# All Events in Highwood

- **City**: Highwood
- **State**: Illinois
- **Country**: United States
- **Continent**: North America
- **Timezone**: -06:00
- **Currency**: USD
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## Featured Events in Highwood

- **Event Name**: Family Building Panel in Chicago | Surrogacy, IVF & LGBTQ Parenthood Event
  - **Description**: You don’t want to miss this.If you’re exploring surrogacy, IVF, egg donation, or alternative paths to parenthood in Chicago, a Families Out Loud panel is designed to give you the clarity and community many intended parents are searc
  - **Date**: Sat, 18 Apr at 10:00 am – Sat, 18 Apr at 11:00 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/family-building-panel-in-chicago-|-surrogacy-ivf-and-lgbtq-parenthood-event-tickets/80003640050498
  - **Venue**: Willis Tower, South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA
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  - **Price**: min: 40, max: 40, currency: USD
  - **Categories**: health-wellness, lgbt-pride, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Chicago's Hottest Networking Event For Young Professionals
  - **Description**: SUM OF FIVE | Chicago's Hottest Networking Event For Young ProfessionalsAbout this Event BackgroundSUM OF FIVE Professional Networking Events stand as the pinnacl
  - **Date**: Wed, 01 Apr – Wed, 06 May (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/chicagos-hottest-networking-event-for-young-professionals/100001981615308732
  - **Venue**: Joy District
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  - **Price**: min: 9.85, max: 21.05, currency: USD
  - **Categories**: business, nonprofit, job-fairs
- **Event Name**: The TRASHY CRAFT MARKET at Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival
  - **Description**: We're poppin' up our 11th JUNKY JAMBOREE in Rosemont! Join us to turn trash into trends and make CREATIVE REUSE the talk of the town!About this Event🌷🤾🏼‍♀️ Spring on over to Rosemont, IL
  - **Date**: Fri, 01 May at 10:00 am – Sun, 03 May at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rosemont/the-trashy-craft-market-at-fiber-fabric-craft-festival/100001985400356913
  - **Venue**: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
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  - **Price**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD
  - **Categories**: workshops, art, festivals, business, exhibitions, contests, meetups, pop-ups
- **Event Name**: Rock The Boat Chicago The Biggest All White Yacht Party Juneteenth Weekend
  - **Description**: The biggest All White daytime yacht party in Chicago. Juneteenth Weekend. Lake Michigan. Early Bird $50.About this Eventhttps://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/515b4090-f57c-11f0-92d6-d568e2653d8f-rimg-w5
  - **Date**: Sat, 20 Jun at 12:30 pm – Sat, 20 Jun at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/rock-the-boat-chicago-the-biggest-all-white-yacht-party-juneteenth-weekend-tickets/100001980583984012
  - **Venue**: Anita Dee II Yacht
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  - **Price**: min: 80, max: 80, currency: USD
  - **Categories**: parties, entertainment, boat-parties, juneteenth

## Highwood's Most-Loved

### Events Categories

- [Music (25 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/music)
- [Concert (10 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/concerts)
- [Parties (18 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/parties)
- [Food & Drinks (18 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/food-drinks)
- [Festivals (22 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/festivals)
- [Fine Arts (6 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/fine-arts)
- [Kids (6 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/kids)
- [Performances (8 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/performances)
- [Comedy (3 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/comedy)
- [Theatre (3 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/theatre)
- [Business (2 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/business)
- [Cooking (2 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/cooking)
- [Crafts (2 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/crafts)
- [Dance (1 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/dance)

## Popular Events in Highwood

- **Event Name**: Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival
  - **Description**: 🎃✨The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest Returns October 1–4, 2026!
Highwood’s favorite fall tradition is back for another unforgettable weekend of pumpkins, community spirit, and festive fun. The celebration kicks off on Thursday, October 1, with Community Nigh
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  - **Date**: Fri, 02 Oct at 12:00 pm – Sun, 04 Oct at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/great-highwood-pumpkin-festival/200029532239036
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: festivals, carnivals
- **Event Name**: 🧄 Garlic Fest 2026 with music by A Tribute to Old Blue Eyes, sponsored by Scotty's on Sheridan
  - **Description**: Highwood’s beloved Garlic Fest will return in 2026 for another stinking good time! Thank you to Scotty's on Sheridan for sponsoring the live music performance! This annual celebration always brings big flavor, great energy, and plenty of garlic‑themed fun
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    - Count: 406
  - **Date**: Wed, 12 Aug at 04:30 pm – Wed, 12 Aug at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/garlic-fest-2026-with-music-by-a-tribute-to-old-blue-eyes-sponsored-by-scottys-on-sheridan/200029598152538
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, live-music, art, entertainment
- **Event Name**: 🍅 Bloody Mary Fest
  - **Description**: Celebrate Highwood is gearing up for another unforgettable Bloody Mary Fest - a day filled with bold flavors, great music, community spirit, and plenty of creative twists on the classic cocktail. This beloved summer tradition brings together families, fri
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    - Count: 370
  - **Date**: Sun, 16 Aug at 10:00 am – Sun, 16 Aug at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/bloody-mary-fest/200029532717309
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, live-music, entertainment, contests, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Highwood Days Carnival & Taste of Highwood🎡
  - **Description**: 🎡Highwood Days & Taste of Highwood are coming together for an unforgettable three‑day summer celebration!

Get ready for a weekend filled with everything you love about summertime in Highwood. The long‑standing Highwood Days Carnival returns with clas
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    - Count: 1279
  - **Date**: Fri, 17 Jul at 05:00 pm – Sun, 19 Jul at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-days-carnival-and-taste-of-highwood/200029532717109
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: carnivals, festivals
- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by Stevie Craig Band, sponsored by Bella Via
  - **Description**: Enjoy the soft jazz of Stevie Craig’s tunes, bringing his electric guitar and stellar singing to the iconic first night of celebration in Highwood’s Everts Park from 6-9 PM. A special thanks to Bella Via for sponsoring this live musical performance. 

The
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    - Count: 437
  - **Date**: Wed, 03 Jun at 04:30 pm – Wed, 03 Jun at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market-with-music-by-stevie-craig-band-sponsored-by-bella-via/200029732862053
  - **Venue**: 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, food-drinks, live-music, concerts, meetups
- **Event Name**: Kick-Off to Summer Carnival 🎪
  - **Description**: The community is invited to come out and mark the beginning of summer at this festive carnival with rides, games, and food. Families are invited to celebrate with discounted unlimited ride wristbands.

From carnival lights and festive energy to mouthwater
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    - Count: 164
  - **Date**: Fri, 05 Jun at 05:00 pm – Sun, 07 Jun at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/kick-off-to-summer-carnival/200029870338531
  - **Venue**: 406 Sheridan Rd, Highwood, IL 60040-1309, United States
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  - **Categories**: carnivals
- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by Rollover
  - **Description**: Join us at the Evening Gourmet Market led by Rollover Band from 6-9 PM! This band blends roots rock with soulful Chicago blues for a high-energy, masterful performance that captivates every crowd.

There’s nothing quite like summer evenings in Highwood, a
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    - Count: 314
  - **Date**: Wed, 08 Jul at 04:30 pm – Wed, 08 Jul at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market-with-music-by-rollover/200029723473100
  - **Venue**: 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040
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  - **Categories**: music, food-drinks, entertainment, concerts, live-music, meetups
- **Event Name**: 🍹Highwood’s Margarita Night with music by South of Disorder, sponsored by the Budnik Family!
  - **Description**: 🍹 Step into summer at Highwood’s Margarita Night!

Get ready to break out the Hawaiian shirts, flip‑flops, and leis as we bring full parrothead spirit to the Wednesday Evening Gourmet Market. Margarita Night is set to transform Everts Park with tropical e
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    - Count: 700
  - **Date**: Wed, 29 Jul at 04:30 pm – Wed, 29 Jul at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood’s-margarita-night-with-music-by-south-of-disorder-sponsored-by-the-budnik-family/200029532717609
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: music, food-drinks, entertainment, festivals
- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by Telstar, sponsored by The Music Gallery
  - **Description**: Experience the infectious hooks of Telstar from 6-9 PM. This Chicago-based power pop outfit, led by Anthony Calderisi and Mike Whalen, delivers melody-driven rock that’s as catchy as it is energetic. Thank you to The Music Gallery for sponsoring this live
  - **Date**: Wed, 26 Aug at 04:30 pm – Wed, 26 Aug at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market-with-music-by-telstar-sponsored-by-the-music-gallery/200029912636202
  - **Venue**: 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040
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  - **Categories**: Music, food-drinks, Entertainment, Concerts, Meetups
- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by The Vista Cruisers
  - **Description**: Take a trip down memory lane with this exciting trio band, The Vista Cruisers, delivering a nostalgic journey through the 50's, 60's, and 70's, playing everything from Motown soul to the British Invasion hits you know and love from 6-9 PM.

There’s nothin
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    - Count: 68
  - **Date**: Wed, 01 Jul at 04:30 pm – Wed, 01 Jul at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market-with-music-by-the-vista-cruisers/200029943293241
  - **Venue**: 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040
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  - **Categories**: music, food-drinks, entertainment, concerts, live-music, meetups
- **Event Name**: Inferno Fest with music by Los Perros Cubanos🌶️
  - **Description**: Highwood, are you ready to feel the HEAT?🌶️ Celebrate Highwood is fired up to bring you summer’s hottest event, Inferno Fest, with spicy food and beverages to test the taste buds of the most fearless food enthusiasts!

From fiery twists on American, Itali
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    - Count: 165
  - **Date**: Wed, 24 Jun at 04:30 pm – Wed, 24 Jun at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/inferno-fest-with-music-by-los-perros-cubanos/200029613478738
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, live-music, entertainment, food-drinks, food-truck-festivals, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market
  - **Description**: There’s nothing quite like summer evenings in Highwood, and the Evening Gourmet Market is where it all begins. Every Wednesday, Everts Park comes alive with the best of our community: incredible food, local artisans, live music, and the unmistakable energ
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    - Count: 65
  - **Date**: Wed, 10 Jun at 04:30 pm – Wed, 10 Jun at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market/200029500550129
  - **Venue**: 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States
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  - **Categories**: music, food-drinks, entertainment, concerts, live-music, meetups
- **Event Name**: Diamondback returns to The Toadstool Pub!
  - **Description**: Join Diamondback at this great watering hole in Highwood, The Toadstool Pub!! Bring your dancing boots for a night of Rockin’ Country, Blues, Americana and so much more! No cover charge - Drink and Tip heavily!!
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    - Count: 16
  - **Date**: Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm – Fri, 24 Apr at 10:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/diamondback-returns-to-the-toadstool-pub/200029895714501
  - **Venue**: The Toadstool Pub
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- **Event Name**: ‘COME BACK INTO FOCUS’ HONORING THE CHAIRWOMEN OF THE PAST 60 YEARS
  - **Description**: For the first time ever, Focus on the Arts, a not-for-profit arts and education organization producing a biennial, world-class arts festival held at Highland Park High School, will host ‘Come Back Into Focus’, a fundraising event to support programs fo
  - **Date**: Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm – Thu, 30 Apr at 09:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/‘come-back-into-focus’-honoring-the-chairwomen-of-the-past-60-years/80001506996950
  - **Venue**: 28 Mile Distilling Company
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  - **Categories**: nonprofit, nonprofit, art, festivals, charities
- **Event Name**: Low-reen & Harpdog and Friends host the 3rd Tuesday Blues Jam @ Wooden Nickel!
  - **Description**: Come join Low-reen & Harpdog and the Wooden Nickel House Band for a night of Northshore Blues! HOT Blues & COLD Brews! Players of all skill levels welcome. Bring your instruments & cables, drumsticks. Friendly neighborhood joint with big drink
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    - Count: 9
  - **Date**: Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm – Tue, 19 May at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/low-reen-and-harpdog-and-friends-host-the-3rd-tuesday-blues-jam-wooden-nickel/200029809047758
  - **Venue**: Legendary Wooden Nickel
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: The Funk Out @Toadstool Pub
  - **Description**: Come out to the Toadstool Pub in Highwood for danceable rock and funk grooves, brought to you by THE FUNK OUT. 
Meet you on the dance floor.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 54
  - **Date**: Sat, 18 Apr at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/the-funk-out-toadstool-pub/200029763830204
  - **Venue**: The Toadstool Pub
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- **Event Name**: BEAUTY AND THE BEETCH
  - **Description**: This raunchy parody reimagines the “tale as old as time” with sassier lyrics, bigger personalities, and more bite. 2pm doors, 3pm curtain.About this EventOnce upon a time gets a late-night upgrade in Beauty and th
  - **Date**: Sun, 19 Apr at 03:00 pm – Sun, 19 Apr at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/beauty-and-the-beetch/100001984487921795
  - **Venue**: 28 Mile Distilling Company
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  - **Price**: USD 45 to 66
  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Windy City Rev Ups - Live at The Toadstool Pub
  - **Description**: FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026 - THE TOADSTOOL PUB - 327 Waukegan Ave, Highwood, IL 8 PM "Live Band" Featuring Windy City Rev, Mickey Gentile, Big John Abbate, and fireball guitarist "The Mitch" performing a full throttle mix of rock, blues, dance and swing music,
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Fri, 29 May at 08:00 pm – Fri, 29 May at 11:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/windy-city-rev-ups-live-at-the-toadstool-pub/200029835819242
  - **Venue**: The Toadstool Pub
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, live-music

## Live Music in Highwood

- **Event Name**: Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by The Vista Cruisers
  - **Description**: Take a trip down memory lane with this exciting trio band, The Vista Cruisers, delivering a nostalgic journey through the 50's, 60's, and 70's, playing everything from Motown soul to the British Invasion hits you know and love from 6-9 PM.

There’s nothin
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 68
  - **Date**: Wed, 01 Jul at 04:30 pm – Wed, 01 Jul at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/highwood-evening-gourmet-market-with-music-by-the-vista-cruisers/200029943293241
  - **Venue**: 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040
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  - **Categories**: music, food-drinks, entertainment, concerts, live-music, meetups
- **Event Name**: Diamondback returns to The Toadstool Pub!
  - **Description**: Join Diamondback at this great watering hole in Highwood, The Toadstool Pub!! Bring your dancing boots for a night of Rockin’ Country, Blues, Americana and so much more! No cover charge - Drink and Tip heavily!!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 16
  - **Date**: Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm – Fri, 24 Apr at 10:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/diamondback-returns-to-the-toadstool-pub/200029895714501
  - **Venue**: The Toadstool Pub
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- **Event Name**: Low-reen & Harpdog and Friends host the 3rd Tuesday Blues Jam @ Wooden Nickel!
  - **Description**: Come join Low-reen & Harpdog and the Wooden Nickel House Band for a night of Northshore Blues! HOT Blues & COLD Brews! Players of all skill levels welcome. Bring your instruments & cables, drumsticks. Friendly neighborhood joint with big drink
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 9
  - **Date**: Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm – Tue, 19 May at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/low-reen-and-harpdog-and-friends-host-the-3rd-tuesday-blues-jam-wooden-nickel/200029809047758
  - **Venue**: Legendary Wooden Nickel
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Deadfest Band at 28 Mile Distilling
  - **Description**: The second Wednesday of every month come join us for great music and feast on all you can eat pizza for only $10 bucks!!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 15
  - **Date**: Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm – Wed, 10 Jun at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/highwood/deadfest-band-at-28-mile-distilling/200029902442252
  - **Venue**: 28 Mile Distilling Co.
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czYvYmFubmVycy8yNTBlZTQzM2YxNDk1ZjRhZTg2ZTc3NDk1OGIzNzkyMDg0ZGI1N2JkZjBkMGFhMWRjOWIwN2FmYmQxOTNmZGU2LXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDc3Ni1kYzA1MDQ3Ni1nbWlyP3Y9MTc3NTUxMzYzMg.avif
  - **Categories**: music, entertainment

- [View all Live Music in Highwood](https://allevents.in/highwood/live-music)

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## Moments from Events in Highwood

- **Review**: "Great HS Play!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: neal hamilton
  - **Event**: Murphysboro High School Presents Chicago Teen Edition 3/7/26 at Murphysboro High School
  - **Date**: 2026-03-10 02:11:55
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- **Review**: "my 5 year old son had a blast!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Annie Brown
  - **Event**: Skate Like a Champion at 1601 N 5th St, Springfield, IL 62702-2644, United States
  - **Date**: 2026-03-03 14:50:53
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- **Review**: "I had a great time. I just didn't like that there was no warning that everything inside and parking outside was cash only. In fact that angered me that parking was not free."
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Claribel Gallegos
  - **Event**: CHITOWN SHOWDOWN at CICERO STADIUM
  - **Date**: 2026-03-29 23:02:07
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- **Review**: "A fun evening with good food, drinks & friendly kitties."
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Kathy Strawn
  - **Event**: Cat Tuesday Fundraiser at 524 E. Capitol Ave., Downtown Springfield, IL, United States, Illinois 62701
  - **Date**: 2026-02-18 22:28:33
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- **Review**: "GOD'S IRRESISTIBLE LOVE PEN PAL CLUB HOTTEST HUMANS IN AMERICA 🇺🇸 
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  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Brandon C.
  - **Event**: Illinois U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Forum at South Suburban College - Performing Arts Center
  - **Date**: 2026-01-31 04:57:19
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- **Review**: "What a great time very nice experience."
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: yoly navarrete
  - **Event**: The Grinch Sip and Paint at Crepas Culichi
  - **Date**: 2025-12-19 19:09:05
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- **Review**: "Great event - lots of different cookies and great to meet some of the Chicago bakers!"
  - **Rating**: 4/5
  - **By**: Ku Chiang
  - **Event**: The Chicago Cookie Market at Christmas Club Pop-Up Bar
  - **Date**: 2025-12-17 14:14:01
  - **Photo**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/transup/d8/5b8c75c558487082d9a5d5558e8fa9/images/BAAD3FF4-F999-41C1-97A7-67F0AA12EA1B.webp
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- **Review**: "Very well done! My dog had a great time and looked like all the other pups were having a good time too! Great fundraiser for a great rescue group"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Amy Legrand
  - **Event**: 11th Annual Doggie Easter Egg Hunt Benefitting Homeward Bound Waggin at Quincy Town Center
  - **Date**: 2026-03-29 19:03:14
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- **Review**: "The streets were very clean from the snow and salt an No ice. I loved the scenic route. And the 3 hills were a challenge however I will be doing it again  next year. 
P.S I drove 40 mins from Chicago to do this 5k. From the list of runners I was the only one."
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Sandra Gardea
  - **Event**: Santa Shuffle 5k at Roc City Bar and Grill
  - **Date**: 2025-12-11 12:47:23
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- **Review**: "It was awesome! My 2 lady friends & I had the best time!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Joanie Nutting
  - **Event**: Lockport Annual Cookie Walk at 222 E. 9th Street, 60441
  - **Date**: 2025-12-07 20:03:13
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- **Review**: "I truly enjoyed the Puppy Yoga event at Inspyr. My experience was unique and very calming! Everyone was very friendly and I felt welcomed by the staff, fellow yoga-goers, volunteers, and puppies. The price I paid was well worth it!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: yolanda flowers-olaosebikan
  - **Event**: Pop-Up Puppy Yoga at 2924 W Euclid Ave, Arlington Heights, IL, United States, Illinois 60005
  - **Date**: 2025-12-07 15:39:14
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- **Review**: "One of the best. We’ve only lived here a few years, but this was an excellent example of a community coming together."
  - **Rating**: 4/5
  - **By**: Kyle Karsten
  - **Event**: 2025 Decatur Christmas Parade at Decatur Downtown Historic District
  - **Date**: 2025-12-07 14:26:59
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- **Review**: "Loved it, had a lot of fun!!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Mary Martin
  - **Event**: Mahjong Lesson at Mary’s Market at Mary's Market (Roscoe)
  - **Date**: 2026-03-25 17:12:37
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- **Review**: "It was an amazing and epic event. I truly feel honored to be part of the 2025 Hall of Fame Class 🥊🏆"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Tim Mazurkiewicz
  - **Event**: 2025 Illinois Martial Arts Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony at The Abbington Banquet
  - **Date**: 2025-11-17 16:12:24
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- **Review**: "Very fun little scavenger hunt and trick or treating time with games, prizes, costumes and candy!"
  - **Rating**: 5/5
  - **By**: Laurel Hays
  - **Event**: Creepy Critters Halloween Open House 2025 at 5700 College Road, Birck Hall of Science - 2nd Floor, Lisle, IL, United States, Illinois 60532
  - **Date**: 2025-10-23 15:59:41
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## Frequently Asked Questions

- **Q**: What are the top events happening in Highwood?
  - **A:** Here are the top events in Highwood: Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival (Fri, 02 Oct at 12:00 pm, at 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States), 🧄 Garlic Fest 2026 with music by A Tribute to Old Blue Eyes, sponsored by Scotty's on Sheridan (Wed, 12 Aug at 04:30 pm, at 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States), 🍅 Bloody Mary Fest (Sun, 16 Aug at 10:00 am, at 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States), Highwood Days Carnival & Taste of Highwood🎡 (Fri, 17 Jul at 05:00 pm, at 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States), Highwood Evening Gourmet Market with music by Stevie Craig Band, sponsored by Bella Via (Wed, 03 Jun at 04:30 pm, at 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040).
- **Q**: Which kind of events are trending in Highwood?
  - **A:** The top trending event categories in Highwood include Festivals, Carnivals, Live Music.
- **Q**: How can I find events happening in Highwood?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Highwood on AllEvents.in. Browse by category, date, or venue to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Highwood?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular event venues in Highwood?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Highwood include 111 North Ave, Highwood, IL 60040-1521, United States, 111 Highwood Ave, Highwood, IL, United States, Illinois 60040, 406 Sheridan Rd, Highwood, IL 60040-1309, United States, The Toadstool Pub, 28 Mile Distilling Company.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Highwood?
  - **A:** Follow Highwood on AllEvents.in to receive notifications when new events are listed in your city.

## Highwood at a Glance

- **Total Upcoming Events**: 26
- **Featured Events**: 4
- **Followers**: 160
- **Trending Now**: This Weekend: 2, Live Music: 14

## Trending Categories in Highwood

- [Live Music (14 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/live-music)
- [Festivals (7 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/festivals)
- [Carnivals (3 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/carnivals)
- [This Weekend (2 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/this-weekend)
- [Fall Festivals (1 events)](https://allevents.in/highwood/fall-festivals)

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