An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. Lauretana of Altavilla Milicia, SOB (Springfield Oyster and Beer) Festival, Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival, A River Thru History: The Des Plaines Valley Rendezvous, Military History Weekend (formerly WWII Days), Revolutionary War Reenactment and Grand Encampment, Romeoville Founders Day Entertainment Weekend, German American Central Society Peoria Oktoberfest, Macoupin County Historical Society Fall Festival, Ela Township History Day and Antique and Artisan Market, Praise the Lard Murphysboro BarbecueCook-Off, Prairie Land Heritage Museum Fall Festival and Steam Show, International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest I, Lincoln Log Cabin Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration, American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest II, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Fest, Fort Obie Rendezvous and Living History Encampment, American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest III, Jersey County Historical Society Apple Festival, Devon on Tap: Decatur Craft Beer Festival and Music Festival, Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival I, Lincoln Memorial Garden Fall Harvest Festival, American Thresherman Association Fall Festival, Oktoberfest Food Family and Beer Festival, St. Matthew Lutheran Church Fall Festival, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden I, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden II, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza I, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum I, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden III, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza II, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum II, Walnut Grove Farms Christmas at the Farm, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden IV, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza III, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum III, Julmarknad at the Swedish American Museum, Millstadt Weihnachtsfest German Christmas Festival, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden V, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza IV, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VI, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza V, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum IV, Christkindlmarket Chicago at Daley Plaza VI, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VII, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum V, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VIII, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum VI, Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum VII, Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden IX, Chain O Lakes Fishing Derby and Winter Festival. Other music festivals throughout Illinois offer jazz, blues, pop and plenty to keep you tapping your toes and shaking your stuff. Before we get too far along, it's important to note that this event doesn't take itself too seriously. Get more stories delivered right to your email. more, You seem to have JavaScript disabled. One Turkey Testicle Festival is no longer enough for Illinois I was absolutely amazed at how organized this festival was but I guess after 35 years of A popular spot in Downtown Huntleybeen there a long timejust renovated on exterior. There are nearly a dozen other such festivals across the nation, including Clinton, Montana's "Testy Festy", Stillwater, Oklahoma's "Tumbleweed Calf Fry" and a three-day festival in Fargo,. Sign up to hear from us about specials, sales, and events. Facebook/Parkside Pub Home of the Turkey Testicle Festival - Parkside Pub - Tripadvisor August, Port Byron. 11 Amazing Festivals You'll Find Only in Illinois Nice location with a large courtyard. Locals cant get enough of this traditional pre-Thanksgiving event that features a unique treat not everyone is brave enough to try. Celebrate one of Americas best holidays in a new and exciting way this year when you check out this festival. 3 - 7 PM Pure Drive. 24th Annual Testicle Festival | Family Friendly | lakeexpo.com Great reputation! Since 1983, the Thanksgiving city of Huntley, Illinois, has been hosting its famous annual Turkey Testicle Festival. Summerfest: Milwaukee, Wisconsin The festival, which takes place in late June and early July, is one of the world's largest festivals for music lovers. These guests will receive a SWAG bag as well as exclusive access to some restrooms and bartenders. Contact Us. Patio holds a lot of peoplecanopy covered. The most unique fall festival in Illinois is the Turkey Testicle Festival, which has been a pre-Thanksgiving tradition for more than 35 years. 2. Turkey Testicle Festival Serves Up 1,200 Pounds Of 'Hot Nuts' Just Visit US travels to Huntley, IL to feast on the local cuisine. 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TURKEY TESTICLE FESTIVAL. Does this place know how to throw a party or what? In addition to friendly, fun servers, it's casual atmosphere offers tasty dishes at very reasonable prices. Make sure you check out the giant windmill! Vernon Fall Fest Mt. We are profiling 8 festivals that you will truly only find in Illinois. Moved to Huntley a little over a month ago and Parkside was on our list to give a try. Morris6/10-6/11* St. Nicholas GreekFest Oak Lawn 6/10-6/11 Wells Street Art Festival Chicago 6/10-6/11 Global Arts Festival Bartlett6/10-6/11 Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival Morris6/10-6/11 Old Town Art Fair Chicago6/10-6/11* Okawville Heritage Days Okawville6/10-6/11 Riverside Arts Weekend Riverside6/11 Aurora Pride Festival and Parade Aurora6/11* Greater Chicago Jewish Festival Chicago6/11* Woodstock PrideFest Woodstock6/11* All-Wheels Drive-In Car Show Alton, 6/14-6/17 Tailgate n Tallboys I Bloomington6/14-6/18* Chillicothe Days (formerly Claud-Elen Days) Chillicothe6/14-6/18* Polo Town and Country Days Polo6/15-6/18 Libertyville Days Festival Libertyville6/15-6/18 PrairieFest Oswego 6/15-6/18* Summer Fun Fest Oglesby6/15-6/18* Old Settler Days Rockton6/15-6/18 Blarney Island Key West Fest Antioch6/16 Gathering on the Green Western Springs6/16-6/17 Winnetka Music Festival Winnetka6/16-6/17* Blues on the Fox Aurora6/16-6/17 Minooka Summerfest Minooka6/16-6/17* Midsommar Fest Rockford6/16-6/17* Funfest for Air-Cooled VW Effingham6/16-6/17 Naper Nights I Naperville6/16-6/17* Grande Levee Vandalia6/16-6/17* Clarendon Hills Daisy Days Clarendon Hills 6/16-6/17 The Scottish Festival and Highland Games Itasca 6/16-6/18* Summer Smash ChicagoWeekend continues below, 6/16-6/18* Oakley Ave. Festa Pasta Vino: Italian Block Party Chicago 6/16-6/18* Gold Coast Chicago Greek Fest Chicago 6/16-6/18* Elmhurst Greek Festival Elmhurst 6/16-6/18 Taste of Randolph Street Chicago6/16-6/18 Geneseo Music Festival Geneseo6/16-6/18* Gran Festival Centroamericano Chicago 6/16-6/18 Great Galena Balloon Race Galena6/16-6/19* Exchange Club of Napervilles Ribfest Wheaton 6/17* Clayville Summer Fun Day Pleasant Plains 6/17 American Aid Society of German Descendants Sommer Fest Lake Villa6/17 Belvidere Late-Night Flea Market Belvidere6/17* Wabash Roots N Que Mt. Thanks! Best Burger Restaurants - Parkside Pub Sandwich was very large and half is in fridge for lunch tomorrow. WHERE: Olean MO. My. Get a head-start with these 10 unique gifts every Illinoisan will love. Turkey Testicle Festival 'A Go' This Year | Algonquin, IL Patch When: 11 a.m. Wednesday until midnight. Lotsa beer and turkey testicles served. Vernon9/8-9/10* Havana Oktoberfest Havana9/8-9/10 Chicago German-American Oktoberfest Chicago 9/9 Tamale Fest Rockford9/9 When Im 64 Beatles Music Festival Prairietown9/9 Finders Harvest Market Decatur9/9 JazzN the Street La Salle 9/9* VolksFest Craft Beer and Wine Festival Genoa 9/9* Traditional Music Festival Petersburg9/9* Cannabis Camp West Peoria9/9* 2nd Renaissance on Earth Festival Palatine9/9* 79th Street Renaissance Festival Chicago 9/9* Alton Pride Festival Alton9/9 Bloomingdale Septemberfest Bloomingdale 9/9* Broadlands Homecoming Festival Broadlands9/9* Marseilles Renaissance Faire Marseilles 9/9* Riverside Art, Wine and Blues Festival Murphysboro9/9* Screw City Beer Fest Rockford9/9 Dement Town Music Fest Dixon9/9* Water Lantern Festival Aurora9/9* Taste of Fiesta Rock Falls9/9* Forest Park Ribfest Forest Park 9/9* Naper Pride Fest Naperville9/9* C-U Black and African Arts Festival Urbana9/9-9/10* A River Thru History: The Des Plaines Valley Rendezvous Willow Springs9/9-9/10* Military History Weekend (formerly WWII Days) Lockport 9/9-9/10 Lakeview East Festival of the Arts Chicago 9/9-9/10 Printers Row Lit Fest Chicago9/9-9/10* Goebberts Farm Fall Festival I South Barrington 9/9-9/10* Revolutionary War Reenactment and Grand Encampment Wheaton9/9-9/10 Mundelein Fine Arts Festival Mundelein9/9-9/10 West End Arts Festival La Grange9/9-9/10 Art Spectacular at the Carillon Springfield9/9-9/10 Mum Fest Clinton 9/9-9/10 Renegade Craft Fair Chicago9/10 Scandinavian Day Festival South Elgin 9/10* DeKalb Kite Fest DeKalb9/10* Grand Detour Arts Festival Dixon, 9/11-9/17* Goebberts Farm Fall Festival II South Barrington9/13-9/16* Murphysboro Apple Festival Murphysboro 9/13-9/16* Canton Friendship Festival Canton9/13-9/16 Morton Pumpkin Festival Morton 9/14* Kits, Cats and Kids Block Party Evanston9/14-9/16 Corvette Funfest Effingham9/14-9/17* Glendale Heights Oktoberfest I Glendale Heights9/14-9/17* Fairfield Fall Fun Fest Fairfield9/14-9/17* Mexican Independence Day Cicero9/14-9/17* Romeoville Founders Day Entertainment Weekend Romeoville9/15-9/16* Farmfest Princeton9/15-9/16* Elk Grove Oktoberfest Elk Grove Village 9/15-9/16 ItalianFest Collinsville 9/15-9/16* Our Big Fat Greek Festival Rock Island9/15-9/16* Norwood Park Fall Fest Chicago9/15-9/16 Crete Acorn Fest Crete 9/15-9/16 Downers Grove Oktoberfest Downers Grove9/15-9/16* Autumn in the Park Festival Palos Park 9/15-9/16* Wamac Fest Centralia 9/15-9/16* Berwyns Oktoberfest Berwyn 9/15-9/17 Saluting with Smoke Festival Yorkville9/15-9/17* Griggsville Apple Festival Griggsville 9/15-9/17* Tinley Park Oktoberfest Tinley Park9/15-9/17* Big Rock Plowing Match Big Rock9/15-9/17* Belleville Oktoberfest Belleville9/15-9/17* West Dundee Heritage Fest West Dundee9/15-9/17* Vermilion River Fall Festival Danville 9/15-9/17* Arts in Central Park Decatur 9/15-9/17* Des Plaines Fall Fest Des Plaines9/15-9/17* Bengtsons Pumpkin Fest I Homer Glen9/15-9/17 Riot Fest Chicago9/15-9/17* Marshall Autumn Fest Marshall 9/15-9/17 Wheat Festival Okawville 9/15-9/17 Palatine Oktoberfest Palatine 9/15-9/17* German American Central Society Peoria Oktoberfest Peoria 9/16 Pluto Fest Streator9/16 Mallard Fest Hanover9/16 Highland Street Art Festival Highland 9/16* Jacksonville Rotary Oktoberfest Jacksonville 9/16* Autumn on the Prairie Franklin Grove 9/16* Golconda Shrimp Festival Golconda 9/16* Grayslake Craft Beer Festival Grayslake9/16* Reinberg Rocks Oktoberfest Festival Palatine9/16* Orland Park Brewfest Orland Park9/16 Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest Elmhurst9/16 Brew at the Bridge Craft Beer Festival Oswego9/16* Channahon Community Potato Festival Channahon 9/16* Joliet Pride Festival Joliet9/16* Deerfield Harvest Fest Deerfield9/16 Mississippi Earthtones Festival Alton 9/16-9/17 Lakeview Taco Fest Chicago9/16-9/17 Deer Park Art Show Deer Park9/16-9/17* Clayville Fall Festival Pleasant Plains9/16-9/17* Edgewater Arts Festival Chicago9/16-9/17 Macoupin County Historical Society Fall Festival Carlinville9/16-9/17* Stark County Fall Festival Wyoming9/16-9/17* Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival I West Chicago 9/16-9/17 Vintage Illinois at the Canal Market North Utica9/16-9/17* Art on the Prairie Warrenville9/16-9/17* Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm I Geneva9/16-9/17* Edwards Place Fine Art Fair Springfield9/17 Ela Township History Day and Antique and Artisan Market Lake Zurich9/17 Mexican Independence Day Celebration Woodstock9/17 Apple Festival at Pere Marquette Lodge Grafton9/17 Taste of Evanston Evanston9/17* Fox Lake Bloody Mary Fest Fox Lake, 9/18-9/24* Bengtsons Pumpkin Fest II Homer Glen9/18-9/24* Goebberts Farm Fall Festival III South Barrington9/18-9/24* Glendale Heights Oktoberfest II Glendale Heights9/21-9/23* Pygmalion Champaign/Urbana 9/21-9/23* Greenup Fall Festival Greenup9/21-9/23* Praise the Lard Murphysboro BarbecueCook-Off Murphysboro9/21-9/24* Manteno Oktoberfest Manteno 9/21-9/24 Dwight Harvest Days Dwight9/22-9/23* Lansing Autumn Festival Lansing9/22-9/23 Naperville Irish Fest Naperville9/22-9/23* Twilight Nights Music and Wine Festival Stewardson 9/22-9/24 Paris Honeybee Festival Paris 9/22-9/24 Prairie Land Heritage Museum Fall Festival and Steam Show Jacksonville 9/22-9/24 Milton Corn Carnival Milton9/22-9/24* Beardstown Fall Fun Festival Beardstown9/22-9/24 Long Grove Apple Festival Long Grove 9/22-9/24* Oktoberfest Chicago at St. Alphonsus Chicago 9/22-9/24* Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival II West Chicago9/22-9/24 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival Springfield 9/23 Village of Elsah Festival Elsah9/23 Galena Cellars Fall Harvest Festival Galena 9/23* Homewood Fall Fest Homewood 9/23 American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest I Lake Villa 9/23 Elim Dutch Festival Crestwood 9/23* Ottawa Scarecrow Festival Ottawa9/23* Quincy Oktoberfest Quincy9/23 Pretzel City Brewfest Freeport 9/23 Medici Oktoberfest Normal9/23* Johnny Appleseed Festival Crystal Lake 9/23* Fall Corn Festival Godfrey 9/23* Fall Art and Craft Stroll Bourbonnais9/23* Legions of Craft Beer Fest Gurnee9/23* C-U Oktoberfest Champaign 9/23-9/24 Apple n Pork Festival Clinton 9/23-9/24* Stillman Valley Fall Festival Stillman Valley9/23-9/24* Monarch Butterfly Festival Palos Heights9/23-9/24* Lincoln Log Cabin Harvest Frolic Fall Celebration Charleston9/23-9/24* Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm II Geneva9/23-9/24* Jordbruksdagarna (Old Settlers Days) Bishop Hill 9/23-9/24* Art in the Barn Barrington9/23-9/24 Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair Peoria9/23-9/24 Hyde Park Jazz Festival Chicago 9/24* Taste of DeKalb DeKalb 9/24* Harvest of the Acorn Moon Fall Festival Aurora9/24 Taste of Canton Canton, 9/25-10/1* Goebberts Farm Fall Festival IV South Barrington9/25-10/1* Bengtsons Pumpkin Fest III Homer Glen9/27-10/1 Grundy County Corn Festival Morris9/29 Mt.