Chicago Suburbs Festival Guide 2008

Mark your calendar for these sizzling suburban summer fests

May 5, 2008

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Click on a festival name for times, maps and events.


MAY
16-17: What’s Blooming on Harrison - Oak Park
          Taste of Glen Ellyn
17-18: Riverside Art Fair
23-24: Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest
27-Aug. 26: Summer Sounds - Glenview 
May 29-June 1: Hoffman Estates Carnival


JUNE
5-6: Carol Stream Summer Festival
6-7: Summerfest - Forest Park
        Pride of the Fox RiverFest - St. Charles
6-Aug. 15: Sounds of Summer Concert Series - Palatine
7-8: Chicago Botanic Garden Wine Festival - Glencoe
13-14: Blues on the Fox - Aurora
13-15: St. Demetrios Annual Greek Festival - Elmhurst
14-15: Art on the Plaza - Wilmette
15: Swedish Day - Geneva
17-18: Swedish Days Midsommer Festival - Geneva
18-19: Berwyn Centennial Festival
20: Long Grove Strawberry Festival
20-21: Greek Fest - Palatine
             Scottish Festival and Highland Games - Oak Brook
26-27: Downers Grove Heritage Festival
             Lakeside Festival - Crystal Lake
27-28: Lazy River Music and Arts Festival - South Elgin
20: Art in the Park - Palatine


JULY
1-2: Oak Fest
2-3: Frontier Days - Arlington Heights
        Taste of Mount Prospect 
        Taste of Lombard
        Eyes to the Skies - Lisle
        American Music Festival - Berwyn
3-4: Crystal Lake Gala
        Wheeling Freedom Fest
3-6: Naperville Ribfest
4: Lake Forest Festival
5-6: Taste of The Glen - Glenview
10-11: West Chicago Railroad Days
          Lincolnwood Fest 2008
11: Greek Fest - Elgin
11-12: Taste of Westmont
16-17: Kane County Fair
17-18: German Fest - Lombard
18-19: The Big Greek Food Festival of Niles
19-20: Ethnic Arts Festival - Evanston
22-27: Lake County Fair
23-24: DuPage County Fair
25-26: Streamwood Summer Celebration
          Taste of Lincolnshire
30-31: Kankakee County Fair
31-Aug. 1: Kendall County Fair


AUGUST
1-2: Downtown Alive! Rocks the Fox - Aurora
        Taste of Orland Park
20-21: Will County Fair
22-23: Skokie’s Backlot Bash
             DeKalb Corn Fest
             Downtown Palatine Street Fest
24: Taste of Armenia Festival - Evanston
       Taste of the Towns - Lake Zurich
28-29: The North American Festival of Wales
29-30: Taste of Melrose Park
          The Last Fling - Naperville
          Chicago Heights SummerFest


SEPTEMBER
7: Ravinia’s Celebration of Summer - Highland Park
    Deerfield Historical Society Fall Fest
12-13: Festival of the Vine - Geneva 
          Naperville Wine Festival
13: Hiptastic! - Round Lake Beach
     Forest Park Rib Fest 


Send suburban festival news to suburbs producer Lisa Arnett at lmarnett@tribune.com