51 Touch-A-Truck Events to Delight Kids with Tractors, Construction Trucks, Emergency Vehicles, and More

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Kids can hop on big trucks, honk the horn on cool cars, and pretend to steer fire trucks to save the day at these local Touch-A-Truck events throughout the western suburbs. At some of these family-friendly festivities, first responders who drive emergency response vehicles will be on hand to answer questions and give tours, too. You’ll also find school buses, ambulances, garbage trucks, and so much more.

We’ve noted some sensory-friendly times where the sirens and lights will be turned off, too. Don’t see your favorite event listed? Leave it in the comments below or email Annie at annie@mykidlist.com.

April Touch-a-Truck Events

Touch-A-Tractor (St. Charles)
April 12, 2024 | 12:00pm – 4:00pm
April 13, 2024 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
April 14, 2024 | 10:00am – 3:00pm

Touch a Truck (Elmwood Park)
April 20, 2024 | 9:00am – 1:00pm

Touch A Truck (Bolingbrook)
April 20, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm

May Touch-a-Truck Events

Transportation Exploration Day (North Riverside)
May 1, 2024 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm
4:00pm – 4:45 pm will be sensory-friendly.

Motion Explosion (Woodridge)
May 3, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Safety education, kite fly, and touch-a-truck in one event.

Touch a Truck (Glen Ellyn)
May 4, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Big Trucks (Palatine)
May 4, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Touch-a-Truck (Algonquin)
May 4, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm
Sensory-friendly from 10:00am – 11:00am.

Touch a Tractor at Crabtree (Crabtree Nature Center, Barrington)
May 4, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (La Grange)
May 11, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Sensory-friendly from 10:00am-10:30 am

Open House and Touch-A-Truck (Manhattan)
May 11, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Tour village hall and the police department along with touch-a-truck festivities.

Touch A Truck (Berwyn)
May 15, 2024 | 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Touch a Truck (Batavia)
May 17, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Sensory-friendly from 10:00am – 10:45am.

Touch-a-Truck (Western Springs)
May 18, 2024 | 9:00am – 12:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (Oakbrook Terrace)
May 18, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Engineering and Public Works Open House (Schaumburg)
May 18, 2024 | 10:00am – 2:00pm

Parks and Public Services Day (Buffalo Grove)
May 18, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Public Works Open House (Glen Ellyn)
May 23, 2024 | 4:00pm – 6:30pm
Includes a touch-a-truck.

Touch-A-Truck (Lockport)
May 31, 2024 | 10:30am – 2:30pm
Sensory-friendly from 10:30am – 11:30am.

Young child sitting on a concrete mixer at a Touch a Truck event.

June Touch-a-Truck Events

Touch-A-Truck (Battistoni Beam Polivka Orthodontics, La Grange)
June 9, 2024 | 9:00am – 11:00am

School’s Out Touch-a-Truck (Pleasant Dale Park District, Burr Ridge)
June 12, 2024 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Concert in the Park featuring “Soda” runs from 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Statewide Kite Fly and Touch-A-Truck (Bloomingdale)
June 15, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (Rolling Meadows)
June 21, 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Touch-A-Truck (Medinah)
June 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm

July Touch-a-Truck Events

Touch-a-Truck and Kids IDs (Bartlett)
July 13, 2024 | 9:00am – 11:00am

Transportation Zoo (DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville)
July 20, 2024 | 9:00am – 1:00pm
Included with general admission or membership.

Cars, Trucks and Heroes (Chik-fil-A, Bloomingdale)
July 27, 2024 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Touch a Truck (Clarendon Hills)
July 26, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Intended for Clarendon Hills residents only. 

August Touch-a-Truck Events

Touch a Truck (North Aurora)
August 3, 2024 | times TBA

Big Trucks (Barrington)
August 3, 2024 | 9:00am – 11:30am

Touch-A-Truck (Streamwood)
August 3, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Touch a Truck (Addison)
August 3, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Touch-a-Truck at National Night Out (Oak Brook)
August 6, 2024 | 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Touch A Truck (Lemont)
August 10, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Touch a Truck (Franklin Park)
August 10, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Touch a Truck (Butterfield Park District, Lombard)
August 17, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Touch a Truck (Winfield)
August 17, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm

Big Rigs and Kids (Villa Park)
August 17, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Sensory-friendly from 10:00am – 10:30am.

September Touch-a-Truck Events

Touch a Truck (Blackberry Farm, Aurora)
September 5, 2024 | 9:30am – 11:30am

Touch-A-Truck (Elmhurst)
September 7, 2024 | 9:00am – 12:00pm

Touch A Truck (North Riverside Park Mall)
September 7, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Touch a Truck (Lombard)
September 14, 2024 | 9:30am – 12:30pm
Sensory-friendly session from 9:30am – 10:30am.

Touch-A-Truck (Arlington Heights)
September 14, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Kids Expo (Aurora)
September 14, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Touch a Truck (Elgin Community College, Burlington)
September 14, 2024 | 10:00am – 2:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (Westmont)
September 14, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm

Wonderful World of Wheels (Naperville)
September 16, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm

Touch-a-Bus with First Student (Indian Trails Public Library, Wheeling)
September 17, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:45am

Touch-A-Truck (Riverside)
September 19, 2024 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm

October Touch-a-Truck Events

Water Reclamation Open House (Carol Stream)
October 5, 2024 | 10:00am – 2:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (Downtown Wheaton)
October 12, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm

Touch-A-Truck (Downers Grove)
October 26, 2024 | 9:00am – 1:00pm

Kids climbing on a bright red tractor at a Touch a Truck event.

We hope this list helped you in your search for “touch a truck near me!” Looking for other places to see cool vehicles? Check out our list of classic car shows happening throughout the summer.

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