It’s time to Unplug Illinois! This Saturday, we celebrate Unplug Illinois Day with all the outdoor adventures you can think of. This statewide campaign to put down your devices and get outside started back in 2014, with more and more festivities popping up every year. Glen Ellyn is hosting the Unplug Illinois Family Fun Run and Walk on Saturday morning. You’ll also find Unplug Illinois Day at Denning Park in La Grange, as well as Woodridge’s Unplug Olympic Day. There are quite a few other ways to “unplug” in our weekend planner below, so don’t forget to tag us using #sharekidlist while you’re out and about this weekend.
For those of you who scored tickets to the movie screening this Saturday at the last Kidlist Park Playdate, see you there!
This weekend planner is sponsored by the featured listings.
Kidlist Park Playdate
Kidlist Park Playdate
July 14, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Spring Rock Park
4400 Central Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
Join us at the Spring Rock Park in Western Springs next Thursday, July 14 from 10-11:30am! There will be a DJ with interactive games, free snacks from GoGo squeeZ, giveaways from Kidlist, Springdale Eye Care, and Corsalus Financial, a fun musical instrument craft from Western Springs Park District (we highly recommend making the craft, then taking it over by the DJ to get the party started!), chalk the walk with Kidlist, take-home craft from Thomas Ford Library, and of course tons of fun at the playground and splash pad. No tickets required- just stop by and join us… it’s free!
Afterwards, walk down the block to downtown Western Springs. My kids love the sandwiches at Casey’s Market (and Thursday is discount sandwich day!). You can also get a smoothie at The Fruit Store, sno cone at Tropical Sno, or donuts at BB’s. Oberweis and Starbucks over there are always a hit too. You can watch the trains while having a picnic lunch in front of the historic Water Tower!
Fun Things To Do With Kids This Weekend and Beyond
Please check the details before you go to these events to ensure you know about registration requirements and additional safety measures 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.
Friday
There’s something for everyone on Friday. Enjoy Fridays in the Field at Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center in Willow Springs, La Grange Public Library’s M&M’S Bingo, or Archery: Families at Churchill Woods in Lombard. Taste of Westmont and Railroad Days in West Chicago are happening, too!
Safety Town Open Road (Elmhurst)
July 8, 2022 | 9:00am – 10:30am
Register in advance.
Visit Your Local Park (Bolingbrook)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:30pm
Taste of Chicago
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Yoga for Kids (Naper Blvd. Library, Naperville)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:30am
Fridays in the Field (Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Willow Springs)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Take and Make Fridays (Brookfield Public Library)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 6:00pm
Stories in the Park (Woodridge)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Blanding’s Turtles (Willowbrook Wildlife Center, Glen Ellyn)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Windmill City Festival (Batavia)
July 8, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Park-Hopper Storytime (IPPL, Darien)
July 8, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:00am
Fun Fridays (West Chicago)
July 8, 2022 | 11:00am – 12:00pm
Tractor-Drawn Wagon Rides (St. James Farm, Warrenville)
July 8, 2022 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
M&M’S Bingo (La Grange Public Library)
July 8, 2022 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Fun Fridays (Bolingbrook)
July 8, 2022 | 2:30pm – 3:30pm
A Very Special Storytime (Waterlemon, La Grange)
July 8, 2022 | 3:30pm – 4:15pm
Moose Cruise Night and Friday Night Live (Downtown Downers Grove)
July 8, 2022 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Taste of Westmont
July 8, 2022 | 4:00pm – 10:30pm
Family Float Night (Cypress Cove, Woodridge)
July 8, 2022 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Community Days (Northlake)
July 8, 2022 | 5:00pm – 11:30pm
Pokémon Card Trading Night (Berwyn Public Library)
July 8, 2022 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Parent Date Night Kids Party (Blackberry Farm, Aurora)
July 8, 2022 | 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Archery: Families (Churchill Woods, Lombard)
July 8, 2022 | 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Railroad Days (West Chicago)
July 8, 2022 | 5:30pm – 11:00pm
Roselle Cruise Nights
July 8, 2022 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm
STC Live (Downtown St. Charles)
July 8, 2022 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Twilight Tunes (Brookfield Zoo)
July 8, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Movies and Food Trucks (Geneva Commons)
July 8, 2022 | 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Movie Night (Blackberry Farm, Aurora)
July 8, 2022 | 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Movie in the Park (Elmhurst)
July 8, 2022 | 7:30pm
Flick and Float (Oasis Water Park, Bloomingdale)
July 8, 2022 | 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Cycle Brookfield Light Up The Night Ride
July 8, 2022 | 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Movies in the Park (Lombard)
July 8, 2022 | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Movie In The Park (Cantigny Park, Wheaton)
July 8, 2022 | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House
Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm
750 Pasquinelli Drive #204
Westmont, IL 60559
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Join us Wednesday, July 13th from 6:30pm-8:00 PM for Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies’ Children’s Academy Open House. We are a one-of-a-kind therapeutic enrichment program in Westmont. Parents can learn about the academy, tour our facility and meet our amazing team of therapists. Our Academy serves as a preschool for littles or complements school schedules for older kids.
Attendees will also have a chance to win fun family giveaways, including mini golf or aquatic park passes.
About our Academy:
- Play-based curriculum
- Run by pediatric specialists and therapists
- Ages 2-7 years old
- 9-month school year academy
- Complements school schedule for older children
- Small class sizes
- Builds social emotional development, problem solving & more
Sign up for our Academy Open House here!
Saturday
How are you getting outside on Saturday? Play at the Park in Lombard, Let’s Go Fly A Kite in Bartlett, or Decorate the Deck at East End Pool in Elmhurst.
Unplug Illinois Day (Winfield)
July 9, 2022 | 8:00am – 8:00pm
Bubble Run (Soldier Field, Chicago)
July 9, 2022 | 8:00am – 12:00pm
Yoga on the Green (Burr Ridge Village Center)
July 9, 2022 | 8:30am – 9:30am
Nature Story Trail (Trailside Museum of Natural History, River Forest)
July 9, 2022 | 9:00am – 4:00pm
Splash and Dash Duathlon (Bloomingdale)
July 9, 2022 | 9:00am – 11:00am
Unplug Illinois Family Fun Run and Walk (Glen Ellyn)
July 9, 2022 | 9:30am – 11:30am
Taste of Chicago
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Let’s Go Fly A Kite (Bartlett)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Unplug Illinois Day (Roselle)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Unplug Illinois Day (La Grange)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Play at the Park (Lombard)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Kids Fest (Wampum Lake, Thornton)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 3:00pm
Unplug With Monarchs (Bolingbrook)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
Windmill City Festival (Batavia)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00am – 11:00pm
Unplug Olympic Day (Woodridge)
July 9, 2022 | 10:30am – 12:30pm
Family Fun Tent (Downtown Wheaton)
July 9, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:15am
Storytime in the Garden (Berwyn)
July 9, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Picnic in the Park (Warrenville)
July 9, 2022 | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Decorate the Deck (East End Pool, Elmhurst)
July 9, 2022 | 11:00am – 5:00pm
Unplug Illinois: Dip Netting (Romeoville)
July 9, 2022 | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Taste of Westmont
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 10:30pm
Origami Open House (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Second Saturday Family Program (Cantigny Park, Wheaton)
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Ravinia in Ridgewood (Western Springs)
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 9:00pm
Decorate the Deck (Bartlett Aquatic Center)
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Railroad Days (West Chicago)
July 9, 2022 | 12:00pm – 11:00pm
American Girl Mid-Summer Festival (Downers Grove Museum)
July 9, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Reserve space in advance.
Family Movie (Downers Grove Public Library)
July 9, 2022 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Gingarte Capoeira Brazilian Dance Workshop (IPPL, Darien)
July 9, 2022 | 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Downtown Oswego Cruise Nights
July 9, 2022 | 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Community Days (Northlake)
July 9, 2022 | 5:00pm – 11:30pm
Twilight Tunes (Brookfield Zoo)
July 9, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Cruise Nights and Summer Concert Series (Lombard)
July 9, 2022 | 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Star Gazing Party (Peck Farm Park, Geneva)
July 9, 2022 | 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Entertainment Dayz (Bensenville)
July 9, 2022 | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Summer Fireworks (Navy Pier, Chicago)
July 9, 2022 | 10:00pm – 10:30pm
Sunday
Visit with your favorite pollinators at Insect Safari, hosted by Trailside Museum of Natural History in River Forest, or the Garfield Park Conservatory’s Bee Demo in Chicago. Not into the creepy crawlers? Enjoy Sundae Sunday and Peaches Baseball at Naper Settlement in Naperville, or one of the Sunday evening concerts in the park.
Community Days (Northlake)
July 10, 2022 | 7:30am – 10:00pm
Cardboard Boat Regatta (Clarendon Hills)
July 10, 2022 | 9:00am – 11:00am
Nature Story Trail (Trailside Museum of Natural History, River Forest)
July 10, 2022 | 9:00am – 4:00pm
Family Storybook Yoga (Peggy Notebaert Museum, Chicago)
July 10, 2022 | 9:00am – 10:00am
Register in advance.
Taste of Chicago
July 10, 2022 | 10:00am – 10:00pm
Windmill City Festival (Batavia)
July 10, 2022 | 10:00am – 6:00pm
Unplug With Monarchs (Hidden Oaks, Bolingbrook)
July 10, 2022 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
Insect Safari (Trailside Museum of Natural History, River Forest)
July 10, 2022 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Bee Demo (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
July 10, 2022 | 11:00am – 1:30pm
Taste of Westmont
July 10, 2022 | 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Father and Son Day at the Park (Westchester)
July 10, 2022 | 12:00pm – 2:30pm
Sundae Sunday and Peaches Baseball (Naper Settlement, Naperville)
July 10, 2022 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Railroad Days (West Chicago)
July 10, 2022 | 1:00pm – 10:00pm
Picnic on Park (Elmhurst)
July 10, 2022 | 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Sunday Makebreak (Michael’s Craft Stores)
July 10, 2022 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Outdoor Concert (Cantigny Park, Wheaton)
July 10, 2022 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Summer Concerts in the Park (Oak Park)
July 10, 2022 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Concerts In Your Park (Naperville)
July 10, 2022 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Want to look ahead to next week?
Check out all the family-friendly events happening in your neighborhood and beyond on our events calendar!
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We hope you found some family-friendly fun in our list of weekend events in the western 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!
