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Autumn on Parade
October 6 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Everyone loves Autumn on Parade.
OCT. 5-6, 2024
The ever-popular Autumn on Parade Festival is a volunteer-based organization held the first weekend of October. The first Autumn parade festival was in 1970 and opened with seven booths lined up on Third Street on a rainy day. Fifty-four years later, it has grown into an average of 180 booths surrounding the courthouse square.
Other fan-worthy annual events include the Harvest Time Parade and the Auto Classic–to name just a couple.
Spending the weekend?
Word to the wise: make your lodging reservations sooner rather than later!
Schedule of Events
Saturday, October 5 :
8 a.m. – 5 p.m…Market (Courthouse Lawn)
8 a.m.- 5 p.m… Information Booth (Courthouse Square)
8 a.m. – 4 p.m…Car & Tractor Shows (Park East)
8 a.m. – 3 p.m… Library Book Sale (300 Jefferson Street)
9 a.m… Flag Raising Ceremony (Courthouse Square)
9 a.m. – 5 p.m… Food Court (Jefferson Street)
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m… Stronghold’s Olde English Faire (Admission Charge) (1922 Illinois Route 2 North)
10 a.m. – 12 p.m…102.3 Coyote and SuperHits Live Broadcast (Fifth & Jefferson Streets)
10 a.m. – 3 p.m… Chana School Tours (Park East)
10 a.m. – 5 p.m…Fun Zone (Coliseum Parking Lot)
1 – 8 p.m **Entertainment HotSpot (300 block of Jefferson Street)
4 p.m…Tractor Parade (Park East to Downtown Oregon)
**The 2024 Entertainment HotSpot stage will feature rockabilly tunes by Dirty Fishnet Stockings; rock favorites from the all-female band Sheez-It; and headliners, the Jimmy’s, will show off their high-energy blues band.
Sunday, October 6
8 – 10:30 a.m…Breakfast (Oregon VFW)
8 a.m. – 5 p.m…Information Booth (Courthouse Square)
8:45 a.m…Flag Raising Ceremony (Courthouse Square)
9 a.m. – 5 p.m… Market (Courthouse Lawn)
9 a.m. – 5 p.m… Food Court (Jefferson Street)
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m… Stronghold’s Olde English Faire (Admission Charge) (1922 Illinois Route 2 North)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m…Fun Zone (Coliseum Parking Lot)
1 – 3 p.m… Fun Zone Sensory/Quiet Time
1 – 3 p.m… **Harvest Time Parade (Downtown Oregon)
**The Harvest Time Parade features more than 100 musical, float, and novelty units, including the Jessi white tumblers!
