Events this Weekend near Kane County (8/15-8/17)
Discover the best events happening throughout Kane County that won’t break the bank.. mostly free or with low-cost tickets! From live music and outdoor events to mulitple festivals and unique local experiences, this week’s lineup has you covered.
All happenings are organized by city (in alphabetical order) and broken down by day, so you can easily find what’s going on near you: Algonquin, Aurora, Barrington, Batavia, Campton Hills, Crystal Lake, East Dundee, Elburn, Elgin, Geneva, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lake in the Hills, Montgomery, Naperville, North Aurora, Plano, Saint Charles, South Elgin, Streamwood, Wheaton.
Algonquin
Saturday 8/16
🎲 12th Annual Bean Bag Charity Tournament: $30 per team, compete in a cornhole competition with a total of 32 teams. 1st place gets $200, second gets $100, and third gets $50. Check in at 10 AM, with starting time at 11 AM.
Event Details & Info: Algonquin Lions Foundation: 12th Annual Bean Bag Charity Tournament - Aug 16, 2025
Aurora
Saturday 8/16
🧘 Yoga at the Aurora Farmer’s Market: FREE! Relax & refresh yourself with a gentle morning yoga session.
Event Details & Info: Yoga at the Aurora Farmer's Market | Facebook
🎵🥘🛍️ Mercado In Aurora: FREE ENTRY! Immerse yourself into a celebration of culture. With many vendors from crafts to food. There will also be live music! Event from 4 PM to 9 PM.
Event Details & Info: Mercado in Aurora
🎵🥘 2025 Taste the Maze(21+): For $65, or $45 for Designated Drivers, explore an 8-acre corn maze with five tasting stations that include craft beer, cider, and seltzer tastings. Enjoy a farm-fresh dinner and live music at Abbey Farms. Event runs from 4 PM - 9 PM.
Event Details & Info: Abbey Farms' Taste the Maze 2025
🎵 Simple Remedy Live at Saddle Up(21+): From $5 + fees, go line dancing with a live band. There’s line dance lessons starting at 6 PM with a DJ from 6 PM to 9 PM, and the band performs at 9 PM.
Event Details & Info: Events – Saddle Up At Q | Aurora
🎵 Superfly Symphony - DISCO NIGHT!: For $10, show up to Two Brothers Roundhouse for a night of disco with 1970’s disco tunes from a live band. From 8:30 PM to 12 AM.
Event Details & Info: Superfly Symphony - DISCO NIGHT! | Two Brothers Brewing
Sunday 8/17
🎵🥘 Aurora Latin Fest: For $20 in advance, or $25 day of the event, get ready for a night of latin music with a stacked lineup of live bands, flavorful eats, and dancing under the summer sky. From 12 PM to 8 PM.
Event Details & Info: Aurora Latin Fest
Barrington
Friday 8/15
🎵🥘 Metra Lot Concert: For $35/car or $5/walk-in, enjoy a drive-in concert that features a high-energy tribute to Lady Gaga & Freddie Mercury. Food truck & ice cream truck available. Bring your own chairs, small tables, food, and drinks. Parking opens at 5 PM.
Event Details & Info: Metra Lot Concert: Radio Gaga Tickets, Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
Saturday 8/16
🧘 Poses & Petals: From $28.52, relax through an outdoor yoga class surrounded by a calming scent by surrounding blooming lavender fields at 9 AM.
Event Details & Info: Poses and Petals Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
Batavia
Sunday 8/17
🎵💐 Music & Blooms - DIY Floral Bar: 5PM-8PM: For $25, create your own bouquet, including a mason jar vase, while enjoying live bluegrass music at Sidecar Supper Club from 5 PM to 8 PM.
Event Details & Info: Music & Blooms - DIY Floral Bar | Facebook
Campton Hills
Saturday 8/16
🥘 Prairie Fest: FREE! Spend the day taking in prairie views with live music, wagon rides, historic farm tours, BBQ, and fresh corn on the cob. From 11 AM - 3 PM.
Event Details & Info: Prairie Fest | Facebook
💐The Art of the Summer Bouquet Workshop: For $50, build your own beautiful bouquet using fresh farm-grown flowers in a relaxed, hands-on workshop. Supplies included & refreshments available. From 6 PM-7:30 PM.
Event Details & Info: The Art of the Summer Bouquet Workshop | Facebook
Crystal Lake
Friday 8/15
🎵🥘🔥 50’s Grease Party w/ Beachside Bonfire on the Quarry Patio: Celebrate a Grease-inspired ‘50s night with a beachside bonfire and diner-style burgers & ice cream. Themed attire is encouraged, but totally optional.
Event Details & Info: 50's Grease Party w/ Beachside Bonfire on the Quarry Patio Tickets, Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
Saturday 8/16
🎵 The Woodstock Era: From $43, have a great time with a powerful tribute show. From rock, folk, soul, jazz, latin, and blues, this concert is filled with variety of 1969. Starts at 7 PM.
Event Details & Info: The Woodstock Era | Facebook
East Dundee
Saturday 8/16
🎵🎡 Santa’s Village Sweet Summer Nights: With Saturdays on August having extended night hours, have a blast with thrilling rides to splashing down water slides under the lights, dance parties with a DJ, free giveaways, and more.
Event Details & Info: Santa's Village Sweet Summer Nights | Facebook
Elburn
Friday-Sunday (8/15-8/17)
🎵🥘🎲🎡 Elburn Days: A weekend truly full of fun! There will be a beer garden, carnival rides, daily bingo(18+), food stands, raffles, and much more! Free admission, and to enter the beer garden and to see the bands.
Event Details & Info: Elburn Days | Elburn Lions
Elgin
Saturday 8/16
🎥🎲 Movies on the Lawn: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: FREE ENTRY! Come early for 80s arcade games, then settle in with chairs, blankets, and friends for a night of pure nostalgia.
Event Details & Info: Movies on the Lawn: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | Facebook
Sunday 8/17
🧘🐐 🥾 Goat Yoga + Hangout & Hike: This goat-filled adventure features 30 minutes of yoga, a hangout session with plenty of goat snuggles, and a guided hike through peaceful farm trails, no yoga experience needed! From 11:30AM - 1PM.
Event Details & Info: The Ultimate Farm Experience | Elgin | Goat Yoga Chicago
Geneva
Friday 8/15
🎵 Fueled By Emo: For just a $10 cover, check out a pop punk/emo cover band playing classics from All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, Yellowcard, and much more. Doors open at 7PM while the show starts at 9 PM.
Event Details & Info: EVENFLOW MUSIC & SPIRITS | FUELED BY EMO
Saturday 8/16
🎵 Touch of Trey: At Old Towne Pub & Eatery, there will be a tribute band playing Phish, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia & Trey Anastasio. Doors open at 8 PM, and show starts at 9PM.
Event Details & Info: Touch Of Trey Geneva Tickets, Old Towne Pub & Eatery Aug 16, 2025 | Bandsintown
Hanover Park
Saturday 8/16
🎵🥘 Summer Soiree with a Disco Beat!: For free, dance the night away with live disco music at Ontarioville Park, ending with a laser light show. There will also be food trucks and beverages, disco attire encouraged!
Event Details & Info: News Flash • Summer Soiree with a Disco Beat!
Hoffman Estates
Sunday 8/17
🎵🐶🥘🛍️ Pet Fest: FREE ENTRY! This is a great event for animal lovers featuring 75 pet-related vendors, adoptable rescue dogs, live music, food and drinks, caricatures, raffles, and much more! Event runs from 11 AM - 3 PM.
Event Details & Info: Live Like Roo Pet Fest 2025
Lake in the Hills
Saturday 8/16
🎣 Lake in the Hills Fishing Tournament: Spend a day by the water connecting with the community in this annual catch-and-release tournament, honoring Connor Kincaid, open to anglers of all ages from 7 AM to 12 PM.
Event Details & Info: Lake in the Hills Fishing Tournament | Facebook
Montgomery
Friday-Sunday (8/15-8/17)
🎵🥘🎡 Montgomery Fest: A weekend packed with music, carnival rides, food vendors, a parade, car and fishing events, and much more, plus a firework show to close out the night!
Event Details & Info: Montgomery Fest | August 15-17, 2025 | Montgomery, IL - Official Website
Naperville
Friday 8/15
👻 Naperville Hauntings Ghost Tour: Explore haunted history with real ghost stories, spooky fun, and paranormal tools on a walking tour led by the author of Haunted Naperville. From 8 PM to 10 PM.
Event Details & Info: Naperville Hauntings Ghost Tour | Facebook
Saturday 8/16
🎵 Windy City Dueling Pianos: Enjoy an interactive dueling pianos show where you can request songs, comedy, dancing, and improv. They will be at Spartan Ale House starting around 8 PM.
Event Details & Info: Dueling Pianos Naperville Illinois - Windy City Dueling Pianos at Maggiano's and Spartan Ale House
North Aurora
Saturday 8/16
🚣♀️🔥 Sunset & S’mores Guided Kayak Tour: For $69/person, cruise down the fox river through the perpfect sunset view, and have some s’mores around the campfire with tnew friends! This is for ALL skill levels & there will be instructions on the basics.
Event Details & Info: Sunset & S’mores Guided Kayak Tour ($69/person) | Facebook
Plano
Saturday 8/16
🎥 Outdoor Movie Night: Grab your blankets and chairs for a free movie featuring Inside Out 2, snacks for purchase, and all the good vibes of summer under the stars. From 8 PM - 11 PM.
Event Details & Info: Outdoor Movie Night | Facebook
Saint Charles
Saturday 8/16
🚜 Wagon Rides!: Enjoy a tractor-pulled wagon ride through scenic farm trails, great views, and friendly farm animals. Rides run every 15 minutes, rain or shine.
Event Details & Info: Wagon Rides! | Facebook
🎵🥘🎲 Summer Flashback Sock Hop: 4pm-7pm: For adults $15, students $5, and 3&under for free, step back into the ‘50s at the STC History Museum’s summer bash, which includes a live DJ, dance lessons, vintage games, an old-school ice cream soda station, food trucks, raffle prizes, and classic cars. From 4PM-7PM.
Event Details & Info: “Summer Flashback Sock Hop” Brings 1950s Fun to the Baker Community Center | Facebook
🎨 Blacklight Paint & Sip(12+): Starting at $49.31, unwind with your favorite drink and create a beautiful, glowing aurora lighting up the sky.
Event Details & Info: Blacklight Paint and Sip - Blacklight Aurora - St. Charles, IL Registration, Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
🎵 Arcada Theatre: Black Stone Cherry & Tim Montana: Get ready for Black Stone Cherry’s high-energy rock tunes with new tracks from their latest album. The opening act, Tim Montana, kicks things off with some raw, hard rock. The show starts at 8 PM.
Event Details & Info: BLACK STONE CHERRY with SPECIAL GUEST TIM MONTANA - Arcada Theatre
🎵 STUDIO 64: Old School DJ Dance Party w/ DJ Kardiak: NO COVER! On the upper level of Arcada Theatre, experience a vintage atmosphere with a dance floor, glittered walls and disco balls! Doors open at 8 PM.
Event Details & Info: STUDIO 64: Old School DJ Dance Party with DJ Kardiak | Facebook
South Elgin
Saturday 8/16
🎵🥘🎲 Cole-A-Palooza 2025: FREE ENTRY! Food, Beer Garden, Raffles, splash pads, Rock&Roll Live Bands, a bags tournament($35/person, $70/team), and more!
Event Details & Info: Cole-A-Palooza 2025 | Facebook
Streamwood
Friday 8/15
🦖 Dinosaur Dimensions: FREE! Step back in time where you can get up close with life-like dinosaurs from 6-7:30 PM.
Event Details & Info: Dinosaur Dimensions - FREE EVENT! | Facebook
Wheaton
Saturday 8/16
🛍️ 🥘 Wheaton All Night Flea Market: Admission is $10 with free entry for ages 12 & under. Meet special guests from TV & film, explore thousands of vendors selling antiques, collectibles, toys, and more. Also, there will be food vendors! Event runs from 3 PM to 1 AM.
Event Details & Info: Wheaton Illinois All Night Flea Market Saturday August 16, 2025 - Zurko Promotions
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