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Dress in your best Halloween costume and join us for a FREE day of FUN for all ages. Enjoy inflatables, food, entertaind, and crafts. Trick-or-Treating will be available in the downtown business district from 11:00A - 2:00P. Free pumpkins will be available to the first 500 participants. For information on more events like this,...
Join us for the Hinsdale Fire & Police Open House! 🚒👮♂️ Enjoy family-friendly activities, live demonstrations, free food, and much more. Don’t miss it on October 12th from 11 AM - 2 PM! 🌭🎈 For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Fire Prevention Week.
Honk, Honk! Beep, Beep! Our community-favorite returns this October! Liberty Drive will be closed, between Wheaton Avenue and Hale Street, to make way for trucks, municipal vehicles, emergency vehicles, and more! Join us for this FREE, family-friendly event. Get up close, climb, honk, and touch these cool vehicles from right behind the wheel! Please...
K-9 Demonstration Extrication Demo Firefighter Aerial Ladder Climb Sprinkler Burn Show Appearance by "Pluggy" & "Sparky" the fire dog For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Fire Prevention Week.
Explore patterns and portals—and possibilities! To kick off the 2025 Family Day season, take inspiration from Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence to play with the magic of color and line. Participating artists include Keny De La Peña and Sishi Wang. ASL interpretation is provided at this event.
Watch out as you explore the Conservatory – you may run into a Budding Botanists! on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 3:00pm, Nature Educators will provide activities for kids of all ages at our Budding Botanists station. These programs are drop in and no preregistration is required. You can stop by and interact with...
Learn all about popcorn on an 1890s Midwest farm! You’ll hear the history of popcorn, see how to cook it on a wood-burning stove, and get to sample an array of heirloom varieties. Demonstrations begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. in the summer kitchen. Suggested admission donation of $5 per person ages...
The Forest Preserve District’s largest event returns for two days! Festivities will include equestrian performances and demonstrations in the outdoor arena, wagon rides, pony rides and other children’s activities, food and entertainment, barn tours, and more. All ages. Admission and parking are free, but there are small fees for some activities. No registration. Questions? ...
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