Join Let's Grow Fillmore for their annual fall festival! Activities kick off at 10 a.m. and will continue through the afternoon:
- Car show by HRBB Car Club
- Cornhole
- Live music 1-4 p.m. by The John and Dave Duo
- Kids activities throughout the day, including bounce houses, dunk tank, art truck & more
- Cake walk
- Chicken poop bingo
- Food trucks, including Junie B's, Lipe's Lunchbox, Effing Taco Truck & Sweet P's Shakeups

Vendors: contact Banee Ulrici (217) 556-2477

Car Show: contact Derick Bell (217) 556-3450

Litchfield will celebrate 100 Years of Route 66 on Saturday, October 10, 2026! Take a tour of Litchfield’s piece of the Mother Road and visit local vendors, classic cars, music, food, exhibits, magic, and more at stops along Route 66. Featured stops include:

Victory Lane: Vendors and BBQ from 10 AM–4 PM, with music on stage from 11 AM–1 PM and 2–4 PM. A magician will perform at 1 PM.
Historic Ariston Cafe & Jubelt’s Bakery & Cafe: Grab lunch and enjoy two pieces of Litchfield history.
Route 66 Skyview Drive-In: Check out vendors, drive-in concessions, and classic cars.
Niehaus Cycle: Vendors and classic cars.
Litchfield Route 66 Museum & Route 66 Welcome Center: Explore Route 66 exhibits and get a ticket for a free Route 66 T-shirt!

Come celebrate the history, nostalgia, and fun of the Mother Road right here in Litchfield. Cruise Route 66, support local businesses, and enjoy a day celebrating 100 years of Route 66!

Farmersville, IL, is kicking off fall with its “Kickin’ on Route 66 Fun Fest” on October 10! Enjoy a full day of family-friendly fun, including bounce houses, kids’ activities, a classic car display, a photo booth, and free giveaways at the Farmersville-Waggoner Library Route 66. There will be caricatures sponsored by Real Family Medicine from 11 a.m.–3 p.m., a magician and balloon artist from 1–4 p.m., and live music in the park from 9 a.m.–noon and again from 1–4 p.m. And, of course, there will be plenty of delicious food! Illuminates will be serving pork chops, burgers, and hot dogs; the Zion Lutheran ELCA Ladies will have desserts; Littletown Ice Shed will be serving shaved ice and more; and The Caddyshack will be serving its signature ponyshoe topped with award-winning cheese sauce.

Head to Hillsboro IL and join us for a scenic 5K or One-Mile Fun Run/Walk through the beauty of Glenn Shoals Lakes and the Sherwood Forrest Campground.

The last and biggest Pickers Market of the year!

HSHS St. Francis Auxiliary will sponsor a drive-thru dinner each month through October 2026 to support the hospital's Family Maternity Center.

Join HSHS St. Francis Hospital at the next community blood drive. Your donation can help save lives in our community. All eligible donors are encouraged to participate and make a difference.

The Kiwanis Club of Litchfield meets monthly on the third Monday of each month at HSHS St. Francis in the Hospital Boardroom. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend!

Grab your clubs and sign up. The Spooktacular Golf Scramble is a frightfully fun tournament. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, expect a day full of tricks and treats.

Designed for intermediate users, this course, offered Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at LLCC-Litchfield, focuses on advanced formatting, date and financial functions, conditional logic and formula auditing. Participants will learn to use tools such as Scenario Manager, Goal Seek, VLOOKUP and nested IF statements, enabling more sophisticated data analysis and spreadsheet functionality. Registration is $169.

Designed for professionals with some prior experience using AI tools, this hands-on workshop, offered Oct. 30, 9 a.m. to noon at LLCC-Litchfield, focuses on how to write stronger prompts and get better results. Participants learn practical strategies for improving clarity, refining outputs and using structured prompting techniques to support writing, analysis and problem-solving. Through guided practice and real-world examples, they build skills that help make AI output more useful, reliable and relevant on the job. Registration is $129.

A full day of Halloween fun, from the block party to the parade to the trick-or-treating. The block party is from 9 am to 1:00 pm along State Street. Parade starts at 4:00 pm. Trick-or-Treating begins after the parade and continues until 9 pm.