Events

What’s going on? In the Great Rivers & Routes region, it’s celebrating local brews with Craft Beer Week. Or turning your eyes to the skies for Eagle Watching. Taking a cruise along one of the region’s three great rivers. Sitting back and enjoying great outdoor concerts and live music.

And those are just a few of the countless events that fill up the calendar in the Great Rivers & Routes region. Whatever piques your interest, there’s an event for it.

Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a few hundred of your best Irish (or Irish for the day) friends? We do that.

Looking to get spooked at a haunted house – that’s actually haunted? We do that.

Seeking the adrenaline rush of watching a rider try to stay on the back of a bucking bull for eight seconds? We do that.

See what else you can do by browsing the listing of events. See you soon!

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Nov 28th, 2023

Join The Ink House every Tuesday for Happy Hour in Off the Record from November 28 - December 26! There will be fun festive cocktails, small bites, and live music! Grab your…
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Nov 28th, 2023

Begin your holiday celebration when you experience the enchantment of Christmas at the "Christmas Wonderland" holiday light display. The "Grandpa Gang" has been at it again transforming Rock Spring Park in Alton…
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Nov 29th, 2023

You’re invited to submit your creative photos to the upcoming Historic Elsah Photo Competition! Visit HistoricElsah.org for more details: including awards, digital submissions, competition guidelines, image uploading, and payment options. Plenty of…
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Nov 29th, 2023

From November 25 to December 31, FLOCK Food Truck Park is hosting a Holiday Pop-Up Bar! Enjoy specialty holiday cocktails, mocktails, beer, and wine in FLOCK's indoor space decorated with vintage holiday…
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Nov 30th, 2023

The Heartlands Conservancy Jingle Hike Challenge is back this year in holiday style! Jingle bells will be tied to 12 trees in parks throughout the Metro East from Thanksgiving Day to New…
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Dec 1st, 2023

The first weekend of December come celebrate Christmas in Carlinville with holiday shopping, decorations, tours, and more throughout the city! Heated tents with craft vendors will be downtown in Carlinville's Historic Square…
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Dec 1st, 2023

From October to February 1, enter National Great Rivers Research and Education Center's World Water Day Photo Contest! The theme for this contest is Mississippi River Connections. NGRREC wants to see the…
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Dec 1st, 2023

The National Great Rivers Museum (NGRM), in partnership with Meeting of the Rivers Foundation (MTRF), is now accepting entries for their third annual “Winter on the River” Photography Contest. MTRF is looking…
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Dec 1st, 2023

Forget retail, shop directly from designers, wholesalers and manufacturers for the largest selection at the lowest prices! Shop from rows and rows of quality jewelry, gemstone, bead, jewelry supply and accessory dealers…
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Dec 1st, 2023

Come and see Anderson Mansion, home of the Macoupin County Historical Museum, fully decorated for the holidays at the MCHS Christmas Show! Every historic room has a tree decorated to the theme…
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