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Hillbilly Days is an annual festival that takes place in Pikeville, Kentucky. The festival is hosted by Pikeville it can be as early as the 11th of April and as late as the 21st of April. Each year it brings in over 100,000 people, from all across the continent of North America, who line the streets of the City of Pikeville.
The Chicago Tribune acquired the festival from the Near South Planning Board in 2002. It is now known as the Printers Row Lit Fest. [3] Festivals are located on Dearborn between Congress and Polk and along Polk between Plymouth Court and Clark. [4] In the early 21st century, attendance was around 80,000 to 90,000 attendees.
Riot Fest & Carnival returned to Humboldt Park in Chicago in 2013 and included satellite festivals in Toronto (August 24–25) and Denver (September 21–22). [7] The 2013 festival was noted for being the first performance by reunited punk legends the Replacements and notably the first performance by the band in Chicago since their very public breakup onstage at the Taste of Chicago in 1991. [8]
Pavilion seats and stage at the Ravinia Festival. The Ravinia Festival has been widely acclaimed throughout its history. In the 1920s, it was known as the summer opera capital of the world due to businessman Louis Eckstein, who booked all-opera seasons and artists from the Chicago Opera and New York Metropolitan Opera Companies. [9]
This is a list of festivals in Chicago, Illinois, United States. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ... Chicago Feminist Film Festival [13]
Kentucky Reggae Festival, [4] held Memorial Day weekend; Starlight Strawberry Festival [5] (Starlight, Indiana), held during Memorial Day weekend; VEX Robotics World Championships, held Wednesday through Saturday in the week of the Kentucky Derby (2015–17) [6] WHAS Crusade for Children, fundraiser held over the first weekend in June
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To avoid a complete halt, the Drive-Thru Festival was created. On the weekend the event was planned to be held, free barbecue was distributed by organizers. When restrictions on gatherings were lifted in 2022, the International Barb-B-Q Festival returned with a new title: The Barb-B-Q Block Party.