Peoria Area's Best, Waitress, Spider Hill, Spoon River Drive, Schlachtfest, the Cake & Peoria Food + Wine Festival
Published: Thu, 10/03/24
Updated: Mon, 10/07/24
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| Vote for Your Favorites in Peoria Area's Best |
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Voting for all categories is now open in this brand new competition to be Peoria Area’s Best in over 100 categories of businesses and non-profit organizations. Vote for your favorite brands in the area now before voting ends. |
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| Waitress the Musical Continues This Weekend at Eastlight Theatre |
| Brought to life on Broadway by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, Waitress features original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles and book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson. |
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| Spider Hill Opens This Weekend at Three Sisters Park |
| Featuring two main attractions, the Massacre Mansion & Trail of Terror plus returning for 2024 is the Enlightened Souls Paranormal Tour, a unique experience investigating an historical building at Three Sisters Park which includes a hayrack ride to and from the tour. |
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| Spoon River Drive Starts This Weekend |
| The annual Fall Festival features vendors with unique arts & crafts plus food and beverages in Fulton County. New locations for 2024 include Black Sheep Flower Farm, Smithfield Rt 95 along with locations from previous years: Farmington Reed Park, Liberty Acres, Spoon River Junction Winery, Canton Jones Park, Smithfield Red Brick School, Bernadotte, Lewistown Marigold Meadows, Lewistown Fairgrounds, Orchard Hill Farm, Dickson Mounds Museum, & Duncan Mills. |
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| Peoria German American Society's Schlachtfest is Sunday |
| Featuring German dinners and live German music by the Ratskellar Brummer’s, Lindenhof Echoes and Vogel Music, dinners will include sides and sandwiches will be available separately. A campfire will round off the evening with complimentary marshmallows. |
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| The Cake at the ICC Performing Arts Center October 9 - 13 |
| In this touching and topical dramatic comedy, a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when Jen - whom she loves like a daughter - asks her to bake a cake for Jen’s same sex wedding. |
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| The Peoria Food + Wine Festival is October 10 |
| Featuring a selection of wine and drinks, delicious food from local chefs, along with an evening of live music and community, the event will help make a positive change for the mental health of children in Central Illinois. |
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| Eastlight Theatre's Waitress & The Color Purple Musical Entertainment Reports |
| Our newest Entertainment Report videos feature Waitress, which continues at Eastlight Theatre this weekend and The Color Purple Musical which opens at Peoria Players Theatre on Friday. |
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| Festivals and Other Events This Fall |
| The weather is cooling down and the kids are back into the routine of school, but you’d like to do some fun family activities that are unique to the fall in the Peoria area. If so, check out our article. |
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| Haunted Houses & Halloween Events for 2024 |
| Our latest article features area haunted houses as well as other spooky Halloween events for this year. |
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