The Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce Marigold Festival Committee is looking forward to their annual Pekin Marigold Festival traditions. Always the weekend after Labor Day – this year’s festival events will be held on September 4-8, 2024. The first Pekin Marigold Festival was held in 1973 to honor Pekin’s favorite son, Everett McKinley Dirksen. Dirksen continues to be honored each […]
Before you hit Mineral Springs Park on the last morning of the Marigold Festival, stop by the Miller Center, 551 S. 14th Street in Pekin, across from the Lagoon, between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 8, 2024, for a breakfast fundraiser to support TCRC and Miller Center programs. The cost is $6.00 a plate, including pancakes, sausage, […]
Debuting at the longstanding Pekin Marigold Festival, with four FREE shows throughout the weekend, come out to see professional wrestling in Pekin’s premier event of the year!
The 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Band performs music the Civil War era soldier would have loved to hear, whether it was the opera and folk music of the pre-war years, the music he heard on the battlefield and in the camp, or the music that evolved after the war. *Located on the Pavilion Porch
Debuting at the longstanding Pekin Marigold Festival, with four FREE shows throughout the weekend, come out to see professional wrestling in Pekin’s premier event of the year!