Champaign Fall Festivals 2024 – IL Fall Events

Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest - Lake Shelbyville, IL - Oct 11 to Oct 13, 2024
Balloon launches, music, crafts, community breakfast fundraiser, helicopter rides, balloon glow, cookouts and festival foods, kids area, and more. Launches are weather dependent for safety.

Apple ‘N Pork Festival - Clinton, IL - Sep 28 to Sep 29, 2024
A harvest festival with flea market, 19th century craft demonstrations, antique tractor show; live musical entertainment and more at the C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum grounds.

Pygmalion Festival - Urbana, IL - Sep 19 to Sep 21, 2024
Taking place at a variety of venues around Champaign and Urbana, this festival features music, authors, a Think component with innovated ideas, and more. They believe in equal access to great performances by everyone, so there are no VIP tickets available, in small, intimate spaces.

Broomcorn Festival - Arcola, IL - Sep 6 to Sep 8, 2024
Celebrate in the Broomcorn Capital of the World with free entertainment, parade, road race, food and a parade featuring the famous Lawn Rangers. Visitors can see broom making, broom activities, arts and crafts vendors. Additionally, visitors can participate in the Arcola Broomcorn 5K and 10K races. The event, held the weekend after Labor Day, honors Arcola’s position in the late nineteenth century as a center of broomcorn production.

National Sweetcorn Festival - Hoopeston, IL - Aug 29 to Sep 2, 2024
A carnival, parade and demolition derby in the Sweetcorn Capitol. 50 tons of sweetcorn are cooked with an antique steam engine and handed out free.

C-U Oktoberfest - Champaign, IL - Sep 30 to Sep 30, 2023
The C-U Oktoberfest is a fall celebration of music, beer, and food held in downtown Champaign. Patterned after the annual festival in Bavaria, the C-U Oktoberfest features live music from bands playing festive polkas, waltzes, and traditional German music…mixed in with plenty of your favorite songs. Beer from local brewers and a selection of German beers will be served. Party-goers are encouraged to get in the spirit by wearing their best dirndl or lederhosen (or come as they are) and dance the night away!

Vahlings Twilight Nights Music and Wine Fall Festival - Stewardson, IL - Sep 23 to Sep 24, 2023
Live music, games and activities, food vendors, free camping, plus live demonstrations, vendors and more at Vahling Vineyards and Winery

Scarecrow Daze - Lake Shelbyville, IL - Oct 8 to Oct 9, 2021
Vendors, car show, pageant, parade, tot-rod pedal pull, dancing demos, cider press, kids’ activities, and more!