MARKET DETAILS: Dates: Thursdays, June 6 - August 29, September 12, October 10 Times: 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Locations: Miller Center Parking Lot, located at 551 South 14th Street, Pekin, IL (moved inside if inclement weather) What: Entertainment, Food Trucks, and Vendors PUBLIC ATTENDANCE: It's free to attend! Bring the family and enjoy the entertainment, food, crafts, and more […]
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 […]
Are you ready to JAM? Enjoy an evening of live entertainment and Pekin music history! The bands performing will be Matt Miller, Revel in Red, JammSammich and Back Street - truly a sound for all! Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Pekin Park Foundation to support construction of the Steven D. Skinner Performing Arts Venue to be […]
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!
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 much-loved event is back Saturday, September 7! Will your boat make it 200 yards to be the crowned champion? Check-in at boat dock between: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Race begins: 3:00 p.m.
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
MARKET DETAILS: Dates: Thursdays, June 6 - August 29, September 12, October 10 Times: 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Locations: Miller Center Parking Lot, located at 551 South 14th Street, Pekin, IL (moved inside if inclement weather) What: Entertainment, Food Trucks, and Vendors PUBLIC ATTENDANCE: It's free to attend! Bring the family and enjoy the entertainment, food, crafts, and more […]
(We will be accepting donated items for TAPS at the door. Food, treats, toys, puppy pads, litter, blankets, towels, laundry detergent, etc... for a list of wish items visit www.TAPSShelter.org) It’s that time of year – the much-anticipated Animal Rescue Fundraiser! It’s always so much fun to get animal lovers, supporters, and volunteers together and this event should prove to be […]
Join us again at the Downtown Concert Series in Pekin, IL for yet another night of incredible live music, craft, food, and beverage vendors. This time around we’ll be met with Mixtape Mayhem, Central Illinois’ most rockin’ female-fronted party band! And if one great band wasn’t enough, we’ll also be joined by Stone Cold Cowboys, the only band in Central […]