Events Calendar

Support a great cause while enjoying a fun day on the golf course! The Hamilton-Walters Marine Corps League invites Chamber members to sponsor and/or register a team for the Toys for Tots Golf Tournament. Spend the day enjoying friendly competition, great food, cold drinks, and plenty of laughs, all while helping provide toys for local children during the holiday season. Every sponsorship and team registration makes a difference. Gather your foursome, join us on the course, and help make this year's tournament a success for Toys for Tots!
Sign up/breakfast provided by The Broadway at 7 am. Four-person best-shot format. Entry fee is $300 per team. We will have hole games, raffles, and a 50/50 drawing. Dinner and awards ceremony will follow play. All proceeds go to Toys for Tots.

Please contact us if interested in getting into a team, a sponsorship, or both.
We have 3 levels of sponsorships available.
Silver -$50. Gets you a small sign on the banner.
Gold- $100 hole sponsorship and small sign on banner.
Corporate $750. Big name on sign and pays for your team to play. $500 without a team.

Finally, we are going to have a tournament within a tournament! Introducing the Toys for Tots traveling trophy sponsored by Golden Eagle.
How this will work:
- Any business that gets a team in and does any level of sponsorship will be entered.
- Winning business will get to display the trophy proudly for the year.
- Be sure to mark on your sheet which business is sponsoring you.

Mark your calendars and join us for three days of fun at the 81st Annual Montrose Watermelon Festival!
Whether you’re continuing a family tradition or visiting for the first time, there’s something for everyone!
We can’t wait to celebrate with you in Montrose!

Saturday August 22nd:
7 am - 10 am: Central Lee Music Boosters Pancake Breakfast (Free will donation)
7 am Reg/8 am: Watermelon 5k Run, Walk, Crawl
Noon : Parade (Main Street)
12:30 pm Reg/1 pm: Montrose Fire Rescue Cornhole Tournament
1 pm - 4 pm: Sonshine Amusement Carnival

1 pm: Food Stands Open
1 pm: On-Stage Entertainment (Central Lee Impulse Dance Team)

2 pm: Parade Winners Announced
2 pm - 4 pm: On-Stage Entertainment (Heathers & Co)

3 pm - 5 pm: Kids Day
4pm - 5 pm: Carnival Closes for Safety Checks
5 pm: Carnival Reopens
5 pm - 9 pm: Bingo Tent
5 pm - 9 pm: Vendors/Crafts
5 pm: On-Stage Entertainment (Kathy Dye)

7 pm: Heritage Award
7 pm - 9 pm: Nightly Entertainment (Brothers Alvarez)

80th Birthday Celebration of the Carthage VFW Post #5117
Car Show & BBQ Cookoff
Summer Fun All Day Long!

All proceeds are going to the homeless veterans!!

Pre-Register at Carthage VFW Canteen or text Jordan (319) 316-3244

Saturdays throughout the year, enjoy live music at the bar and grill at Kickapoo State Recreation Area. Shows featuring country, folk, and classic rock begin at 5 p.m. each night. Learn more at Kickapoo Adventures online.  

The Darrell Heath Band will be at Kickapoo Adventures on August 22 from 5- 7 p.m.!

Join us for a hootin' good time learning about the owls that inhabit Argyle Lake State Park. Participants will learn about the owl's many unique hunting adaptations and its diet by dissecting an owl pellet. We will use a recording of various owl calls to encourage the owls to call back to us.
Meet at the park's Prairieview shelter (2nd right) for this program.
For more information, please call (309) 776-3422 or email Bridget.Hinchee@illinois.gov

Father /Daughter harmonies will take the stage with a set list consisting of a blend of classic oldies and modern rock tunes.  Frequently showcased at The Wine Sellers and The Cafe in Macomb. Come enjoy the musical talents of this father-daughter music duo from Macomb IL
Hope to see you there.
Concert happens rain or shine; bring a chair, picnic dinner/snacks, & BYOB

August 22 – “On the Lawn” Series #3

7:00 PM concert
Conductor: Mike Fansler

We hope you’ll join us throughout the summer as we celebrate community, great music, and some very special performances, including our Independence Day concert!

Mark your calendars and bring a friend

Get ready for some side-splitting laughs with the Tom Briscoe Comedy Show. His hilarious slants and rants on bad jobs, a good marriage, travel mishaps, raising daughters, empty nesting, doctors, ungracefully aging, unsolicited advice, and living each day as a cautionary tale will leave you in stitches. An Original Stand Up From One Of The Best!

Car Entry Fee $15 | Registration 8 - 11 am | Awards 2 pm

Lunch served by PAWS & More 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Awards for: Participant’s Choice Top 35, Best of Show, The Cat’s Meow, Pick of the Litter, Best Motorcycle, and PAWS’ Pick Awards

Profit of the show goes to PAWS & More Animal Shelter