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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
In
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
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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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The
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.
