Des Plaines Fall Fest – September 18-20, your favorite family festival in the northwest suburbs with carnival rides, live bands, food, kids activities, and vendor booths!

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DES PLAINES PARK DISTRICT

DES PLAINES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

DES PLAINES HISTORY CENTER

Fall Fest with presenting sponsor Rivers Casino

September 18-20

Three Days of Family Friendly Fun

Free Admission • Free Concerts

Friday, Sept. 18

6 – 11 pm

Saturday, Sept. 19

Noon – 11 pm

Sunday, Sept. 20

Noon – 7 pm

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What to Expect

Carnival Rides and Games
KidZone!
Petting Zoo
Climbing Wall
Food Vendors
Beer & Wine
Great Entertainment
History Center Tent
Car Show

Attentive children and adults sit on a concrete surface, enjoying a performance.

Visitors peruse a row of cars with their front hoods open to reveal the engines on a grassy field. The cars are mainly classic cars in good repair, one of which has a roof-mounted tiger sculpture, and in the background the Oscar Meyer weinermobile is partially visible.

Two young children crouch down to pet a chicken. Visible in the background are the legs of a small goat and the wooly brown side of a sheep.

Children pose in two rows with large rainbow exercise balls in warm evening light against a backdrop of seated people and food vendor signs. Each child in the front row sits on a ball, all smiling and some forming hearts with their hands, as the back row holds balls of their own overhead.

Four grey haired women dance and cheer in a park. Lake Opeka is visible in the background as a stretch of glittering cyan behind two trees with spreading branches.

A large gathering of people of various ages in summer clothing relaxes on foldable outdoor chairs and picnic blankets. The light of the setting sun is broken up by the leaves and branches of a large tree and reflects off the waters of the lake. Most of the people are looking in the same direction, watching a concert not captured in the picture.

Thank you to our sponsors

Lake Park
2200 Lee St, Des Plaines, IL 60018

847-391-5700

fallfest@desplaineshistory.org