September 2007
September 1-2
Roamer Cruise Night and Roamer Car Show
Streator
Largest cruise night in downstate Illinois, featuring over 500 cars and 18,000 spectators in downtown business district. On display is a 1917 Roamer that was originally built in Streator. Cars will cruise from 6-10pm. Cruise pre-registration 11am - 3pm at Bill Walsh Automotive, Rt. 23 North. Cars will be judged on Sunday at City Park with trophies awarded. Food, music and prizes.
For more information, call (888) 485-9895.
Streator's Roamer Cruise Night and Car Show
September 3
Labor Day Parade
Downtown Streator
Parade begins at 11am in the downtown business district.
September 12-15
Roamer Brass Car Tour 2007
Streator
Sponsored by the Illinois Brass Touring Region.
Cars made before 1915 will be touring Central Illinois from Streator each day. For more information, call (815) 672-2055 or (888) 485-9895.
September 15-16
Vintage Illinois Wine Festival
Saturday 11am - 6pm; Sunday 12 Noon - 5pm
Sponsored by the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association. Featuring 21 Illinois wines from around the state. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy wines featured by different Illinois wineries, great food, entertaining music and the atmosphere of beautiful Starved Rock State Park. For information and to
purchase advanced tickets, call (800) 868-7625 ext. 386.
September 16
Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast
Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru
For more information, call (815) 223-2003.
September 16
JC Whitney Car Show
761 Progress Parkway, LaSalle
Free Registration 9am - Noon
30 car, truck and motorcycle classes. Participants judged with ballots handed out at noon. Trophies to top 3 in each class with cash prize and trophy for Best of Show.
September 22
Art on the Prairie
City Park, Streator
Fine Art Festival with art displays and Wine Tasting, sponsored by Streator Tourism. Food vendors will be available. For more information, call (888) 485-9895 or (815) 672-2055 or visit www.streatoril.org |
 Streator's Art on the Prairie |
September 22
“Movies at the Mansion”
Hegeler Carus Mansion, LaSalle • 7pm
Classic and foreign films for all to enjoy.
Call (815) 224-5891 or (815) 224-5895 for movie title.
September 29
Cavaliers in the Cornfield
Orlando Smith Road – E. 350th Rd., Oglesby
9am - 3pm • $5 for adults • $4 for children under 12
LP-FFA Farm Plot, next to WLPO & IVCC. Family fun with hands-on activities, games, farm machinery displays and demos. Food will be available. Prizes and more! Dress appropriately, including closed-toe shoes.
September 30
19th Annual Woodcarving Expo
Valley Carvers Association
Starved Rock Lodge, Utica • 9am - 5pm
Carvers from all over converge to display their wares. Some carvings will be for sale. Raffles of woodcarvings by local artists. Admission is free. For more information, call (800) 868-7625 ext. 386.
September 30
Archeology Awareness Afternoon
Illinois Waterway Visitors Center, Dee Bennett Road west of Ottawa • 11:30am - 4:30pm
As part of “Archeology Awareness” Month in Illinois, this event features an afternoon of exploration into the past with posters, exhibits and displays. In addition to the Center’s own materials, members of the Illinois Archaeological Society will share their knowledge, scrapbooks, experiences and pieces of history from places and peoples of the past. Admission is free.
For more information, call (815) 667-4054.
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