July 29th & 30th Sycamore Turning Back Time Weekend Downtown Sycamore • Saturday- Cruise Night: free concert, Classic Car Cruise, food vendors and beer garden. SundayClassic car show with over 1,000 cars. discoversycamore.com
August
August 6th 48th Annual Art Fair and Ice Cream Social DeKalb • Ellwood House • Enjoy a day of fun with art, music, and good food on the grounds of the Ellwood House Museum. ellwoodhouse.org
August 10th - 13th Sycamore Steam Show & Threshing Bee
Sycamore • Taylor Marshall Farm • Antique farm equipment, flea market, food, music, daily parade of Old Steam Engines and Threshing Bee. • threshingbee.org
August 10th - 20th California Suite
DeKalb • Stage Coach Theater stagecoachers.com
August 11th & 12th Cortland Summer Fest
Cortland • Cortland Community Park cortlandil.org
August 12th DeKalb County Barn Tour
DeKalb County • A one-day self-driving tour of select barn sites within DeKalb County with guided tours, photography opportunities and family activates. • daaha.org
815/756-1336 or 877/335-2521
August 19th Ride Like an Egyptian
DeKalb • 25, 50, 75, and 100 mile bike ride egyptiantheatre.org
August 19th Cruisin’ to Genoa Car Show Genoa • Downtown Genoa genoaareachamber.com
August 25th - 27th DeKalb Corn Fest
DeKalb • Downtown DeKalb • Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Corn Fest with 3 days of music, over 100 vendors, carnival, car show, historical tours, craft fair and free corn boil on Sat. 11am--2pm. Free admission. • cornfest.com
August 26th Ribs, Rhythm & Brews Fest
Sycamore • Downtown Sycamore Experience award-winning rib vendors from across the county, a variety of craft beers, and crowd-pleasing musical entertainment. • discoversycamore.com
August 26th Rockin’ For Reptiles
Sycamore • Midwest Museum of Natural History Rock out at the Museum’s outdoor reptileawareness event! Meet live animals, dance the afternoon away, and eat delicious food! • mmnh.org
August 27th Arts at the Barn
DeKalb • Glidden Homestead • Features twenty local artists showing and selling their work. Items include sculpture, jewelry, painting, quilting, fiber arts, and much, much, more. gliddenhomestead.org
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