Dates and times are subject to change, please confirm with the venue before heading out.
Fall in Central Illinois has a rhythm of its own: pumpkins on farm stands, jack-o-lantern lights along the riverfront, and the downtown arena filling up for the first games and concerts of the season. Whether you are new to the area or simply looking for a reason to get out, here is what is on the calendar, listed exactly as the organizers published it.
Around town
Halloween weekend in Peoria.
Laser Light Nights
Saturday, October 31, 12:15pm
Peoria Riverfront Museum
RLC Annual Harvest in Goshen Festival
Saturday, October 24, 3:00pm
1521 N Park Road, West Peoria
Rhythm in the Forest
Sunday, October 25, 3:00pm
Forest Park Nature Center
Peoria Rivermen vs Pee Dee IceCats (hockey)
Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, 7:15pm
Peoria Civic Center
Zach Williams: Revival Nights with Cochren & Co.
Friday, October 30, 7:00pm
Prairie Home Alliance Theater
Museum Conversations with Bonnie Siegler, "Signs of Resistance: Protest Art in America"
Wednesday, October 28, 6:30pm
Peoria Riverfront Museum
The month ahead
Coming up in November.
Bradley Men's Basketball vs Monmouth College
Monday, November 2, 7:00pm
Peoria Civic Center
Three Days Grace, Alienation Tour
Tuesday, November 3, 7:00pm
Peoria Civic Center
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Servant to All
Wednesday, November 4
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Peoria Symphony Orchestra: Dazzling Stars
Saturday, November 7, 7:30pm
Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria
Motionless in White
Sunday, November 8, 6:30pm
Peoria
Peoria Historical Society Candlelight Tour
November
Guided walking tour through Peoria's historic neighborhoods
3rd Peoria Bookfest
Saturday, November 14, 10:00am
FFC's Life Together Center
Brunch & Bubbly
Saturday, November 21, 9:30am
Holiday Inn & Suites Peoria at Grand Prairie
TobyMac with Third Day and Chris Tomlin
Friday, November 20
Carver Arena, Peoria Civic Center
Worth the drive
Fall favorites around Central Illinois.
These three family farms anchor the fall calendar for the whole region, and each one is an easy day trip from Peoria.
Tanners Orchard
Open through October
Speer, Stark County, Illinois Route 40
Four-generation family farm with a corn maze, u-pick apples and pumpkins.
Roth Pumpkin Patch
Fall season
Morton
Pumpkins, a playground, a corn maze, and the Pumpkin Patch Gift Shop.
Rader Family Farms
Open through November 1
Normal
U-pick pumpkins, a large corn maze, and 50+ farm activities.
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