With Juneteenth on Friday and Father’s Day on Sunday, the weekend ahead offers plenty of opportunities to get out and celebrate. Community organizations throughout the suburbs come together this weekend to honor Black culture, history, and food at Juneteenth celebrations. You’ll also find car shows, fishing derbies, and freebies for the special dads, grandpas, uncles, and important men in your life. This list of things to do with kids this weekend is one of our biggest weekend planners yet. No matter what you decide to do, we hope you have a fun weekend celebrating.
Things to Do with Kids This Weekend: Western Suburbs
Please check the details before you go to these events to ensure you know about registration requirements and additional info to maximize your family’s fun. While we do our best to keep the most up-to-date information in our calendar, last minute location or time changes do happen. Want to find “weekend events near me”? We have you covered!
Friday
Enjoy $5 Summer Fridays at Wonder Works Children’s Museum, visit Oswego’s PrairieFest or join one of the countless Juneteenth celebrations on Friday.
Saturday
How can we pick from all the great options on Saturday? DuPage Children’s Museum’s annual Mess Fest is always a favorite, as is Westchester’s Juneteenth Celebration and Splash Bash Saturdays in Geneva.
Sunday
Sunday is for all the men! Enjoy Free Fishing Days for Father’s Day Weekend in Bolingbrook, explore the Lyon’s Father’s Day Car Show, or Celebrate Father’s Day at Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
Things to Do with Kids This Weekend: Northwest Suburbs
We strive to answer the question “Where can I find weekend events near me?” Our team takes care to stock the calendar full of kid-friendly fun, but please keep in mind that last minute changes to events do happen. We recommend clicking through to the event details to double check if there has been a change in registration requirements and to get additional information before you go. Have fun!
Friday
We’re loving the choices on Friday! Cast your reel at Family Fishing Exploration Day, hosted by Crabrtree Nature Center in Barrington. Explore the Touch-A-Truck in Rolling Meadows or Gather and Play: Juneteenth at Mount Prospect Public Library.
Saturday
Visit Supercar Saturday at The Arb in South Barrington or try fishing at Busse Lake Outdoors Day and Fishing Derby. Things are extra exciting at Volo Museum, with Power Wheels Drag Race Father’s Day Weekend as part of Father’s Day Fest.
Sunday
We spy great options to celebrate dads, as well as Wood Dale’s Prairie Fest or Summer Entertainment in Wheeling.
Want to look ahead to next week?
Check out all the family-friendly events happening in your neighborhood and beyond on our events calendar. You can filter the calendar by day by clicking the date on top, so if you are looking for things to do on a specific day, it’s easy to find!
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We hope you found some family-friendly fun in our list of things to do with kids this weekend in the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago! This list is updated every week and sent out in the Kidlist emails. (Click here to sign up if you haven’t already.)
We love local businesses, libraries, park districts, villages, and organizations — they plan great events for all of us to enjoy. If you are hosting an event or know of an event that should be on our list, click here to submit it to the Kidlist calendar!
We strive to be the most comprehensive source for family fun, which is why you’ll always see so many weekend events listed. It would definitely be easier to just list the details for a few events and call them “the best weekend events for families”, but we recognize that everyone has different interests. Not to mention, sometimes I’m in the mood to go to a huge festival, and sometimes I’d rather go to a low-key storytime at the library. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way. That’s why we work hard and spend a lot of time to find everything going on in our area so you don’t have to!
We hope you find it helpful and we are open to suggestions. The Kidlist Team always talks about how we can improve and evolve to meet your needs, so let us know!
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This is a wonderful site. Thank you.
Love this Katie! Good job! Always looking for different healthy activities for the kiddos!
Awesome job, we struggle each week to find things to do with our grandchildren. Thank you so much.