
The RiverFront Market takes place on
the Peoria riverfront every Saturday
morning through September from 8 am -
Noon (located in the 200 Block of SW
Water Street directly across from the
Peoria Riverfront Museum) featuring
local produce, meats, cheeses, breads,
flowers plus local art, live music and
demonstrations each week. For more
information, visit 
A
Sightseeing Cruise will take place on
the Spirit of Peoria will take
place on Saturday and Sunday with
boarding beginning at 1:30 pm and the
cruise running from 2 - 3:30 pm. An
early cruise will also take place on
Saturday from 11 - 12:30 pm. Tickets are
$16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens,
$10 for kids 4-12 and free for infants
and are available at the dock or online
at 
The Pekin Diversity Festival will
take place on Saturday from 1-3 pm in
downtown Pekin at the Speakeasy Art
Center and on Court Street between CJ's
Restaurant and Capitol Street. Geared
toward 3- to 12-year-old children,
children will start at the Pekin Area
Chamber of Commerce, where they will
pick up a passport and at the end
collect a prize if they visit all of the
activities. Presenters will teach about
cultural activities from Latin America,
Scotland, Uganda, Germany, Japan, India,
Arabic cultures, Thailand, Lebanon,
Italy and Native American culture.
Admission is free. For more information,
call 309-267-2058.
The
Mackinaw Valley Vineyard (located at
33633 State Rt 9 in Mackinaw)
Annual Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival
will take place on Sunday from Noon - 6
pm. Featuring live music from The Shake
and a LUCY look-a- like contest,
admission is $5 or free for kids 12 and
under. For information on the event call
309-645-5054 or visit 
The
4th Annual Party for a Purpose will
take place on Sunday on the Peoria
Riverfront CEFCU Center Stage at the
Landing from 5 - 9 pm. This
family-friendly, cancer screening
awareness event will include face
painting, music, balloon animals, food,
door prizes and more. The event is
hosted by the Comprehensive Lung Cancer
Center at OSF Saint Francis, in
conjunction with the Illinois Lung
Institute, Central Illinois Radiological
Associates, Peoria Surgical Group,
Illinois Cancer Center and University of
Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
For more information, call 309-655-3897.
Dope,
(Hed)P.E., Beyond Threshold, Lydia Can't
Breathe, Left4Dead, Betrayal From Within
will perform on Sunday at the Limelight
Eventplex (located at 8102 N. University
in Peoria) beginning at 7 pm. Tickets
are $15 in advance or $20 the day of the
show. Tickets are available at the
Limelight Eventplex box office or online
at 
The 2014 Labor Day Parade will start
in front of the Fire Station on Monroe
Street and end at the Peoria Courthouse
on Monday beginning at 10 am. The
Labor Day Picnic will take place
Festival Park following the parade
featuring food and live entertainment
provided. For more information, visit