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**woodstock named as distinctive destination by national trust for historic preservation

Woodstock IllinoisThe City of Woodstock was established in 1844.  It's historic square is reminiscent of a New England village and only a few short blocks from the Bundling Board Inn.  The square is a showcase for quaint shops, restaurants, the Woodstock Opera House and many outdoor activities that take place throughout the year.  

Woodstock is easily accessible by train from Chicago (Northwest Metra Line) and by automobile via Interstate 90.

While staying at the Bundling Board you can enjoy a variety of activities, many only a few footsteps away!

Festivals & Events    Opera House    OffSquare Music    Downtown Shops    Woodstock Attractions        
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Christmas in Woodstock    


    Festivals & Events 
   
January - December 2008

February 2008

February 1-3
Groundhog Days
Thanks to the "Groundhog Day" movie that was filmed in Woodstock  in 1992, the City celebrates with wood carving demonstrations, a guided walking tour of filming sites, breakfast and Woodstock Willie's prognostication.  Groundhog Day Hotline:  815-338-2436.  Click for Schedule.

March 2008

March 14
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

March 28
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

April 2008

April 11
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

April 18
Off Square Music Presents Heartland Express

7:00 PM - Stage Left Cafe
Reservations and more information:  www.offsquaremusic.org

April 25
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

May 2008

Beginning May 6th through October 28th Farmer's Market On the Square - Tues & Saturdays

May 10
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

Sunday, May 18th - Fair Didley on the Square
The historic Woodstock Square bustles with crafters, food vendors, music and other events all day long.  Join the festivities of an old time Fair Didley.  Sponsored by the Mental Health Resource League. For additional information, call (815) 385-5745

May 30
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade.  Ceremony at 10:00 on the Square.  Parade and floats.  By the American Legion and VFW.

June 2008

Beginning May 6th through October 28th Farmer's Market On the Square - Tues & Saturdays

June-August:  City Band Concerts on the Square.  A time-honored tradition, hundreds of people come our every Wednesday to enjoy the ice cream social and an evening of music in the Park on the Square.  Begins 7:00 pm

June 13
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

June 13-14
Woodstock Music Fest

Live Music, Food, Beer Garden

 

June 27
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

 

Date to be announced:  Woodstock Professional and Business Women's  (WPBW) Garden Walk 
What a way to spend the first day of summer!  Tour and enjoy the most fantastic garden's in the Woodstock area to usher in your "gardening bug"!  

July 2008

July 11
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

July 20
23rd Annual Folk Festival on the Square
Oh what a day!  What could be better than enjoying folk, blues, Latin and Celtic tunes on a summer day in Woodstock's own beautiful park in the Square?  Bring your lawn chairs or stroll the beautiful Square, enjoying shopping and dining on "America's Best Town Square".
For more information visit www.woodstockfolkmusic.com

July 25
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

July 25-26
Sidewalk Days on the Square

Old fashioned?  You bet!  Live the memory and get in the spirit of Woodstock's historic market town as shopkeepers display their wears and sale items on America's Best Town Square.

Gallery in the Garden:  a showcase event featuring over 20 painters, sculptors, photographers, jewelry makers, and potters.  Fundraiser for Turning Point's battered women's shelter.

August 2008

August 2, 3, 9,10,16,17 Woodstock Mozart Festival,  
Woodstock Opera House Performances Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm
I
n its twentieth season and set in the Woodstock Opera House's intimate concert hall, conductors and artists from all over the world perform orchestral and chamber works of Mozart and other composers. Contact the Opera House Box Office at 815/338-5300 for subscription and ticket information.  Anita Whalen, General Director; Mark Peskanov, Artistic Advisor. For more information visit the Woodstock Mozart Festival website at www.mozartfest.org

Saturday, August 3rd 
Kroosers Kars for Kids
on the Woodstock Square:  "Dig" those antique and classic cars, food, music on the Square.  This is truly a fun and festive walk back in time on a warm summer evening!  Hours 5 pm to 10 pm.  sponsored by the Youth Service Bureau.  For more information contact the Youth Service Bureau at  http://www.YSB4kids.org

August 8
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

August 23
Woodstock Square Art Walk
:  An exceptional evening of art, music and food. America's Best Town Square provides the ideal backdrop for this evening of art exhibits, artist demonstrations and participatory events.  An event you won't soon forget.  6:00 - 9:30 pm.  For more information contact Cobblestones on the Square at 815-337-1750

August 29
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

September 2008:

September 12
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

 

Sunday, September 21st
13th Annual Harvest Fest/Fiddlers Contest and Fair on America's Best Town Square
10 AM - 5 PM

How better to celebrate Woodstock's history as a historic market town?  A day long celebration featuring farmer's market, old-time craft demonstrations including weavers, spinners, quilters, blacksmithing, woodworking, children's activities and a fiddler's contest for youth and adults.  Top all of this off with the Fair on Square craft show featuring crafters from all over the Midwest.  

 

September 26
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

 

October 2008

October 10
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

October 24
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

November/December 2008

Christmas in Woodstock 2008

November 14
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

November 28
Lighting of the Historic Square
America's Best Town Square comes alive with hundreds of thousands twinkling lights at the lighting of the Square.  Festivities begin at 6:30 with lighting at 7:00 pm.  Shopkeepers open their doors to the holiday season....there is no better Home for the Holidays atmosphere than on America's Best Town Square.

November 28
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

November 30
Woodstock Christmas Parade
- 2:00 PM  welcoming Santa and
the holiday spirit. After the parade, join Santa for cookies & milk!! 815-338-2436

December 1 - 24
Victorian Christmas and Home for the Holidays
Old fashion Christmas beauty on the historic square.  Unique shops, dining, theatre, movies, Various events.  For a real Home for the Holidays atmosphere, there's no better place than America's Best Town Square.

December 4
Ladies Night Out
On the Woodstock Square and Main Street 5 to 10 p.m. Sponsored by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Industry as part of the Victorian Christmas celebration. There will be limousine rides providing transportation to restaurants and merchants. While supplies last, a free long-stem red rose will be handed out from gentlemen stationed around the square to honor women. Participating restaurants will be offering dinner and drink specials, entertainment, open houses and appetizers.

December 12
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org

December 27
Off Square Music Presents Open Mic Evening at Stage Left Cafe on the Square
7:00 PM to Midnight
Featured performer at 8:30
For more information or schedule a 15 minute slot:  www.offsquremusic.org


For more information contact the Woodstock Downtown Business Association at www.AwakeToWoodstock.com or the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce at http://www.woodstockilchamber.com

 

  Woodstock Opera House
 
2008 Season

For complete information on the 2008 season, additional information, advance tickets and events contact the Woodstock Opera House.


Off Square Music

Professional folk musicians in an informal setting.  Concerts held the 3rd Saturday of the month at the Unitarian Church, 221 Dean Street, Woodstock.  Performances are at 8:00 p.m.  $10.00 admission.  Doors open 7:30 p.m.

For additional information and events click here for Off Square Music web site.

Stage Left Cafe:  Open Mike & Featured Performers

Last Friday of every month there is an open mike with featured performers at Stage Left Cafe, next to the Opera House.  Check the Offsquare Music website for schedule.  For information  or to perform contact Keith at 815-338-5164 or at blueloom@sbcglobal.net


Downtown Shops

Check http://www.AwakeToWoodstock.com for shopping on the Woodstock Square.

Antique Shops

Colonial Antique & Restoration Center
890 Lake Ave - Woodstock

Kimball & Bean Architectural & Garden Antiques
3606 S. Country Club Road - Woodstock

Ridgefield Antiques District
Ridgefield, IL

Treasures A New - Woodstock  Square


Dining on the Square

Angelos Restaurant

Courthouse Grill

Java Junction Coffee Shop

Jenapeas Sandwich Shop

Le Petite Creperie

Mardi Gras Sandwich Shoppe

Pirro's Restaurant

Starbuck's Coffee

Super Starz Lounge

Woodstock Public House


Vicinity Public Golf Courses & Driving Ranges

The Woodstock vicinity offers a number of outstanding public golf courses and driving ranges.

For a listing of golf courses visit the following site:  http://www.weekendmchenry.com/Sports/public.htm

For a listing of driving ranges see the following site:
http://www.weekendmchenry.com


Woodstock Attractions

Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum
101 N. Johnson Street - 815-338-8081

Old Court House Arts Center
101 N. Johnson Street - 815-338-4525

Woodstock Opera House
121 Van Buren Street - 815-338-5300

Woodstock Movie Theatre
209 Main Street - Woodstock


Historic Downtown Walking Tour
A walking tour that is as impressive in Winter as any other season.  

Step back into a bygone era.
Relish the historic architecture and history of "America's Best Town Square"

Click here for Walking Tour Guide


Outdoor Recreation

From hiking to canoeing to cross country skiing, the Woodstock area has it all.  With over 20,000 acres of open. beautiful land and 24 conservation areas within McHenry County visitors to Woodstock will find many different ways to discover nature.  For more information visit the McHenry County Conservation District website.


Attractions & Events Close to Woodstock

The Woodstock area and McHenry County have many scheduled events and indoor and out-of-doors activities throughout the year.  Check the McHenry County Convention and Visitors Bureau website for a complete calendar of events.

 

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