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🎃 Your weekend plans just got SPOOKTACULAR!

Witches, scarecrows, classic horror, wine tasting, glowing golf carts, and a whole lot of rock 'n' roll. 🎸🍷👻

October 15–17 is bringing the fall fun to Northwest Illinois, and these eight events are only the beginning!

🍂 See what's happening this weekend at link in bio under EVENTS.
https://link.vnwil.com/Calendar

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🎃 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 '𝗻' 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹!
Northwest Illinois is packing a LOT of fun into one October weekend! 🍂

From Dixon's Witches Night Out and Rochelle's colorful Haybale Trail to the Scarecrow Festival, wine tasting, haunted happenings, a glowing Halloween parade, and live rock music—there's something for just about everyone!

📅 October 15–17 (plus the Haybale Trail all month!)

👻 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. Four communities. One seriously fun fall weekend.

And believe it or not, these are just a few of the 20+ 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧!

👉 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 at bio link under EVENTS!

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🎃✨ Rock Falls is lighting up Halloween!

Get ready for a glowing good time on Saturday, October 17, as decorated golf carts and UTVs roll through town for the Spooktacular Halloween Parade! 👻🚜

Spooky lights, creative costumes, and plenty of Halloween fun. Don't miss it!

📍 Rock Falls, IL | October 17

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🍂 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀!
Castle tours, scarecrows, glowing Halloween rides and Pumpkin Fest are still ahead. Our latest blog has plenty of ideas for making the most of the season—so grab a sweater and start planning your next fall outing.

Read the blog: 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤, 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧: 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨 at link in bio, under TRIP IDEAS!

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🌮 FRIDAY: TACOS. SATURDAY: PAWPAWS. 💚

Yep. That’s a weekend we can get behind.

Sept. 25 → Taco Throwdown + ZOWA LIVE | Rock Falls
Sept. 26 → Paw Paw Pawpaw Festival | Paw Paw

👉 Find both events at the link in bio under Events.

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🥭 Pawpaw. In Paw Paw. At the PawPaw Festival.

Frankly, the universe has aligned. 😂

Come taste Illinois’ quirky native fruit Saturday, Sept. 26, with food, vendors, live music and plenty of pawpaw shenanigans. Admission is FREE!

🔗 Event details at the link in bio under Events.

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🌮 𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗦. 𝗪𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗟𝗢𝗪-𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦. Let’s go, Rock Falls!

Taco Throwdown hits the RB&W District Friday, Sept. 25, from 4–10 p.m. Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with $2 taco samples, a Best Taco vote, low-rider cars, ZOWA Live Wrestling, a taco-eating contest and DJ Pelon.

And admission? FREE. 🙌

📅 Full details at the link in bio under Events.

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🍂 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗, 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦. 🎨🦆✨🎉

Art, nature, magic or a full-blown fall festival? Northwest Illinois has a little bit of everything happening this weekend.

🎨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 | Oregon
Take in landscapes and scenes captured in the open air by regional artists. The exhibition continues through Oct. 31.

🦆 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 | Thomson
Sept. 17 & 19 | Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center
Hop aboard for an easygoing guided ride through the wetlands and a closer look at this beautiful Mississippi River habitat.

✨ 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 | 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 | Dixon
Sept. 18 | The Dixon: Historic Theatre
Magic, illusions, comedy and plenty of “Wait…HOW did he do that?” moments take over The Dixon stage.

🌾 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 | Thomson
Sept. 18–20 | Del Curley Memorial Park
Make a weekend of it with three days of small-town fall festival fun in Thomson.

👉 Find details, times & more events:
https://link.vnwil.com/events

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🍎 NEW BLOG | 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲!

Apple-picking season is here! Head to @selmifarm in Rock Falls or @berryvieworchard near Mount Morris for crisp apples, cider donuts and an easygoing fall day in the country. 🍂

🍏 Find your next fall outing at the link in bio, TRAVEL IDEAS & BLOG

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🎨 𝟳𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!!

The Grand Detour Arts Festival returns Sunday with juried art, student artwork, live music, food and blacksmith demonstrations — all on the grounds of the historic John Deere site.

📅 Sunday, Sept. 13 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍 Grand Detour, IL
🎟️ FREE admission

A little art. A little history. A very good Sunday. 🍂

👉 Find all the details at the link in bio under Events Calendar

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🚗 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲!

Cut the Square Cruise Night is back Saturday from 4–8 p.m. with classic cars, muscle cars, custom rides, DJ music, food and ice cream. 🎶🍦

And yep — it’s FREE.

📍 Rochelle Flagg Township Museum
📅 Saturday, Sept. 12 | 4–8 p.m.

👉 Details at the link in bio under Events.

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𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗽𝗮𝘄. 🍈 𝙏𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙.

Paw Paw, Illinois, celebrates its namesake native fruit Sept. 26 with tastings, food, fun and plenty of pawpaw curiosity.

Read the new blog at the link in bio, TRIP IDEAS & BLOG

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