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Featured Events/ Monthly Calendar of Events July and August 2008

Taste of Downtown

Saturday, July 12

Please Note   $2 Adult Admission, Kids 12 and under FREE! 

Event goes Noon-midnight

Kids' area from Noon-5pm

Springfield Moms & St. John's Children's Hospital will provide FREE crafts and kids activities! 

NEW!  Kung Fun Panda Workshops

at John Geyston’s Premier Martial Arts

FREE  June 28, July 11, July 19th

Details here.

 

Day Out With Thomas™ 2008:

The Great Discovery Tour, Thomas the Tank Engine™ to visit The Illinois Railway Museum

August 15, 16, 17, 23 & 24, 2008

Union, IL (east of Rockford)

Tickets on sale now, more here.

Printable Flier

Illinois State Fair Grounds

Grandstand Line up

Ticket Order Form

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

June 26-October 30 (except August 7 and 14)

Every Thursday from 4 p.m.-7 p.m.

Families welcome FREE

White Oaks WITO

July 26, 2008, Lake Springfield

Registration Form 

*Specialized Fishing/Boating Event*— "Ladies on the Lake"

The Big Block Bash at Southside Christian Church

At the MacArthur Campus  Big Block Bash! 

Sunday July 6th

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Bounce Houses, Carnival Games, Music, Food & More!  FREE and open to the public.   Flier here.

Downtown Springfield

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Springfield Youth Performance Group

Summer Showcase

July 26, 2:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Hoogland Center for the Arts

Details & Ticket info here

 

Summer Movie Festival

Tuesdays and Wednesdays

in June and July at 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.

Flier here

 

Art Spectacular at the Carillon

Juried Fine Art & Fine Craft Fair

FREE Admission

Kid’s Place $1/child

September 13, 14

Washington Park

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Summer Camp and Activity Directory 2008

 Springfield's 13th Annual World Breastfeeding Walk

August 2nd, 2008

 

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July 2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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    Summer Film Fest -  Really Wild Animals: Secret Weapons and Great Escapes & Cartoon

Talley’s Folly

Cabaret

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts

 

Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces - Now through 7/31

 

First Steps Mothers' Support Group

Coffee Hour

Cabaret

Summer Film Fest - Really Wild Animals: Secret Weapons and Great Escapes & Cartoon

The Last Five Years

Pied Piper Architectural Tours

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival BEE Movie

Wet ‘n Wild Wednesday

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

John Brown’s Body

Prenatal Cnrgy Yoga

Championship Arabian Horse Show

Cabaret

The Turn of the Screw

Fireworks Special Train

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival BEE Movie

History Live!

John Brown’s Body

Championship Arabian Horse Show

The 2nd Annual "Little Wagon Parade"

Malinda Iles Strawberry Party

Mark Gifford Organ Concert

History Live!

John Brown’s Body

Cabaret

Stitches In Time Presentations

Stitches In Time: Quilts and Other Pieces

Championship Arabian Horse Show

Talley’s Folly

 

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

Underground Railroad Tour

Lakeside Music and Arts Festival

History Live!

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John Brown’s Body

Lakeside Music and Arts Festival

Student Art Show now-August 20

Cabaret

Stitches In Time Presentations

Black Magic Johnson Blues

The Turn of the Screw

Underground Railroad Tour

The Big Block Bash at Southside Christian Church

Lincoln Library Summer Reading Program thru August 2

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces - Now through 7/31

History Live!

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

The Art of Story Telling

Sangamon County Tax Auction

"Surgical Discovery" Pre-op Tour 

Summer Film Fest - Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles & Cartoon

Talley’s Folly

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts

Ice Cream Social

First Steps Mothers' Support Group

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival:  Night at the Museum

West Side Story

Out of the Blue Support Group

The Turn of the Screw

Coffee Hour

Summer Film Fest - Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles & Cartoon

Douglas Park Band Shell

Toddle On Over

Prenatal Cnrgy Yoga

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival Night at the Museum

West Side Story

The Turn of the Screw

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

 

Kung Fu Panda Workshops

History Live!

Dyed in the Wool

West Side Story

John McClarey Sculpture Demonstration

Midwest Primitive Rendezvous at Rockome - July 11 – 20

Talley’s Folly

MotorSports Club Show

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Taste of Downtown Springfield Moms will be in the Kids' Area!

History Live!

West Side Story

MotorSports Club Show

Women’s Distance Festival

Land of Lincoln Chorus

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Dyed in the Wool

Zoofari

Land of Lincoln Chorus

Hill Prairie Blues & BBQ Festival

Prairie Art Alliance -- Artists' Reception

The Last Five Years

The Little Engine That Could Rail Tour

 

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

Women In the Outdoors

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

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Midwest Primitive Rendezvous at Rockome - July 11 – 20

History Live!

Hill Prairie Blues & BBQ Festival

Student Art Show now-August 20

West Side Story

The Last Five Years

The Little Engine That Could Rail Tour

Underground Railroad Tour

Lincoln Library Summer Reading Program thru August 2

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Our Story Continues

Music in the Park - Enos Park

Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces - Now through 7/31

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

The Art of Story Telling

Drysdale Golf Tournament

Summer Film Fest - Really Wild Animals: Deep Sea Dive & Cartoon

History Live!

West Side Story

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Drysdale Golf Tournament

Mary, the Quintessential Hostess

First Steps Mothers' Support Group

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival:  The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

History Live!

West Side Story

Drysdale Golf Tournament

Summer Film Fest - Really Wild Animals: Deep Sea Dive & Cartoon

Safe Sitter

Coffee Hour

MTL, The Last Years of Mary Todd Lincoln

Prenatal Cnrgy Yoga

Junior League Membership Recruitment Social

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

West Side Story

Drysdale Golf Tournament

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

The Elephant Man

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

The Little Engine That Could Rail Tour

West Side Story

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Chatham’s Jaycees Sweet Corn Festival

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

History Live!

Kung Fu Panda Workshops

The Elephant Man

Vintage Baseball Game

History Live!

Youth Discovery Challenge - Touch-a-Truck

West Side Story

Music in Nature Concert Series

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

The Little Engine That Could Rail Tour

 

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

 

Chatham’s Jaycees Sweet Corn Festival

 

“The Lincoln Poems”

 

Preschool Storytime

 

Music in the Park - Comer Cox Park

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
The Elephant Man

Student Art Show now-August 20

West Side Story

History Live!

Midwest Primitive Rendezvous at Rockome - July 11 – 20

Antone DeRocchi Classic Rock, Folk, Blues

The Little Engine That Could Rail Tour

Underground Railroad Tour

Lincoln Library Summer Reading Program thru August 2

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Stories by Brian Ellis

Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces - Now through 7/31

Safe Sitter

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

Drawing Made Easy

"Surgical Discovery" Pre-op Tour 

SIDS Support Group

Summer Film Fest - Backyard Safari: That's My Baby & Cartoon

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts

First Steps Mothers' Support Group

Gypsy

Douglas Park Band Shell

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival:  ALvin & the Chipmunks

Safe Sitter

Out of the Blue Support Group

Wild About Reading Small Furry Mammals

Coffee Hour

Toddle On Over

Summer Film Fest - Backyard Safari: That's My Baby & Cartoon

The Elephant Man

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Asthma Parent Support Group

History Live!

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival:  ALvin & the Chipmunks

Gypsy

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

Abraham Lincoln in Song

The Elephant Man

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

History Live!

Gypsy

Festival Days at Girard

Coast to Coast Hot Tubs Show

Movie in the Park Summer Series - Charlotte’s Web

Springfield Youth Performance Group Summer Showcase

The Elephant Man

Preschool Storytime

History Live!

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

 

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

Morgan Horse Demonstration

Coast to Coast Hot Tubs Show

Women In the Outdoors

Gypsy

Festival Days at Girard

SummerFest

Springfield Amateur Women’s City Golf Tournament

27 28 29 30 31    
Bourbon Bluegrass Band Contemporary Bluegrass

History Live!

Festival Days at Girard

Coast to Coast Hot Tubs Show

Underground Railroad Tour

Student Art Show now-August 20

Gypsy

Lincoln Library Summer Reading Program thru August 2

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Springfield Amateur Women’s City Golf Tournament

Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces - Now through 7/31

Safe Sitter

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

Drawing Made Easy

Fall 2008 Funshop Open Registration

Gypsy

Summer Film Fest - Magic School Bus Blows Its Top & Cartoon

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts

First Steps Mothers' Support Group

Gypsy

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival: Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! 

Summer Film Fest - Magic School Bus Blows Its Top & Cartoon

Safe Sitter

Coffee Hour

Illinois Products Farmers’ Market

Gypsy

Kerasotes Summer Movie Festival: Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! 

Oklahoma!

   
August 2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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          Gypsy

Oklahoma!

Zoolympics

Springfield's 13th Annual World Breastfeeding Walk

Springfield Men’s City Golf Tournament

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Gypsy

Stitches In Time Presentations

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

Fabric of Life in a Country at War: Original Civilian and Military Clothing, 1861 to 1865

Underground Railroad Tour

Women In the Outdoors

Central Illinois Daylily Society - Sale

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hipbone Sam & Bad Bill Fun Standards

Gypsy

Underground Railroad Tour

Student Art Show now-August 20

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Springfield Men’s City Golf Tournament

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Drawing Made Easy

Springfield Muncipal Band Outdoor Concerts Pied Piper Architectural Tours

All Shook Up

Women In the Outdoors

Coffee Hour

 

Illinois State Fair - Twilight Parade

All Shook Up

Two by Two

All Shook Up

2008 Illinois State Fair - FERGIE

Pinocchio

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

Lincoln Library Storytime

All Shook Up

 

Underground Railroad Tour 

 

Springfield Men’s City Golf Tournament

 

Pinocchio

 

Two by Two

 

Springfield Sliders Baseball Game

 

2008 Illinois State Fair - WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

 

Hummingbird Festival in Menard County

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Angela Star & Small Change Music of 60's to 90's

Springfield Men’s City Golf Tournament

Two by Two

All Shook Up

2008 Illinois State Fair - HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS W/ JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS

Underground Railroad Tour

Student Art Show now-August 20

Faces of Abe: The Jim and Carole Shay Collection - Now through 9/21

Henson Robinson Zoo Member Mondays

2008 Illinois State Fair - ILLINOIS SYMPHONY (FREE)

Drawing Made Easy

2008 Illinois State Fair

All Shook Up

Pinocchio

2008 Illinois State Fair

Coffee Hour

All Shook Up

 

Two by Two

2008 Illinois State Fair

All Shook Up

Pinocchio

Day Out With Thomas™ 2008

Two by Two

2008 Illinois State Fair - ZZ TOP/ BROOKS AND DUNN

All Shook Up

Pinocchio

Day Out With Thomas™ 2008

Music in Nature Concert Series

2008 Illinois State Fair - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD W/ VANESSA HUDGENS

All Shook Up

 

Pinocchio

 

All Shook Up

 

Lincoln Library Storytime

 

Underground Railroad Tour

Two by Two

Historic Washington Park Photography Display - Now through 9/1

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Day Out With Thomas™ 2008

Ken Carlyle Country, Country rock, Originals

Historic Washington Park Photography Display - Now through 9/1

Parent/Child Golf Tournament

All Shook Up

Student Art Show now-August 20

Two by Two

2008 Illinois State Fair - TRACE ADKINS W/ TRENT TOMLINSON</