Picnic in the Park
Spring Rock Park 4400 Central Avenue, Western Springs, IL, United StatesUPDATED START TIME: 11:00am Bring your lunch. Inflatables, games, music, splash pad.
Free
Loading view.
Events Calendar
Sponsored by Drury Lane Theatre.
Casting on the Pier
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United StatesCasting On The Pier is back! Join us starting June 5 from 11am until 1pm, weather permitting. The team of skilled and friendly volunteers will be outside on the pier to teach both spin and fly casting every Wednesday this summer and fall through August 28. Participation is on a first come, first serve basis...
Included in general admission
Meet a Scientist Cicada Series: Diego Souza & Tatiana Sepulveda
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet the buzz on the broods this summer with our Meet a Scientist Cicada series! This May and June, Illinois will experience a rare, double-emergence of cicada broods XIX and XIII - a phenomenon that occurs once every 221 years. In honor of these little critters, we are hosting a series of cicada-centric events to...
Included in general admission
SRC Kickoff Party
Des Plaines Public Library 1501 Ellinwood Street, Des Plaines, IL, United StatesFor families with children of all ages! Join us at Central Park, 1555 E. Thacker St., to kick off the Summer Reading Challenge! Events Schedule: 1-3pm: Bubble Stations 1:30-3:30pm: Face Painting 1-4pm: Arts & Crafts
Free
Riverside Farmers Market
Historic Water Tower 10 Pine Ave, Riverside, IL, United StatesThe Farmers Market will return June 5 - October 9, Wednesdays from 2:30 - 7 p.m. at Centennial Plaza near the Historic Water Tower, located at 10 Pine Avenue. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Farmer’s Markets.
Free
Andertoons Cartooning Workshop
Prospect Heights Public Library 12 N. Elm Street, Prospect Heights, IL, United StatesLearn to draw all sorts of amazing cartoon animals in action! Kangaroo rats jumping! Flic-Flac spiders cartwheeling! Mantis shrimp punching! Flying squirrels knitting! (Just kidding, they fly!) It’s pure zoological zaniness!
Free
Western Springs French Market
Old Water Tower 914 Hillgrove Ave, Western Springs, IL, United StatesLocal farmers market with a variety of stands. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Farmer’s Markets.
Free
Batavia Farmers Market
Downtown BataviaThe Batavia Farmers' Market is held every Saturday from May 18 through October 26, 2024 from 8:00am to 12:00pm on North River Street between Wilson and Spring Streets. The Market features produce, baked goods, plants, honey and related farm products. Our vendors must grow, harvest and/or produce at least 75% of market products. NEW THIS...
Free
We do our best to provide comprehensive, accurate and useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from press releases, websites, signs around town and word of mouth. However, details change and people make mistakes, so please confirm the details before you go. Kidlist is not responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities listed on this site.
Submit an Event
Click on the button above to submit an event to the Kidlist calendar. We welcome everyone to submit events, given that they are family-friendly, free and/or drop-in, and are local for families in the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago. All submitted events are reviewed by the Kidlist team.