St. Louis and Metro East local events for week 9/8-9/12

Sorry I was late putting this out, I have been busy with work and family events.

Great Godfrey Maze has opened and will through Halloween 12+: $6, 6-11 $4, A maze cut into seven acres of corn.

Sept. 11 Food Truck Friday Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, 4-7:30

Sept. 12 Pere Marquette Rendevous 10 am to 5 pm Step back in time to the days when frontier fur trappers met with fur traders and buyers during this reenactment festival at Pere Marquette State Park. The Second Annual Pere Marquette State Park Rendezvous will be a traditional Pre-1840 event with buckskinned re-enactors portraying primitive traders and campers. There will be period demonstrations, black powder and longbow shoots, camp music and food common to days on the Illinois frontier. The public is invited to attend and admission is free. 

Sept. 12 American Indian Education Days at Cahokia Mounds 10 am to 4 pm FREE 

Sept 12 Bunker Hill Fall Fest 10am to 8 pm Car show and chili cook off 

Upcoming St. Louis and local events 8/30-9/5

Upcoming St. Louis and local events

August 30 Festival of Nations St. Louis Tower Grove park info  10 am to 6 pm

August 30 Meet Author of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey St. Louis County Library Headquarters Branch 6:30

Sept. 2 Concert in the Park Steve Davis Elvis 6-7:30 Glazebrook park Godfrey, IL

Sept. 4 Lynrd Skynrd Concert 8:00 Liberty Bank Amphitheatre Alton, IL

Sept. 5 Lewis and Clark Music Festival 10-4:00 pm Lewis and Clark State Historic Site Hartford, IL Traditional music of the late 1700s and early 1800s will be performed by musicians playing fiddles, dulcimers and flutes. Watch, listen, and participate in this wonderful dance and music festival.  FREE 

September 5 Free Movie in the City Park Edwardsville, IL 7:15 Cinderella 

Sept 5-6 Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardens Admission $15 for Adults 13 and older $5 

St. Louis and Local Events 8/2 - 8/8

St. Louis and Local Events

August 2 Grafton Towboat Festival at the Loading Dock in Grafton 11-4 pm  Free Tours of Working Towboats

August 4 Amtrak Train Day, Alton, IL -- 10 am till 2 pm  Learn about train safety and train travel.  Children will receive a free conductors hat and coloring book

August 5  Garden of Eatin' Tour & Wood-Fired Pizza Dinner 5:00 pm     Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey Please email: kamayfield@lc.edu to make your reservations for this free one-of-a-kind garden tour and dinner delight. Free 

August 6 Meet Fredbird at the Cookie Factory Alton Square Mall 1:00-2:00 pm 




August 7 Discover the Nina and Pinta Replicas of the Christopher Columbus ships, at the Loading Dock in Grafton, IL 9:00 am - 6:00 PM Admission $8/adults, $6/students (5-18) 

Augusst 7 National Night Out 5:30 - 8:00 Liberty Bank Amphitheater Alton, IL, Includes bounce houses, music, K9 demonstration Free 

 Frozen at the Tower at the Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower, Hartford, IL 10:00 -  2:00 pm Everything Frozen event,  Bounce house, face painting 



August 7-9 Back to School Sales Tax Holiday for the State of Missouri, for clothing, school supplies and computers are exempt from sales tax 

August 8 Fredbird will be at Eckerts Farm in Belleville  12:30-1:00 pm

Local Events for 7/13 -7/18

Local events in the area

Jersey County Fair July 11-19 Jerseyville, IL
St. Jacob Homecoming July 17-18
Archaeology Day July 18 --Kampsville, IL
Blessing of the Fleet July 18 --Portage De Sioux and Grafton
Patsy Cline Always --July 16-July 19 Wildey Theatre $25 tickets