July
Jul 1 Newton American Legion Annual Wooden Bat Classic (Jasper Co). American Legion
Baseball Teams welcomed to the Jasper County Boys & Girls Park.
Jul 1 Mt. Carmel Corn Days (Wabash Co). Tentative date based on sweet corn harvest.
11am-1pm at Wabash County Fairgrounds. Mt. Carmel. 618-262-8280.
Jul 1-4 Steeleville Celebration. Steeleville. 618-965-3134
Jul 1-5 Patriots in the Park (Madison Co). Granite City. 618-877-3059
Jul 1, 8 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.
Jul 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 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
Jul 2-5 Centralia July 4th Celebration (Marion Co). Centralia. 618-532-5910
Jul 3 Albion Farmers Market (Edwards Co). At Courthouse Square, 12pm-4pm. Albion.
Jul 3 Olney Friday Farmers Market (Richland Co). 12-5pm. Olney City Park. Olney.
618-869-2885
Jul3-4 Rend Lake Fireworks (Franklin Co). At Rend Lake Viositor's Center near Benton.
Fireworks choreographed to music, food, bands, and educational areas. Rend Lake. 618-438-2121
Jul 3-5 Columbia July 4th Celebration. Columbia. 618-281-7144 x 106
Jul 4. Nashville 4th of July Fireworks (Washington Co.). At Nashville Memorial Park mine
ponds, dusk. Free. Nashville
Jul 4 Greenville July 4th Fireworks (Bond Co). Greenville. 618-664-4969
Jul 4. Salem July 4th Fireworks (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-2222
Jul 4 Liberty Bell of the West Patriotic Celebration (Randolph Co). On Kaskaskia Island,
starts at noon with ceremony, includes reenacters. Kaskaskia 618-826-2667
Jul 4 Tractor Pull (Monroe Co). Waterloo. 618-939-8600.
Jul 4 Vandalia July 4th Fireworks. Vandalia. 618-283-2728.
Jul 4 Old Fashioned July 4th Celebration (St Clair Co). Mascoutah. 618-566-2964.
Jul 4 St. Francisville Fireworks and Fish Fry (Lawrence Co). 11am-7pm.
Fireworks at dusk. St. Francisville.
Jul 4 Southern Illinois
Spinners and Weavers Guild (Massac Co). Meets at the visitor center at Fort Massac State Historic Site. Spinners and Weavers are welcome to participate. Metropolis. 618-524-9321
Jul 4 Cummins Municipal Band Concert (Richland Co). 8-9pm. Olney City Park Bandshell.
Jul 4 Olney Fireworks Display (Richland Co). 9-10pm. Olney City Park. Olney.
618-392-2241
Jul 4, 11, 18, 25 Farmers Market (PopeCo) Saturdays, 7am-noon, Golconda court house lawn.
Golconda
Jul 4, 11, 18, 25 Farmers Market (Johnson Co). Saturdays, 8am-noon, Vienna Park.
Vienna.
Jul 5 Lawrenceville Fireworks Fun Weekend (Lawrence Co). 10am-11pm at Lawrenceville High
School. Fireworks at dusk. Lawrenceville. 618-943-4946
Jul 5, 12, 19, 26 Olney Carnegie Building Museum (Richland Co). Open Sundays 1:30-4pm at
401 East Main Street, Olney. Olney. 618-392-4031
Jul 5, 12, 19, 26
Olney Heritage House Museum (Richland Co). 1:30-4pm at122 West Elm St.,
Olney. 618-392-4031
Jul 6, 13, 20, 27 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.
Jul 6-12 Washington County Fair (Washington Co). Features carnival rides, demo derby, tractor
pulls to include open and one county pull, exhibits, and more. Nashville. 618-327-3298.
Jul 7, 14, 21, 28 Olney Tuesday Farmers Market (Richland Co). 12-5pm at Olney City Park.
Olney. 618-869-2885
Jul 7, 14, 21, 28 Anna Farmers Market (Union Co), Tuesdays, 8am-noon, Shawnee
College parking Lot, IL State Route 146. Anna
Jul 9 Christmas in July Candlelight Dinner (St Clair Co). Freeburg. 618-539-3665.
Jul 9-18 Randolph County Fair (Randolph Co). Sparta. 618-443-4364.
Jul 10. Tour de Belleville (St Clair Co). Bicycle race. Belleville. 618-233-1416.
Jul 10 Albion Farmers Market (Edwards Co). At Courthouse Square, 12pm-4pm. Albion.
Jul 10 Williamson County/Marion American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Williamson Co.).
Starts at 6pm at Rent One Ballpark. Marion.
Jul 10-11 Fire Department Homecoming Picnic (Madison Co). Annual parade at 7pm Fri and Sat,
annual picnic, carnival, game booths, music, food. Lebanon. 618-537-4976.
Jul 10-12 Contemporary Indian Art Show (Madison Co). Cahokia mounds State Historic Site
visitor's center. Artists and craftworkers exhibting their work representing a variety of media from paitnings
to jewelry. Collinsville. 618-346-5160.
Jul 10-18 Massac County
Youth Fair (Massac Co). Youth from the 13 southernmost counties in Illinois
bring their best projects and livestock to show, plus horse show, greased pig contest. At
the Youth Fair Grounds next to Massac County High School. Free . Metropolis.
618-524-7320.
Jul 11. Great Kaskaskia River Duck Race (Clinton Co). At the Dam West recreation Area, race
starts at noon. Multiple prizes offered. Profits benefit local healthcare organization. Carlyle.
618-526-0080.
Jul 11 Cruise Night. Steeleville. 618-965-3134 x 31.
Jul 11 Splash City's Dash and Splash (Madison Co). Collinsville. 618-346-PLAY.
Jul 11 Albion Pork Day USA (Edwards Co). Courtyard Square in downtown Albion. Sponsored
by Albion Ruritan Club. 618-445-2303.
Jul 11 Newton Farmer's Market (Jasper Co). 7am-noon. Homegrown fruits, vegetables.
Free to sell. Courthouse Lawn. 618-783-3399.
Jul 11 Magnolia Manor Luncheon (Alexander Co). Features
luncheon and house tour. Cairo. 618-734-0201
Jul 11 Massiac Marines (Massac Co). French and Indian War period reenactors living
history program at Fort Massac State Historic Site. Metropolis. 618-524-9321
Jul 11 Benton Summer Cruise Series VII (Franklin Co). Features classic cars, trucks,
motorcycles, and hot rods, on the Benton Public Square 5:30pm-8:30pm. Live bands. Benton. 618-439-3009
Jul 11-18 Fayette County Fair (Fayette Co). Brownstwon. 618-246-6221
Jul 11-12 Children's Outdoor Musical (Clinton Co). Breese. 618-526-2866.
Jul 12 Ben's Birthday Celebration (Madison Co). Edwardsville. 618-692-1818.
Jul 12 Plainfield Church Car Show (Jasper Co). Registration 9am, trophies awarded 3pm. At
Plainfield Church, Jasper Co. 618-793-2248.
Jul 12-18 Clinton County Fair (Clinton Co). Features exhibits, parade, Sun night Clinton
County and Little Miss Clinton County Fair Queen pageant, tractor pulls including Fri's county pull, Mon-Sat carnival, and
more. Carlyle. 618-594-3669.
Jul 12-19 Clay County Fair (Clay Co). Flora. 618-676-1046.
Jul 12-19 Wayne County Fair (Wayne Co). Fairfield. 618-842-4774.
Jul 17 Albion Farmers Market (Edwards Co). At Courthouse Square, 12pm-4pm. Albion.
Jul 17-18 St. Jacob Homecoming. St Jacob. 618-644-5666.
Jul 17-18 Central City Fest (Marion Co). Central City. 618-532-5552.
Jul 18 Tractor Ride and Show (Randolph Co). Ruma. 618-282-4632.
Jul 18 Summer Gospel Extravaganza and Ice Cream Social (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-2222.
Jul 18 NASCAR Nationwide Series-MO/IL Dodge Dealers (Madison Co). Gateway Raceway.
Collinsville. 866-35-SPEED.
Jul 18 Newton Farmer's Market (Jasper Co). 7am-noon. Homegrown fruits, vegetables.
Free to sell. Courthouse Lawn. 618-783-3399.
Jul 18 Johnson County American Cancer Society Relay for Life (Johnson Co.). 5pm-5am at Vienna
City Park. Vienna.
Jul 18 Olney Festival of Lights (Richland Co). East Fork Lake.
Jul 18-19 Lawrenceville Day At the Strip/Car Show/Balloon Fiesta (Lawrence Co). At Lawrenceville
Vincennes Mid American Air Center. Sat 3-8pm, Sun 9am-3pm. Cruise-In Car Show, racing, and live entertainemen,
balloon races Fri evening, Sat and Sun at sunrise, tethered balloon rides Sat evening weather permitting, Sat evening
balloon glow. Up to 25 balloons expected. Lawrenceville. 618-943-2571
Jul 18-Aug 30 Journey Stories, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit (Wabash Co).
At Wabash County Museum. Mt. Carmel. 618-262-8280.
Jul 19-24 Madison Co Fair (Madison Co). Highland. 618-654-6656.
Jul 19-25 Wabash County Youth Exhibition Fair (Wabash Co). At Wabash County fairgrounds.
Mt. Carmel. 618-262-5725
Jul 19-26 Monroe County Fair (Monroe Co). Waterloo. 618-939-7796.
Jul 21 Music at Metter (Monroe Co). At Metter Memorial Park. Columbia. 618-281-7144
x 106.
Jul 19-25 Wabash County Fair (Wabash Co). Mount Carmel. 618-445-3615.
Jul 22 Motorcross Races (Wabash Co). At Wabash County Fairgrounds. Mt Carmel.
618-263-3313
Jul 22-28. Edwards County Fair (Edwards Co). Albion. 618-445-2842.
Jul 24 Albion Farmers Market (Edwards Co). At Courthouse Square, 12pm-4pm. Albion.
Jul 24-Aug 2
Lawrence Co Junior Fair (Lawrence Co). Sumner 4H Fairgrounds. See website
at
www.lawrencecountyfair.org. Sumner. 618-943-5018
Jul 24-25 Troy Lions Homecoming (Madison Co). Troy. 618-667-8769.
Jul 24-26 American Farm Heritage Days (Bond Co). Greenville. 618-664-3050.
Jul 24-Aug 1 Marion County Ag Fair (Marion Co). Salem. 618-548-1251.
Jul 25 Newton Farmer's Market (Jasper Co). 7am-noon. Homegrown fruits, vegetables.
Free to sell. Courthouse Lawn. 618-783-3399.
Jul 25 Pinkstaff Ice Cream Social (Lawrence Co). 4-7pm. Pinkstaff Methodist Church.
Pinkstaff. 618-943-6047.
Jul 25 Macedonia BBQ (Pope Co). At Macedonia
Church. Golconda. 618-683-9702
Jul 25 Parkersburg Chowder (Richland Co). Parkersburg. 618-442-5219
Jul 25-26 Peach Pedal (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-233-0513.
Jul 25-Aug. 2 Nine Day Encampment
(Pope Co). Formerly the Nine Day Trail ride. Near One Horse Gap Lake. Vienna. 618-683-2105
Jul 26-Aug 1 Edwards County Agricultural Fair (Edwards Co). Edwards County fairgrounds,
Albion. 618-445-3615.
Jul 28-Aug 5 Healing and Hope Novena (St Clair Co). Belleville. 618-394-6272.
Jul 30-Aug 3 Whittington Gun Creek Days (Franklin Co). In Downtown Whittington on the old
school ballpark. Features family events including country music, dancing, food, crafts, tractor pulls, and horse
pulls. Bring lawn chairs. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted. Handicapped accessible. Whittington.
618-629.2190
Jul 30-Aug 4 Bond County Fair (Bond Co). Greenville. 618-664-1412.
Jul 31-Aug 1
Wabash River Bluegrass Music Festival and Camp (Edwards Co). Edwards County
Fairgrounds exhibition hall and surroundings in Albion. Music, dancers. Jul 31 Free concert on Courthouse Square
at 7:30pm. Aug 1 at Ag Building.
http://www.wabashriverbluegrass.net/ Albion. 618-375-3271.
Jul 31-Aug 1 Gateway Garage Sale (Madison Co). Collinsville. 618-345-8998.
Jul 31-Aug 2 Mascoutah Homecoming (St Clair Co). Mascoutah. 618-409-6662.
