# Events & Things To Do in Ottawa, IL In September 2026 | AllEvents

- **Subtitle**: Find events and things to do in September 2026 in Ottawa, Illinois. Discover parties, concerts, meets, shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance happening in September 2026 in Ottawa, Illinois.
- **Category**: September
- **Display Name**: Events in September
- **Type**: time_filter

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## September Events in Ottawa

- **Event Name**: Runway to a Cure 5k + Family Run
  - **Description**: Runway to a Cure 5K
Saturday, September 19 • Skydive Chicago • Ottawa, Illinois
Packet Pick-up 7:00am • Race Starts 8:00am

Join us for Runway to a Cure, a one-of-a-kind 5K run and walk held directly on the runway at Skydive Chicago—bringing our community
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 08:00 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/runway-to-a-cure-5k-family-run/200029678739755
  - **Venue**: 3215 E 1969th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350
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  - **Categories**: sports, nonprofit, marathons, workshops
- **Event Name**: NClubMidwest X New Lenox C&C X Skydive Chicago Car Show
  - **Description**: Get ready for an epic car show collab with NClubMidwest, New Lenox C&C, and Skydive Chicago bringing the heat!About this EventSKYDIVE CHICAGO CAR SHOW:🟢2PM-6PM🟢🟢OPEN TO EVERYONE🟢🟢GATED ENTRY/CHECK
  - **Date**: Sun Sep 06 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun Sep 06 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/nclubmidwest-x-new-lenox-candc-x-skydive-chicago-car-show/100001990677301396
  - **Venue**: Skydive Chicago
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  - **Price**: USD 12
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Mixd & Mingle
  - **Description**: cocktail contestAbout this EventMixd & Mingle: 2026Join us Saturday, September 12th for a high-energy afternoon of cocktails, connection, and community impact — a bar craw
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat Sep 12 2026 at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/mixd-and-mingle/100001989325842145
  - **Venue**: Jordan Block
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  - **Price**: USD 45
  - **Categories**: contests, entertainment, nonprofit, concerts, parties, music, performances, food-drinks, bar-crawls, it
- **Event Name**: 🍀 Zazzle Band LIVE at Keagan’s Irish Pub – Labor Day Weekend Bash!
  - **Description**: 🚨 FIRST TIME AT KEAGAN'S AS A FULL BAND 🚨

Zazzle Band is bringing the full lineup to Keagan's Irish Pub for the very first time — and we’re coming in LOUD. 🔥

Join us Saturday 9/5 (Labor Day Weekend) from 8 PM – 11 PM for a high-energy night of 90s rock,
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 14
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 at 08:00 pm – Sat Sep 05 2026 at 11:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/zazzle-band-live-at-keagan’s-irish-pub-labor-day-weekend-bash/200029770784936
  - **Venue**: Keagan's Irish Pub
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Partridge's 5th Annual Car Show for SRRC
  - **Description**: Join us for a day of cars for a great cause!

For the 5th year in a row, Partridge's Pit Stop is hosting a car show to benefit Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development.

Come on out!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 34
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 02:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/partridges-5th-annual-car-show-for-srrc/200029850510446
  - **Venue**: Partridge’s Pit Stop Bar & Video Gaming
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  - **Categories**: car-shows, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Engage with Nature:  Bird Banding and Migration.
  - **Description**: Get up close and personal with winged wonders with Professor Wilcoxen from Milliken University as he guides participants in bird banding.About this EventEngage with Nature: Bird Banding and Migration
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 08:00 am – Sat Sep 19 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/engage-with-nature-bird-banding-and-migration/100001942418649469
  - **Venue**: Illinois Canyon, Starved Rock State Park
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Rookiefest!
  - **Description**: This is the Nationals for beginning skydivers! All rookie skydivers from any dropzone are welcome to participate in this 3-way scrambles style competition.

Teams change each round based on a random draw, but will always include one experienced ‘coach’ (m
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 45
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 08:00 am – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 02:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/rookiefest/200029795229340
  - **Venue**: 3215 E 1969th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350
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  - **Categories**: contests, sports, workshops
- **Event Name**: 3rd Annual Return From The Ashes Run
  - **Description**: **SAVE THE DATE** 
O.K. peeps i know it's far out but it'll be here before we know it!!! we've got our 3rd Annual Run set for Sept 13th. All the details are in the flyer!! I will keep yous all posted on when we start the 50/50 & accepting donations!!!
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  - **Date**: Sun Sep 13 2026 at 09:00 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/3rd-annual-return-from-the-ashes-run/200029685432108
  - **Venue**: 1701 Ottawa Ave, Naplate, IL
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  - **Categories**: nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Concert for a Cause featuring Anderson East
  - **Description**: Join us down at beautiful Covel Creek for our Concert for a Cause
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 69
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 05:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/concert-for-a-cause-featuring-anderson-east/200029433097530
  - **Venue**: 1718 N 2525th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: On The Road: Michael McDermott and Heather Horton @ The Abbey
  - **Description**: “McDermott’s music helped me to find a part of myself that wasn’t lost, as I had feared, but only misplaced". - Stephen King

Tickets: $35 | Doors Open @ 6:00 PM  | The Music Starts @ 7:00 PM
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/on-the-road-michael-mcdermott-and-heather-horton-the-abbey/200030013176421
  - **Venue**: 113 E Lafayette St, Ottawa, IL 61350-2114, United States
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- **Event Name**: Starved Rock Guided Kayak Tour
  - **Description**: ? Starved Rock Guided Kayak Tours? Kayak Starved Rock Campground ?️ Every Saturday, Sunday & Holiday ? Tours at: 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/starved-rock-guided-kayak-tour-tickets/80003241202938
  - **Venue**: Kayak Starved Rock, 1170 North 27th Road, Ottawa, IL, USA
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  - **Price**: USD 49 to 119
  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, kids, dog, holiday

## Trending Events in Ottawa

- **Event Name**: Starved Rock Guided Kayak Tour
  - **Description**: ? Starved Rock Guided Kayak Tours? Kayak Starved Rock Campground ?️ Every Saturday, Sunday & Holiday ? Tours at: 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm
  - **Venue**: Kayak Starved Rock, 1170 North 27th Road, Ottawa, IL, USA
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- **Event Name**: 5th Annual Ottawa Family Pride Fest
  - **Description**: We are back for our 5th year in Downtown Ottawa, Illinois for Ottawa Family Pride Fest! We have over 115 vendors again, stretched over Washington Park and Jordan Block, not to mention all of the wonderful, inclusive Downtown Merchants in between. 

We wil
  - **Venue**: Downtown Ottawa, Illinois
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- **Event Name**: 🎶 LIVE AT JORDAN BLOCK JAMS: HOTEL CALIFORNIA 🎶 An Eagles Tribute Experience
  - **Description**: 🎶 LIVE AT JORDAN BLOCK JAMS: HOTEL CALIFORNIA 🎶
An Eagles Tribute Experience

📅 Date: August 14
🕖 Time: 8:00 – 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Jordan Block, 101 W Main St.

🎟️ FREE CONCERT
For over three decades, HOTEL CALIFORNIA has been recreating the legendary so
  - **Venue**: Jordan Block Ottawa
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- **Event Name**: MUSIC IN THE PARK PRESENTS: Libido Funk Circus
  - **Description**: 🎆 4th of July Kickoff Party – Music & Fireworks! 🎆

This July 4th, join us for an evening of FAMILY FUN at the Jordan Block! From 6–8 PM, enjoy the incredible sounds of The Libido Funk Circus as we get the celebration started before the City of Ottawa
  - **Venue**: Jordan Block Ottawa
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- **Event Name**: (SOLD OUT) Princesses in the Park 2026
  - **Description**: This event is SOLD OUT!

Calling all young royalty! Dress like a princess and join us for a magical morning filled with fairy tale fun as a fundraiser for the Glandorf Park Musical Garden! 

💵 Cost: $50 admission fee per child (includes all activities and
  - **Venue**: Glandorf Park
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Kalida Fish and Game Extavaganza
  - **Description**: Kalida Fish and Game would like to invite you to come and enjoy the day at our annual Extravaganza. We will be giving away 50 prizes starting at 12pm until gone. With three Grand Prizes of $20,000 and two prizes of $5000. So, YES there will be 3 Grand Pri
  - **Venue**: 16415 State Route 694, Ottawa, OH, United States, Ohio 45875
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- **Event Name**: River Bend Mobile Pantry - June 13
  - **Description**: OSF Healthcare 1050 Building Parking Structure- 1050 E. Norris Dr. Ottawa, IL 61350


Saturday, June 13




• Registration is from 9:30 - 11:30 AM.
• PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE DISTRIBUTION.
• Distribution will be drive-thru style. G
  - **Venue**: 1050 E Norris Dr, Ottawa, IL 61350-1602, United States
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- **Event Name**: Ottawa, Kansas: Ottawa Memorial Auditorium
  - **Description**: Twitty & Lynn bring their salute to Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn to the Ottawa Memorial Auditorium on Friday, July 10th at 7:30 PM! Grandchildren of country music legends Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn carry on their gra
  - **Venue**: Ottawa, Kansas
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- **Event Name**: Fireworks!
  - **Description**: Save the date for our annual fireworks display in celebration of Independence Day!

Fireworks and night demo jumps Saturday Night!
Get here early to get a good spot! Bring chairs or blanket and a cooler, grab some food or drink from on-site Jump Run Cafe
  - **Venue**: 3215 E 1969th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Runway to a Cure 5k + Family Run (Sat Sep 19 2026 at 08:00 am at 3215 E 1969th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350), NClubMidwest X New Lenox C&C X Skydive Chicago Car Show (Sun Sep 06 2026 at 02:00 pm at Skydive Chicago), Mixd & Mingle (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 03:00 pm at Jordan Block), 🍀 Zazzle Band LIVE at Keagan’s Irish Pub – Labor Day Weekend Bash! (Sat Sep 05 2026 at 08:00 pm at Keagan's Irish Pub), Partridge's 5th Annual Car Show for SRRC (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 02:00 pm at Partridge’s Pit Stop Bar & Video Gaming).
- **Q**: What are the top free September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Engage with Nature:  Bird Banding and Migration. (Sat Sep 19 2026 at 08:00 am at Illinois Canyon, Starved Rock State Park).
- **Q**: How can I find September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming September events in Ottawa on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for September events in Ottawa?
  - **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 venues for September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting September events in Ottawa include 3215 E 1969th Rd, Ottawa, IL, United States, Illinois 61350, Skydive Chicago, Jordan Block.
- **Q**: What is the price range for September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Prices for September events in Ottawa range from USD 12 to USD 119. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting September events in Ottawa include Skydive Chicago, N Club Midwest, ONYX (Ottawa Networking of Young eXecutives).
- **Q**: Are there any online September events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many September events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new September events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Follow the September category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new September events are listed in Ottawa.

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