BACON & BREW FEST
JULY 16TH 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors. Concerts are every Thursday night from 6-8pm!
JULY 23RD 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors. Concerts are every Thursday night from 6-8pm!
JULY 23-26TH 2026 Camanche Days
Platt Park | Camanche, IA
This annual celebration features complete family entertainment with a parade, carnival, golf, tennis, softball, pool and arm wrestling tournaments, Miss Teen contest, various food concessions, Diaper Derby, Kids Day Out, free acts, karaoke, nightly entertainment, 5K run, arts and crafts fair, and many other events. Fireworks take place on Sunday evening.
JULY 30TH 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors. Concerts are every Thursday night from 6-8pm!
August
AUGUST 7TH 2026 Finally Friday
Riverview Bandshell | Clinton
Held once a month, from June to July. It’ s a fun, free event for all ages. Food and drinks are available, bring your own lawn chair. Concerts last from 6pm to 9pm.
AUGUST 4TH 2026 Totally Tuesday
Drives Park | Fulton, IL
National Night Out Kick-off! Enjoy some live music in the park! Food vendors and activities available.
AUGUST 6TH 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors. Every Thursday from 6-8pm!
AUGUST 13TH 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors.
KINGDOM BOUND MUSIC FESTIVAL
PAINT IT BACK
Concerts are every Thursday night from 6-8pm!
AUGUST 18-22ND 2026 Whiteside County Fair
Whiteside County Fairgrounds Morrison, IL
The 154th annual county fair, held every August at the fairgrounds in Morrison, IL, starts and ends with a bang, with the crowd-pleasing demolition derbies grandstand events. The fair provides something for everyone, young and old alike including a carnival and midway attractions, a petting zoo, and grandstand events including harness racing rodeo, monster trucks and more. Check www. whitesidecountyfair. org for more information.
AUGUST 16-23RD 2026 Paint it Back
6th Ave S & 2nd St | Downtown Clinton, IA
Co-created by Gabi Torres and Chris Shannon, Paint it Back is an event that celebrates the transformative power of public art. Live painting, music & fun!
AUGUST 20TH 2026 Music on the Avenue
5th Avenue South | Clinton, IA
Bring your family and friends to downtown Clinton and enjoy live music, car shows, and food & drink vendors.
September
SEPTEMBER 4-6TH 2026 Bound for the Kingdom Music Festival
Riverview Bandshell | Clinton, IA
A 3-day music festival featuring Christian artists from
around the US.
SEPTEMBER 13TH 2026 Clinton Half Marathon
Along the Mississippi | Clinton, IA
Located in scenic Clinton, Iowa, runners can choose a race distance of 5k, 10k, or the Half Marathon. The race starts along Riverfront Drive, paralleling the mighty Mississippi, with challenging hill climbs leading to a majestic overlook of the widest part of the Mississippi River! Race will commence at 7:30 a. m. Registration is available at
www. clintonhalfmarathon. com.
October
OCTOBER 10TH 2026 Riverview Bacon & Brew Fest
Riverfront | Clinton, IA
This fun event includes competitions like bacon eating contest, best bacon vendor, mug holding contest and lots of beers to sample!
OCTOBER 3RD 2026 Fulton Fall Festival
Heritage Canyon | Fulton, IL
Celebrate the Autumn season in Downtown Fulton, at Fulton Fall Fest( traditionally 10 am to 4 pm) with a car show, live music, beer garden, and seasonal food like s’ mores, caramel corn, caramel apples, etc. For the kids there will be gunny sack races, pumpkin painting, make n take crafts, straw bale maze, inflatable rides and many more games. Performances will take place throughout the day. The Early American Crafters portray pioneer living at Heritage Canyon from 10am-4pm.
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