Jun 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Country Dance (Jasper Co). 7pm-9pm Monday nights. St Mary Parish
Hall. Country dancers and volunteer musicians. Partners not needed. $2 admission. Musicians and spouses
free. Ste. Mary. 618-455-3360.
Jun 1 McKim's IGA Cruis-In (Lawrence Co). McKim's IGA. 6pm start, band 7-midnight.
Hot dogs and drinks available. Lawrenceville. 618-943-2767.
Jun 2 Magnolia Manor Luncheon (Alexander Co.) Cairo. Includes luncheon and house tour. Cairo. 618-734-0201
Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Farmers Market (Union Co) 8am-noon, Shawnee College parking Lot, Hwy. 146.
Anna
Jun 3 Olney Center Shrine Circus (Richland Co). 7-8pm, Olney City Park. Olney.
Jun 3, 10, 17, 24 Cummins Municipal Band Concert (Richland Co). Free concert 8-9pm, Wednesdays
through the week after the 4th of July. Olney City Park Bandshell. Olney. 618-392-2241.
Jun 3, 19, 17, 24 Wednesday Farmers Market (Johnson Co) 8am-2pm, Vienna Park. Vienna.
Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Olney Tuesday Farmers Market (Richland Co). 12-5pm. Olney City
Park. Olney. 618-869-2885
Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 Highland Thursday Farmers Market (Madison Co). Highland Markt und
Mehr is Thursday evenings 4-8pm through October 8 at Lindendale Park and Madison County Fairgrounds. Highland.
618-654-3721
Jun 4-Jul 26 Summer Showbiz (Madison Co). Edwardsville. 618-650-2774.
Jun 4-5 Shrine Circus (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-2155.
Jun 5. Jasper County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Jasper Co). From 6pm Fri
to 6am Sat, begins with opening ceremony, ends 6am with closing ceremony. Newton. 618-783-3399.
Jun 5 Hardin/Pope County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Hardin Co). 5pm-5am
at Hardin Co High School. Elizabethtown.
Jun 5 Wabash County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Wabash Co). 7pm-7am at Mount
Carmel High School. Mount Carmel.
Jun 5 Jefferson County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Jefferson Co). Starts at
6pm at Mt Vernon Outland Airport. Mt Vernon.
Jun 5 Hamilton County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Hamilton Co). Starts
at 6pm at McLeansboro Courthouse Square. McLeansboro.
Jun 5,12, 19, 26 Olney Friday Farmers Market (Richland Co). 12-5pm. Olney City Park.
Olney. 618-869-2885
Jun 5-6 Wine, Dine, and Jazz (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-233-6967.
Jun 5-6 Antique Street Festival and Appraisal Show (Franklin Co). Antique vendors set
up around the Benton Public Square. An antique tractor show on the interior of the Square, appraisal show in
the southwest corner of the square. Benton. 618-438-2800
Jun 6 Jeanenne Thompson 5K Memorial Walk With the Dogs (Washington County). Benefits pancreatic
cancer research. Nashville event with pledges raised by walkers Includes web-walkers who walk in their own
communities acros the country and in Australia. Starts and ends at Nashville Memorial Park. Nashville.
Jun 6-7. 6th Annual Full Moon Festival (Washington Co). At Black Diamond Winery, Nashville.
Features Amillionminds, Hicks and Strangers, Leveld, and Dean and the Dirty Knobs on Saturday, Acoustic Chaos, Vintage Jam,
and George Portz and His Friends of Bluegrass on Sunday. Starts 5pm Saturday, noon Sunday. Benefits The Brain
Injury Association of Illinois and The Arbor Day Society. Nashville
Jun 6 Citywide Garage Sale (Madison Co). Lebanon. 618-537-8420.
Jun 6 Doll, Toy, Beat, Dollhouse and Miniature Show (St Calir Co). Belleville. 618-233-0940.
Jun 6 Ice Cream Festival Walk (St Clair Co). Mascoutah. 618-566-7355.
Jun 6 Carlyle Sailing Association Visitor's Day (Clinton Co). Carlyle. 314-842-0782.
Jun 6 Champion Health Fair and 5K Run/Walk (Edwards Co). Sponsored by Champion Laboratories.
At 4th and Walnut. Albion. 618-445-6011.
Jun 6 Southern Illinois Spinners and Weavers Guild (Massac
Co). At the visitor center, Fort Massac State Historic Site. Spinners and
Weavers are welcome to participate. Metropolis. 618-524-9321
Jun 6
Olney Car Cruise (Richland Co). Chilly Willy's and TrustBank Cruise, 3-6pm registration,
cost $5, at 600 East Main Street with awards, dash plaques. See website at
www.whitesquirrelcruiser.com Olney. 618-392-0708
Jun 6, 13, 20, 27 Saturday Farmers Market (Pope Co) 7am-noon, Golconda court house lawn.
Golconda.
Jun 6, 13, 20, 27 Saturday Farmers Market (Johnson Co) 8am-2pm, Vienna Park. Vienna.
Jun 6-7 Rendezvous Open House at Creole House (Randolph Co). Praire du Rocher. 618-284-3319.
Jun 7 Music at Metter. Columbia. 618-281-7144 x 106.
Jun 7 Chicken Dinner, Raffle, and Country Store. Grantfork. 618-675-3384.
Jun 7 Lebanon City-Wide Garage Sale (Madison Co). More than 60 homes participating.
Lebanon.
Jun 7 Olney Area Pilots Association Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast (Richland Co). 8-11am.
Olney/Noble Airport. First Sunday in June with up to 35 airplanes on display. Visit with pilots, have breakfast.
Open to public. 618-393-2967
Jun 7, 14, 21, 28 Olney Carnegie Building Museum (Richland Co). Sundays 1:30-4pm at 401
East Main. Olney. 618-392-4031
Jun 7, 14, 21, 28 Olney Heritage House Museum (Richland Co). Sundays 1:30-4pm at 122 West
Elm. Olney. 618-392-4031
Jun 8-14 Claremont Bluegrass Festival (Richland Co). Claremont Education Center 300 East Elm.
Bring lawn chairs. Acoustic only. Camping, food available. Claremont. 618-869-2230
Jun 11-13 Country Daze. Ramsey. 314-423-2411.
Jun 11-14
Superman Celebration (Massac Co). Metropolis.
Comic art gallery, fan films, celebrity appearances, fun run/road race, Superman drama,
super bike trek, garden tours, super car show, entertainment, Colgate Country Showdown Talent Show, other contests, vendors
downtown, carnival. See the Superman statue in front of the courthouse and visit the Super Museum. See website
at
www.supermancelebration.net Metropolis. 800-248-4373
Jun 12 Girls Night Out - Wine, Diamonds, and Chocolate (Clinton Co). Aviston. 618-228-9111.
Jun 12 Williamson County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Williamson Co). Starts
at 6pm at Herrin High School parking lot. Herrin.
Jun 12 Marion County/Centralia American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Marion Co). 6pm-8am
at Centralia Evers Field. Centralia.
Jun 12 Jackson County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Jackson Co). Starts at 6pm at Murphrysboro
High School. Murphrysboro.
Jun 12-13 Bridgeport Summerfest (Lawrence Co). 12-8pm. At Lanterman Park. Bridgeport.
618-945-7175
Jun 12-15 Free Fishing Days, Red Hills State Park (Lawrence Co). Fri 8am to Mon 5pm.
Red Hills State Park. 618-936-2469.
Jun 12-13 Belleville Optimist Rodeo (St Clair Co). Mascoutah. 618-233-8364.
Jun 12-13 Route 66 Festival (Madison Co). Edwardsville. 618-656-7600.
Jun 12-13 June Jamboree (Clinton Co). New Baden. 618-588-3813.
Jun 12-14 Schweizerfest (Madison Co). Highland. 618-654-3721.
Jun 13 A Day on the Farm and Tractor Drive. Greenville. 618-664-3050.
Jun 13 Family Fun Day in the Park (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-2222 x 28
Jun 13 Albion Chowder (Edwards Co). Albion. 618-445-2303.
Jun 13 Albion Classic Cruisers Car/Truck/Motorcycle/Tractor Show (Edwards Co). Albion Park.
Albion. 618-445-2303.
Jun 13 Massiac Marines
(Massac Co). French and Indian War period reenactors present a living history program in Fort Massac State Historic
Site. Metropolis. 618-524-9321
Jun 13 Benton Summer Cruise VII (Franklin Co). Features classic cars, trucks, motorcycles, hot
rods 5:30pm-8:30pm on benton Public Square. Live bands. Benton. 618-439-3009
Jun 13 Olney Squarenaders Square Dance (Richland Co). 7:30-10pm at Olney Community Club
Building. Second Sunday except Jul and Dec. Olney. 618-854-2575
Jun 13-14 Okawville Heritage Days (Washington Co). Traditional foods including
homemade butter, bread, and ice cream, music, flea market, book fair, surrey rides, on the grounds of the Heritage House museum
with tours of the Schlosser House, the preserved home of the Schlossers who once lived there. Okawville. 618-243-5694.
Jun 13-14 Rainbow Ranch Roundup (Washington Co). Petting farm with deer, camels, exotic
dwarf cattle, llamas, bunnies, and more, even a zerba (he's not for petting). Plum Hill. 618-424-7979.
Jun 13-14 Antique American Glass and Pottery Show (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-233-0052.
Jun 13-14 Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway (Madison Co). Collinsville. 800-289-2388.
Jun 14 Second Sunday Celtic Music (Lawrence Co). White Owl Winery. 2-5pm. Birds
618-928-2898
Jun 14 Olney Flag Day Ceremony (Richland Co). At Richland County Courthouse. Olney.
618-392-2241
Jun 15-19 Archeology Camp (Madison Co). Edwardsville. 618-692-1818.
Jun 16 Porta Westfalica Fest. Waterloo. 618-939-8600.
Jun 17-19 Sesser Homecoming (Franklin Co). Carnival rides, horse pull, tractor pull, car
show, food concession stands, and live entertainment. Sesser. 618-625-6213
Jun 19 Saline/Gallatin County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Saline Co.). Start6s
at 6pm at Taylor Field. Harrisburg.
Jun 19 Union County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Union Co.). Starts at 6pm at
Anna City Park/Fairground.
Jun 19-20 Burl Ives Birthday Party (Jasper Co). Commemorates Jasper County famous son folksinger
and actor Burl Ives. Newton. 618-783-3399.
Jun 19-20 Glen Carbon Homecoming (Madison Co). Glen Carbon. 618-781-0698.
Jun 19-21 Area Amateur Town and Country Art Show. Vandalia. 618-283-4866.
Jun 19-21 National Road Festival and Grande Levee. Vandalia. 618-283-2728.
Jun 19-21 National Road Festival. Old Highway 40 across Illinois. 888-268-0042.
Jun-Aug Friday Municipal Band Concerts (Madison Co). At the band gazebo at the park downtown.
Highland. (618-363-0818.
Jun 20 Nick's Race (Jasper Co). 2.85 mi around high school cross country course. Nebefits
Nick Volk Scholarship Fund, the Gift of Hope organization, the NCHS Cross Country team, the high school drum line. Newton.
618-783-8655.
Jun 20 Ste Marie Garden Walk (Jasper Co). 1pm-4pm. Variety of six gardens (hostas,
country garden, etc.) featured on self-guided tour. Map available from village hall. Refreshments at Ste. Marie
Foundation home. Advance tickets available beginning May 1. Ste. Marie. 618-454-3267.
Jun 20 Bluegrass in the Park (Madison Co). Collinsville. 618-346-PLAY.
Jun 20 City-Wide Garage Sale (Madison Co). Troy. 618-667-8769.
Jun 20 National Road Festival. Greenville. 618-664-3050.
Jun 20 Secret Garden Tour (Marion Co). Centralia. 618-545-0657.
Jun 20 Veteran's Educational Museum. Vandalia. 618-283-0832.
Jun 20 Lawrence County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Lawrence Co). Lawrenceville
City Park. Lawrenceville. 618-943-6467.
Jun 20 Ohio River Sweep (Massac Co). Starts at Fort
Massac State Park, Metropolis from 8:30 to noon. Clean up the banks of the Ohio
River, free T-shirt and pizza to participants. (Metropolis). 618-524-9321
Jun 20
Golconda Bass Tournament (Pope Co). Golconda Marina on
the Ohio River. Golconda. 618-683-5875
Jun
20 Mt. Carmel Pilots Association Airport Appreciation Days (Wabash Co). 7:30am-5pm at Mt. Carmel
Airport in southern Lawrence County. Fly-In with breakfast, aircraft on display, airplane rides, door prizes, food,
drinks. In conjunction with meeting of the Prop Busters Radio Controlled Aircraft Club. Free. Mt Carmel.
618-948-2413
Jun 20-21 Edwards County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Edwards Co). At Edwards
County Courtyard in Albion. Albion. 618-445-2303.
Jun 21-27 Jasper County Fair (Jasper Co). Events include Demolition Derby, Fair Queen pageant,
Flat Drag Races, Tractor and Truck Pulls. Newton. 618-783-8683.
Jun 21 Old Chain of Rocks Bridge Birthday Bash and Bicycle Ride. Madison. 314-416-9930.
Jun 21 Summer Solstice Sunrise Observance (Maidosn Co). At Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State
Historic Site. Collinsville. 618-346-5160.
Jun 21 Music at Metter. Columbia. 618-281-7144 x 106.
Jun 23-25 Superman
Classic Archery Tournament (Massac Co). Mermet Lake Fish and Wildlife Area, near Metropolis. 3-D archery tournament for men, women and children. Spectators
free. (Mermet Lake) 877-424-5025
Jun 25-28 ASA
Pro/Am Archery Tournament (Massac Co). Mermet Lake Fish and Wildlife Area near Metropolis. 3-D archery tournament for men, women and children. Spectators
free. See website at www.asaarchery.com (Lake Memet) 800-248-4373
Jun 26 Luau (Clinton Co). Aviston. 618-228-9111.
Jun 26 Franklin County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Franklin Co.). Starts at
6pm at West Frankfort City Park. West Frankfort.
Jun 26-27 Fireman's Picnic (St Clair Co). Caseyville. 618-344-6703.
Jun 26-28 Fireman's Picnic (Randolph Co). Red Bud. 618-282-2358.
Jun 27 Daffy Dills Garden Tour (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-3010.
Jun 27 Carlyle Lake Fireworks Spectacular (Clinton Co). At Carlyle Lake, Dam West area.
Carlyle 618-594-2484.
Jun 27 Youth Sing Praise (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-394-6272.
Jun 27 West Salem Fireworks (Edwards Co). At Centennial Ballpark in West Salem. Starts
at dusk 9-9:30pm. West Salem. 618-456-3167
Jun 27
Fifth Annual Noble Custom and Classic Motorcycle Show and Swap Show (Richland Co).
12am-4pm. Last Saturday in June. Registration 9am-12pm. Trophies: 3pm. Noble Village Park.
Contact for information
robinson@bspeedy.com Noble. 618-562-8287
Jun 27
Olney Car Show (Richland Co). Sponsored by White Squirrels Car Club. At Olney City
Park west of the grandstand. Registration 9am-12pm, $10 fee. Proceeds to Olney Humane Society. Check out
website at
www.whitesquirrelcruiser.com Olney. 618-392-0708
Jun 27-28 Gun and Knife Show (St Clair Co). Belle Claire Fairgrounds. Belleville.
618-233-0052.
Jun 28 Patriotic Concert (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-233-3303.
Jun 29-Jul 5 Jasper County Fair (Jasper County). Newton. 618-783-3399.
