Festivals, Events & Attractions

festivals, events and attractions

Festival 56 opens its tenth season this June and each season brings a new array of exceptional comedies, musicals and theatre classics, including seven mainstage shows, plus free performances of Shakespeare. Additional area festivals and events include The Cattleman's Beef & Ag Festival, Lovejoy Homestead Festival and Pork Days, and the granddaddy of all fairs - the Bureau County Fair which was founded more than 150 years ago!

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Upcoming Events

Events Directory

Bureau County 4-H Fair
Dates: TBA
Location: Bureau County Fairgrounds

Cattleman’s Beef & Ag Festival
Dates: TBA
July 16 Location: Soldiers & Sailors Park
July 17 Location: Bureau County Fairgrounds

Bureau County Farmer’s Market
Dates: June – October
Times: Every Saturday,
8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Every Tuesday, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Darius Miller Park

Bureau County Fair
Dates: August, 2012
Location: Bureau County Fairgrounds
www.bureaucountyfair.com

Oakland Speaks
Dates: TBA
Location: Oakland Cemetery

Lovejoy Homestead Festival & Pork Days
Dates: September, 2012
Location: Princeton, IL
www.homesteadfestival.com

Nightmare of Fairgrounds Road
Dates: October 2012

Location: Bureau County Fairgrounds
www.bureaucountyfair.com

Shadows of the Blue & Gray
Dates: October 13-14, 2012 
Location: City County Park

Christmas Open House
Dates: November 16-18 2012
Location: Downtown Princeton, IL

Attractions Directory

Live Theater, History, Music & Libraries

Movies & Video

Transportation

Bureau County Historical Society Museum
109 Park Avenue West
Phone: 815-875-2184

Bureau County Genealogical Society
629 South Main Street
Phone: 815-879-3133

Live Professional Theatre
Festival 56

316 South Main Street
Phone: 815-879-5656 or
toll free 866-806-5656

Princeton Public Library
698 East Peru Street
Phone: 815-875-1331

Owen Lovejoy Homestead
US Route 6 and Route 26
Phone: 815-879-9151

Prairie Arts Center
24 Park Avenue East
Phone: 815-875-9124

Princeton Coffee House
Open Prairie United
Church of Christ
25 East Marion
Phone: 815-872-5150

Apollo Theater
455 South Main Street
Phone: 815-875-1707

Family Video
20 W. Century Drive
Phone: 815-875-3737

Amtrak Station
105 Bicentennial Drive
Darius Miller Park
Depot: 815-872-4310
Amtrak: 800-USA-RAIL

Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Peru location - call in advance to
arrange car rental for Amtrak
Phone: 815-447-2487