Plan a fun summer for your family with the annual festivals calendar

Festival season will be a wild, fun and sometimes crazy ride this year, from the Maeystown Freuhlingsfest Sunday through the Edwardsville Halloween Parade on Oct. 31.

If you don’t want to miss all the good family fun right in your own backyard, check out the Festivals Calendar. You’ll find homecomings, county fairs, music festivals, parish picnics, car shows, runs and bike rides and more.

If you have information about a festival not listed here or updated information about one of these, email it to lifestyle@bnd.com, fax to 618-236-9773 or mail to What’s Happening, Belleville News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, Belleville IL 62220. Information on the festivals will be re-run and updated in the weekly What’s Happening listings the Thursday before each event.

This story was originally published April 29, 2016 at 10:04 AM with the headline "Plan a fun summer for your family with the annual festivals calendar."