Events Calendar

It's our annual Fall shopping event! Share your support for small businesses and enjoy the fall weather!
When:
Friday, October 16th, 6-9 pm, and Saturday, October 17th, 11-4 pm.

Live Music by Stonehill on Friday, 6-9 pm.
Live Music by Liz Bentley on Saturday, 12-3 pm.

Friday only - Quincy Children's Museum

Saturday only - Goodapple Henna & Facepaint and The Find Women's Boutique

Both Friday and Saturday:
What Works for Us
SlipStitch Simmons
Foreverwear Jewelry
Mae Bees
Muddy River Graphics
Ellington Gift Co.
LB Pottery
Fair & Refind
Trudy's Trendy Boutique
Blooming Harts
Refined by Annie Mae
Raindrops & Sunshine Children's Boutique

KEOSIPPI CENTER FALL FESTIVAL 2026. Come celebrate the season with us at the Keosippi Center for a day full of shopping, family fun, fall activities, and community!

Come enjoy:
Local Vendor Shopping
Trick-or-Treating
Games & Activities
Indoor Fall Activities
Fall Photo Ops
Food & Treats
Fun for the Whole Family
…and so much more!

Spend the afternoon enjoying all things fall while exploring the Keosippi Center, shopping with local vendors, visiting our businesses, and making memories with family and friends.
Whether you’re coming to shop, grab something good to eat, let the kids enjoy the activities, or simply spend a beautiful fall day with the community — there will be something for everyone!
ADMISSION IS FREE!
Mark your calendars, invite your friends and family, and click “Going” so you don’t miss the Keosippi Center Fall Festival 2026!

Get ready for a Halloween adventure the whole family will love! Join us Saturday, October 17th from 11:30 AM–1:30 PM at Community Field for our first-ever SPOOKY CRAWL - a family-friendly Halloween obstacle course packed with games, challenges, crafts, characters and plenty of spooky fun!
Grab your little ghosts, goblins, witches and monsters and make your way around the ballpark as you tackle more than 20 spooky stations!
SPOOKY CRAWL ACTIVITIES:
Pumpkin Roll
Zombie Zone
Vampire Baseball
Bullpen Graveyard
Spiderweb Challenge
Boneyard Obstacle Course
Witch’s Cauldron
Zombie Crawl
Tires of Terror
Haunted Clubhouse
Bat Cave Bounce House
Build-A-Monster station
Spooky Photo Booth
Monster Makeover Station
Mad Scientist Lab
Candy Corn Toss
Creepy Crawly Dig
Spooky Shorts
Costume Contest (and prizes)
Sidewalk Chalk Station
Monster Mash Dance Party
Storybook Characters with the Burlington Optimists

SPOOKY CONCESSIONS will also be available with Halloween-themed treats and goodies! PLUS Spooky Sundaes from Mississippi Moon Ice Cream Parlor!
Whether you're brave enough to explore the Haunted Clubhouse, want to dig for creepy crawlies, test your baseball skills against the vampires or just want to dance — there's something for every little goblin!
COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED!
Bring the whole family and spend your Saturday morning crawling, creeping, creating and celebrating Halloween at Community Field!
Family-Friendly Halloween Fun.
Entry Fee w/T-shirt + goodie bag: $7 per person.
Pre-register by Monday, Oct. 5th!
Come get your SPOOKY on!
Contact us: Email Jessica at jessica@gobees.com

The next national No Kings event is October 17th. It is focused on getting out the vote. It is also the first Saturday that the Courthouse is open for early voting.
More details to come!

Destination 6 Wrestling - October 17th at 6 pm; doors open at 5:30

*Costume Contest for the kids with prizes
*Money giveaway
*Raffles of local businesses' gift cards
*Auctioning off retired championship belt
*Auction for gift certificates for Nomad Tattoo
*Merchandise giveaways
New merchandise only for October- Breast Cancer Awareness- all proceeds go to a cancer charity
*Local businesses will be in-house

AND BEST OF ALL: LIVE WRESTLING IN THE D6W ARENA!
A packed event!

 Lil Rev is a longtime series favorite and an award winning master of the harmonica and the ukulele.  He’s a witty, engaging performer whose fast paced shows covering a wide range of styles from Stephen Foster songs to Delta Holler Blues to the music of Tin Pan Alley. A seasoned multi-instrumentalist equally adept with a flat-pick guitar, old-time banjo, or blues mandolin, he was Hohner's 1996 National Blues Harmonica Champion and was inducted into The Traditional Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 2003.  

Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail opens October 2^nd and will run Fridays and Saturdays in October from 7:00 – 11:00 pm.  Located behind Lakeside Water Park (1033 S Lake Storey Road, Galesburg), the haunted trail offers patrons a terrifying walk through the woods. In its tenth year of operation, Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail is managed by the non-profit AGES Community in cooperation with the City of Galesburg.  The cost is $20 per person.

“This is our tenth year of scaring folks in the woods!” says organizer Sean Godsil. “We have new areas and new scares, but we have some old favorites too, of course. Every year we do things differently, so if you’ve come a previous year, we promise this year will be different. Actually, things can be different from night to night; you never know what to expect on the Walk of the Dead.”

Organizers recommend the haunt to children older than 13 years of age. The event is entirely outdoors and weather permitting, so please dress accordingly. No open-toed shoes, slippers, flip-flops, or slides allowed.   

Proceeds from the haunted trail help support the city’s nature programs and other recreational activities, including the Fishing Derby.  

For more information and weather-related updates, follow Walk of the Dead on Facebook and Instagram. Tickets are sold at the Lakeside Water Park ticket booth or purchase them online at www.walkofthedead.org and avoid the line at the ticket booth.

Vocalist and mandolinist Ashley Lewis, alongside guitar player extraordinaire Jon Mollenhauer, will take the stage live at the Rushville-Industry
Performing Arts Center on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 7:00 PM.

Known worldwide for her sparkling, pure vocals and fiery mandolin mastery, Ashley Lewis delivers a riveting acoustic experience. While rooted deeply in Kentucky bluegrass traditions, Lewis integrates a sophisticated mix of modern genres to create her signature, unforgettable "newgrass" sound. Joining her is longtime collaborator Jon Mollenhauer, whose guitar work provides a powerful, rhythmic foundation to the duo's spellbinding live dynamic.

The Hickory Ridge Concert Series welcomes Ukulele Master Lil Rev back to the stage Saturday, October 17th at 7:00 pm at the historic Ellisville Opera House in Ellisville, IL. Rev is a longtime series favorite and an award-winning master of the harmonica and the ukulele. He’s a witty, engaging performer who is rapidly gaining national attention for his entertaining and informative performances. 
Lil Rev’s shows are fast-paced and fun, covering a wide range of styles from Stephen Foster songs to Delta Holler Blues to the music of Tin Pan Alley. A seasoned multi-instrumentalist equally adept with a flat-pick guitar, old-time banjo, or blues mandolin, he was Hohner's 1996 National Blues Harmonica Champion and was inducted into The Traditional Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 2003. He has been described as “an immensely talented and entertaining performer (whose) concise, eloquent, and witty introductions add to the fun! This man knows music, instruments, history, cultures, and most of all, how to engage and captivate an audience.”

The Shadrach Bond Chapter of The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution has recently completed a history and lineage of nine soldiers that connect with present descendants in Hancock County. Il. Names such as Ferris, Johnston, Mack, Dallas, Hunt, Marsh, McReynolds, Williams, Wilson, Gay, Yaw, Hammond, Albers, Harding, White, Worth (Bettisworth), Wedding, Stuckwisch, Murphy, Long, Squier, Faul, Phillips, Clark, Cheney, Wolfe, Ramsey, McClain, Crain, McCubbin, Riggins, Smith, Mosley, Moore, Junk, Bliss, Perkins, Lamphere, Works, Mumford, Rose and many others. The program will be presented by Joyce Buckert and other members of the chapter. Come learn about the soldiers who are buried in the county and a little about their services and their families. As written by Warren Van Dine in the History of Hancock County, Illinois, 1968, “they risked life and property, facing British guns on historic fields of that conflict, to hand down to us our heritage of the American way of life. God grant we may never forget these gallant men and their sacrifices. To recall their breath-taking brushes with death in battle and the hunger and cold they endured year-after-year in army camps bring tears to one’s eye every time these are recounted.” A book will be available for purchase in time for a Christmas present. You may find your family is connected to one of the soldiers.