| January
- 2008 |
| 4 - 5 |
"Start
of Something Special" - youth musical revue-variety show |
Prairie
Art Center |
Princeton |
| 5 |
Special
Olympics - Winter Events |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 13 |
Second Sunday Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 18 - 20 |
"More
of Our Favorite Songs" |
Prairie
Art Center |
Princeton |
| 19 |
***CANCELLED***
Battle
of the Bands
|
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 26 - 27 |
Gun Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 27 |
Chili
Luncheon |
St.
Peter & Paul Catholic Church |
815-664-4050 |
| February
- 2008 |
| 1 - 29 |
Junior
Art League Art Exhibition |
Prairie
Art Center |
Princeton |
| 3 |
Rabbit Breeder's Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 10 |
Second Sunday Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 23 |
Speedway Swap Meet |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| March
- 2008 |
| |
Illinois
Valley Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quartet |
Prairie
Art Center |
Princeton |
| 7 - 8 |
Bake
Sale featuring Homemade Pies |
St.
Peter & Paul Catholic Church |
815-664-4050 |
| 8 |
Huge Indoor Winter Garage Sale |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 13 |
Farm Bureau Ag Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 29 -
30 |
Spring Valley Walleye Tournament |
Barto Landing |
Spring Valley Walleye Club |
| 29 - 30 |
Gun Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
|
| April
- 2008 |
| |
William Shakespeare's The Complete Works,
Abridged |
|
The November 10 |
| 4 - 27 |
Linda
Tri, Photography Exhibition |
Prairie
Arts Center |
Princeton |
| 13 |
Second Sunday Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 13 |
Walnut
Farm Toy Show |
|
Walnut |
| 17 - 20 |
Friends of the Library Book Sale |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Friends of Matson Public Library |
| 20 |
Bureau County Speedway |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 27 |
Bureau County Speedway |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| May
- 2008 |
| |
Festival 56 Box Office opens |
|
|
| |
Carnival |
100 W St. Paul to 200 E St. Paul St. |
City of Spring Valley |
| |
Pirates of Princeton |
Princeton Main St |
Princeton Chamber & Main St
815.875.2616 |
| 3 |
Owen
Lovejoy Homestead opens for season |
|
Princeton |
| 4 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 9 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 11 |
Mother's Day Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 17 |
Bureau
County Antique Collectors Show |
Harold
Steel Farm |
Princeton |
| 18 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 25 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 31 |
Illinois
High School Rodeo |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Illinois
High School Rodeo Association |
| June
- 2008 |
| |
Sidewalk Sales |
Princeton Business |
Bureau County Speedway |
| |
Kids Market |
|
Princeton Chamber & Main St
815.875.2616 |
| |
Park Avenue Square Arts Festival |
Princeton |
Princeton Chamber 815.872.7881 |
| Every
Tuesday & Saturday |
Bureau
County Farmer's Market |
|
Princeton |
| Every
Friday |
Municipal
band concert |
Downtown
Mini Park
East St Paul St |
Spring
Valley
www.springvalley-il.com |
| 1 |
Illinois
High School Rodeo |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Illinois
High School Rodeo Association |
| 2 |
Canal Fun Day |
Tiskilwa |
|
| 6 - 8 |
Buffalo Days |
LaMoille |
www.buffalodays.org |
| 7 |
Strawberry Festival & Townwide Garage Sales |
Tiskilwa |
www.plowcreekfarm.com |
| 8 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 8 |
Starved Rock Radio Ham Fest |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
815.646.4488
w9mkshamfest@yahoo.com |
| 8 |
New
Salem Country Opry |
Bureau
Valley High School Auditorium |
Neponset
Pride |
| 12 |
Garden
Walk & Summer Music Fest |
More
information to follow |
|
| 13 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 13 - 15 |
More on 34 & Town Wide Garage Sales |
LaMoille, Dover, Princeton, Wyanet, Sheffield,
Neponset |
Bureau County Tourism 815.454.2502 |
| 14 - 15 |
More on 34 Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905 |
19 -
July 24
Every Tuesday |
Princeton's
Market Fest |
|
Princeton |
| 22 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 23 -
July 6 |
Theatre
Camp 56 |
Princeton |
Festival 56
www.festival56.com |
| 29 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 26 -
July 5 |
"I
Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" |
Princeton |
Festival 56
www.festival56.com |
| 28 |
5th
Annual Perry Memorial Auxiliary Golf Scramble |
Hunter's
Ridge Golf Course |
Princeton |
| 29 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| July
- 2008 |
| |
Sheffield
Homecoming |
West Park |
Sheffield Homecoming Association
815.454.2592 |
| Every
Tuesday & Saturday |
Bureau
County Farmer's Market |
|
Princeton |
| Every
Friday |
Municipal
band concert |
Downtown
Mini Park
East St Paul St |
Spring
Valley
www.springvalley-il.com |
1
- 24
Every Tuesday |
Princeton's
Market Fest |
|
Princeton |
| 1 - 5 |
"I
Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" |
Princeton |
Festival 56
www.festival56.com |
| 1 - 6 |
Junior Theatre
Camp 56 |
Princeton |
Festival 56
www.festival56.com |
| 3 - 6 |
Walnut Hometown Celebration |
Walnut |
www.villageofwalnut.com |
| 4 |
Jaycee's Fireworks Celebration |
Princeton |
|
| 6 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 6 -
August 10 |
Hamlet,
Shakespeare in the Park |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 8 - 18 |
Vanities |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 10 - 14 |
Bureau County 4-H Fair |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Extension Service
815.878.2878 |
| 10 - 19 |
Jesus
Chris Superstar |
Festival
56 |
Princdeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 11 - 12 |
Summerfest |
Ladd |
815.894.3009 or 815.894.2954 |
| 11 - 13 |
Wyanet Summer Festival |
Wyanet |
815.699.7300 |
| 12 |
Communities
in Bloom |
Bureau
County communities |
www.bureaucounty-il.com |
| 12 |
Garden
Walk, Art Show, Summer Music Fest |
100 E St Paul St |
City of Spring Valley
www.springvalley-il.com |
| 12 |
Festival
9 3/4 - A Harry Potter Celebration |
South
Main |
Princeton |
| 12 -
Sept 20 |
Art Well
Groomed 2008 Public Art Exhibition |
Friends
of Strays, Inc |
Princeton |
| 13 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 18 - 19 |
Beef & Ag Days |
Princeton |
Princeton Chamber
815.875.2616 |
| 19 - 20 |
Ol' Fashioned
Threshun' Days |
Ohio |
Bureau Valley Antique Club
815.376.5022 |
| 20 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| |
Ohio Celebration |
Ohio |
|
| 24 -
August 2 |
City of
Angels |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 25 - 27 |
DePue National
Championship Boat Races |
Lake
DePue, DePue |
DePue Men's Club
www.depuemensclub.org |
| 29 -
August 9 |
The Odd
Couple |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 25 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 31 -
August 2 |
Pow-Wow Days |
Tiskilwa |
815.646.4203 |
| August
- 2008 |
| |
National Day Out/Child Safety Day |
Kirby Park |
Project Success of Eastern Bureau County |
| |
Am. Cancer Relay for Life |
Spring Valley |
www.acsevents.org/relay/il/bureau |
| |
Manlius Fun Day |
Manlius |
815.303.2051 |
| |
Manlius
Town-Wide Garage Sales |
Manlius |
|
| Every
Tuesday & Saturday |
Bureau
County Farmer's Market |
|
Princeton |
| 1 - 31 |
Art Well
Groomed 2008 Public Art Exhibition |
Friends
of Strays, Inc |
Princeton |
| 1 |
Speedway Race |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County
Speedway |
| 1 - 2 |
Pow-Wow Days |
Tiskilwa |
815.646.4203 |
| 1 - 2 |
City of
Angels |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 1 - 8 |
Theatre
Camp 56, Senior |
Princeton |
Festival 56
www.festival56.com |
| 1 - 9 |
The Odd
Couple |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 5 - 9 |
A Doll's
House |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 8 - 10 |
Wagon Wheel Days |
Mineral |
309.288.3170 |
| 9 |
Summer
Music Fest & Cruis'n the Valley
"Captain Rat and the Blind Rivets" |
100 E St Paul |
City of Spring Valley
815.664.2753 |
| 10 |
Hamlet,
Shakespeare in the Park |
Festival
56 |
Princeton
Festival 56 www.festival56.com |
| 10 |
Speedway Season Championship |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 15 |
Speedway
Race - Rain Date |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Speedway |
| 20 - 24 |
153nd Bureau County Fair
featuring |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| September
- 2008 |
| |
Freedom
House - Harvest of Hope |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Freedom
House
815.872.0087 |
| Every
Tuesday & Saturday |
Bureau
County Farmer's Market |
|
Princeton |
| 1 - 20 |
Art Well
Groomed 2008 Public Art Exhibition |
Friends
of Strays, Inc |
Princeton |
| 9 |
Cruis'n
the Valley |
Spring
Valley |
Spring
Valley Volunteer Fireman |
| 12 - 14 |
Homestead
Festival |
Princeton |
Princeton Chamber 877.486.8244 |
| 14 |
Homestead Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 21 |
Oakland
Speaks IV |
Oakland Cemetery |
Princeton Chamber 815.875.2184 |
| 21 |
Antique
Appraisal Show |
|
Walnut |
| 27 |
Sheffield
Town-Wide Fall Garage Sales |
Sheffield |
Village of Sheffield
815.454.2502 |
| October
- 2008 |
| |
On The Hennepin
A Day of Discovery |
Sheffield |
815.454.2502
www.friends-hennepin-canal.com |
| |
Fright
Night at Echo Bluff |
Echo
Bluff, Spring Valley |
|
| Every
Tuesday & Saturday |
Bureau
County Farmer's Market |
|
Princeton |
| 11 - 12 |
Shadows of the Blue & Gray |
Princeton |
www.shadowsbluegray.com |
| 12 |
Second Sunday Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 17 - 18 |
Haunted
Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fair 815.875.2905
www.hauntedfairgrounds.com |
| 24 - 25 |
Haunted
Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fair 815.875.2905
www.nightmareonfairgroundsroad.com |
| 25 |
Princeton Harvest Fest |
Princeton |
Princeton Chamber & Main St 815.875.2616 |
| 25 - 26 |
Gun Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
309.689.7934 |
| 31 |
Haunted
Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau
County Fair 815.875.2905
www.hauntedfairgrounds.com |
| November
- 2008 |
| |
Christmas Open House |
Princeton Businesses |
Princeton Chamber & Main St
815.875.2616 |
| |
|
Princeton |
November
10 Productions
www.festival56.com |
| 1 |
Pigeon
Show |
Bureau
County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 8 |
Christmas
in the Valley |
Spring
Valley |
City of Spring Valley
www.springvalley-il.com |
| 8 |
Huge Indoor Winter Garage Sale |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 29 - 30 |
Gun Show |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 29 - 30 |
Christmas
Open House |
|
Walnut |
| December
- 2008 |
| |
Christmas
Walk
"A Very Beary Christmas" |
Ladd |
Ladd |
| |
St. Bede
Homes of Christmas House Walk |
Spring
Valley area |
Spring
Valley 815.223.3140, ext 204 |
| |
Tour of
Homes |
Princeton |
Bureau
County Young Life
815.875.2905 |
| |
Christmas
Walk |
DePue |
DePue |
| |
Walk
Tiskilwa |
Tiskilwa |
Tiskilwa
Historical Society |
| 5 - 6 |
Festival of Trees & Children's Fest |
Princeton
Elks Lodge |
Princeton Chamber
815.875.2616 |
| 6 |
Christmas Parade |
Princeton |
Princeton Lions Club |
| 7 |
Live
Nativity |
Sheffield
United Methodist Church |
Sheffield |
| 14 |
Holiday Craft Show & Flea Market |
Bureau County Fairgrounds |
Bureau County Fair 815.875.2905
www.bureaucountyfair.com |
| 14 |
Old
Fashion Christmas Service |
St. Peter's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Sheffield Historical Society |
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