Summer, we love you, but fall festivals in Champaign-Urbana are awesome in their own special, pumpkin-filled ways
Some fall festivals are within a short drive of Champaign-Urbana and all of them offer something a little different for families
The weather may be getting (a little) cooler but the fall festivals in Central Illinois are heating up! The fall festival season list includes events starting with Labor Day weekend and goes through early November.
There are so many to choose from in our area and each one offers some serious family fun. Feel like watching a parade? Carving a pumpkin? Watching a lumberjack competition? Taking in some folk and roots music? How about taking a train ride? There’s something for everyone at a festival near you this fall.
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Here’s our list of fall festivals in the Champaign-Urbana area; we will continue to add to this list.
Did we miss your favorite fall festival? Let us know so we can add it (email us – editor@chambanamoms.com.)
FALL FESTIVALS HAPPENING IN THE CHAMPAIGN-URBANA AREA
C-U Black & African Arts Festival
Where: Urbana
Date(s): 09/18/2021 –
Highlights: Experience and enjoy arts & crafts, food, fashion, music, jewelry, and resources. They will also feature a Kid’s Corner, a Global music jam, and more!
Mahomet Soda Fest
Where: Mahomet
Date(s): 09/18/2021 –
Highlights: Get ready for a weekend of refreshment and great memories! Enjoy live music, delicious local food and events for the whole family.
Country Fest
Where: Seymour
Date(s): 09/18/2021 – 09/19/2021
Highlights: A family fun event with pumpkins, mums, apples, craft & food vendors, free bounce houses and more!
Pride Fest 2021
Date(s): 09/24/2021 –
Highlights: Details to come later this fall on what Pride Fest will look like in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Osman Memorial Community Festival and Stock Car Races
Where: Urbana
Date(s): 09/25/2021 – 09/26/2021
Highlights: Live outdoor music, Kidz Zone and LIVE stock car racing! Adults 12 and up are $20 each and kids 11 and under are FREE!
Apple 'n Pork Festival
Where: Clinton
Date(s): 09/25/2021 – 09/26/2021
Highlights: Food stands featuring old-fashioned food items, antique displays, 19th century-inspired demonstrations and so much more at this large fall festival.
Scarecrow Festival in AMBUCS Park
Where: Urbana
Date(s): 10/02/2021 –
Highlights: Barrel train rides, hay rack rides, a flea market, bake sale, food, and lots of fun!
Tolono Fun Day - Rescheduled from June
Where: Tolono
Date(s): 10/02/2021 –
Highlights: Tolono Fun Day will conclude with Fireworks in West Side Park!
Flannel Fest
Where: Champaign
Date(s): 10/24/2021 –
Highlights: Watch the Timberwork’s Lumberjack Show perform demonstrations throughout the evening, enjoy music, art, games, crafts, food trucks, Lumberjack Dash and much more at this free fall event!
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