Edwardsville 24th Annual Route 66 Festival
The City of Edwardsville is excited to welcome the community back to the park to enjoy great food, live music, the classic car cruise through town, main street marketplace and more.
Route 66 Association of Illinois
Where The Road Begins
The City of Edwardsville is excited to welcome the community back to the park to enjoy great food, live music, the classic car cruise through town, main street marketplace and more.
Catfish have long been a specialty of Wilmington. Why? Because they played a large part in initiating the event, Catfish Days, after Forked Creek spilled over its banks and flooded the cellars of a section of Wilmington called, “Catfish Town”. This section was located in a hollow behind the Chicago and Alton railroad depot before […]
Lunch provided free, but you must RSVP
Door Prizes and Bingo!
RSVP is REQUIRED no later than July 31, 2022
Celebrate hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies- the vital pollinators for countless varieties of plant life in Funks Grove! Enjoy entertainment, education, food, and fun! Vern Kleen will return to conduct hummingbird trapping, banding, and releasing. The Honey House will be buzzing with bee excitement. Seminars will feature native plants, attracting hummingbirds to your yard, and other […]
Come walk through more than 4 acres of brilliantly colored sunflowers during our 3rd Annual Sunflower Days Festival at Rader Family Farms. You do not want to miss these special weekends. There will be a variety of sunflowers in different colors, shapes and sizes and a field of zinnias, too. Bloom where you are planted! […]
Every Saturday from 7:00 – 11:00 June – August, 8:00 – 12:00 September – October.