# Events & Things To Do In Peoria on 1st May 2026

- **Subtitle**: Discover the best events and activities in Peoria on 1st May 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.
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## About

Discover the best events and activities in Peoria on 1st May 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.

## Events in Peoria

- **Event Name**: All Elite Wrestling: Collision
  - **Description**: ✨ Experience the magic of All Elite Wrestling: Collision, where moments become memories that last a lifetime! 🏛️ The iconic Carver Arena At Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL sets the perf
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 06:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/all-elite-wrestling-collision/2300029767360601
  - **Venue**: Carver Arena At Peoria Civic Center
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  - **Categories**: sports
- **Event Name**: Peoria Ballet: Swan Lake
  - **Description**: ✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at Peoria Ballet: Swan Lake, where every moment promises to be unforgettable! 🌟 Imagine of transforming Prairie Home Alliance Theater At Peoria Civic Center in the heart of Peo
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/peoria-ballet-swan-lake/2300029836041534
  - **Venue**: Prairie Home Alliance Theater At Peoria Civic Center
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  - **Categories**: contests, trips-adventures, art, theatre
- **Event Name**: Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at Friendly Valley Tavern
  - **Description**: Friendly Valley Tavern Presents:
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

Friday, May 1, 2025
Doors 7pm • Music 8pm • 21+
Bar & Kitchen open until 4am

About Horseshoes & Hand Grenades: 
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (HHG) is a high-energy, progressive fo
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/horseshoes-and-hand-grenades-at-friendly-valley-tavern/200029356056551
  - **Venue**: Friendly Valley Tavern
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  - **Categories**: meetups, live-music
- **Event Name**: Baby Brunch 2026
  - **Description**: Join us for Crittenton Centers' 6th Annual Baby Brunch—a special event celebrating community, compassion, and the families we serve!

Enjoy a plated lunch, signature drink, games, raffles, and prizes as we celebrate over 100,000 Crisis Nursery admissions
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 11:30 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/baby-brunch-2026/200029844535557
  - **Venue**: Country Club of Peoria
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  - **Categories**: brunch, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: 1st Friday May
  - **Description**: 1st Friday May
May 1, 5:00-8:00 pm

Artist Talk: 6:00pm, 3rd floor
Exhibiting artist Robert Anthony Ketchens will share about his oil paintings on display

Jazz Performance, 7-8:00, Preston Jackson Gallery
avant-garde jazz performance with Yea Big, Jon By
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 05:00 pm – Fri May 01 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/1st-friday-may/200029788883507
  - **Venue**: 305 SW Water St #2R, Peoria, IL, United States, Illinois 61602
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  - **Categories**: art, music, entertainment, exhibitions
- **Event Name**: BSR | Acoustic | @ Crusens War Dr.
  - **Description**: 🚨 New Announcement: Unplugged, up close & personal! 

✅Featuring: Illinois TOP Modern Pop Experience! Performing Modern Pop Throwbacks from the early 2000's to Today's Best Dance-Pop Hits LIVE! ACOUSTIC STYLE!!!

👉Come join us for some drinks & fu
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/bsr-|-acoustic-|-crusens-war-dr/200029856141755
  - **Venue**: Crusens War Memorial
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  - **Categories**: performances, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Acupuncture & Sound Bath Healing
  - **Description**: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=22252188&appointmentType=61104291

Join us for an evening of relaxation at the Hope and Healing Wellness Center. Immerse
yourself in the soothing sounds of a sound
bath, promoting deep relaxation
and
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    - Count: 38
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/acupuncture-and-sound-bath-healing/200029837804836
  - **Venue**: Salt Sanctuary and Spa with Hope and Healing
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  - **Categories**: health-wellness, music
- **Event Name**: Community Drum Circle
  - **Description**: All are welcome to join in for a free community drum circle under the gateway building on the Peoria riverfront.

All ages and abilities welcome. Some extra instruments will be available. Don't forget a chair!
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/community-drum-circle/200029862581930
  - **Venue**: Peoria Riverfront
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- **Event Name**: Shawn Smith Returns to the Bison!
  - **Description**: Join us for a night of feel good acoustic tunes with Shawn Smith!
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    - Count: 7
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/shawn-smith-returns-to-the-bison/200029755701627
  - **Venue**: 617 Main St, Peoria, IL
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Capstone Project Day
  - **Description**: Join us as we celebrate our senior students and their capstone projects. The day will kick off with presentations from our Convergence project teams featuring students from several degree programs from all across campus. Then, specific business and engine
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 08:00 am – Fri May 01 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/2026-capstone-project-day/200029755697709
  - **Venue**: 1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL 61606, United States
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- **Event Name**: May OLLI Chautauqua Book Club @ Peoria Women's Club
  - **Description**: Peoria Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Friday, May 1st, 2026 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Peoria Women's Club, 301 NE Madison Ave., Peoria

In collaboration with Bradley University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), the PWC invites you to join the
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 09:00 am – Fri May 01 2026 at 10:30 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/may-olli-chautauqua-book-club-peoria-womens-club/200029755712015
  - **Venue**: 301 N.E. Madison Avenue, Peoria, IL, United States, Illinois 61603
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  - **Categories**: art, literary-art, artificial-intelligence
- **Event Name**: College of Nursing Signing Day
  - **Description**: A formal signing event to celebrate all students committing to Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing.
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    - Count: 12
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/college-of-nursing-signing-day/200029755670851
  - **Venue**: 511 NE Greenleaf St, Peoria, IL, United States, Illinois 61603
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- **Event Name**: Coffee & Donuts Shred Day
  - **Description**: Shred, Sip, Smile! Bring your confidential documents to shred while we treat you to coffee and donuts! The event will run all day from 8:30am to 5:00pm
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 08:30 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/peoria/coffee-and-donuts-shred-day/200029871482453
  - **Venue**: 2506 W Rohmann Ave, West Peoria, IL 61604-5031, United States
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## Trending Events in Peoria

- **Event Name**: Bruno Mars, Dj Pee Wee, Leon Thomas in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎶 Don't Miss Bruno Mars Live in Peoria on Tuesday, April 14, 2026! 🎶
Are you ready to experience Bruno Mars like never before? With chart-topping hits like Die With A Smile, When I Was Your Man and Locked out of Heaven
  - **Venue**: State Farm Stadium
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- **Event Name**: Ed Sheeran, Aaron Rowe in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎤 Join Ed Sheeran LIVE at State Farm Stadium on Saturday, June 13, 2026! 🎤  
Here is the moment you've been waiting for! Ed Sheeran is coming to State Farm Stadium on Saturday, June 13, 2026
  - **Venue**: State Farm Stadium
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- **Event Name**: Zach Bryan, MJ Lenderman in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎶 Don't Miss Zach Bryan Live in Peoria on Saturday, September 5, 2026! 🎶
Are you ready to experience Zach Bryan like never before? With chart-topping hits like I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves), Pink Skies and So
  - **Venue**: State Farm Stadium
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- **Event Name**: Carín León in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎶 The Ultimate Carin Leon Experience LIVE at Desert Diamond Arena—This Friday, September 25, 2026! 🎶
It's that time of the year where everyone wants to have a musical breath! Your favorite, Carin Leon is hitting Des
  - **Venue**: Desert Diamond Arena
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- **Event Name**: ZZ Top with Dwight Yoakam at Peoria Civic Center - Carver Arena
  - **Description**: ✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at ZZ Top with Dwight Yoakam at Peoria Civic Center - Carver Arena, where every moment promises to be unforgettable! 🌟 Imagine of transforming Peoria Civic Center - Carver Arena in th
  - **Venue**: Peoria Civic Center - Carver Arena
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- **Event Name**: 5 Seconds of Summer in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎶 The Ultimate 5 Seconds of Summer Experience LIVE at Desert Diamond Arena—This Friday, June 26, 2026! 🎶
It's that time of the year where everyone wants to have a musical breath! Your favorite, 5 Seconds of Summer i
  - **Venue**: Desert Diamond Arena
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- **Event Name**: ZZ Top — Peoria
  - **Description**: Peoria, your Friday night is about to get loud. #ZZTop delivers the kind of show where the guitars do the talking and the whole arena feels the groove — pure rock legend energy. #DwightYoakam keeps it sharp with that country cool, making this feel like tw
  - **Venue**: Peoria, IL
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- **Event Name**: The Temptations and The Four Tops at Peoria Civic Center - Prairie Home Alliance Theater
  - **Description**: 🎉 Welcome to The Temptations and The Four Tops at Peoria Civic Center - Prairie Home Alliance Theater, where the impossible becomes possible and dreams take flight! 🏛️ Join us at Peoria Civic Center - Prairie Home Alliance Theate
  - **Venue**: Peoria Civic Center - Prairie Home Alliance Theater
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- **Event Name**: Demi Lovato, ADÉLA in Glendale
  - **Description**: 🎶 Get Ready for Demi Lovato Live at Desert Diamond Arena on Tuesday, May 19, 2026! 🎶
This is not just a concert—it's a moment you'll talk about for years. Demi Lovato is set to light up Desert Diamond Arena with the
  - **Venue**: Desert Diamond Arena
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Peoria?
  - **A:** All Elite Wrestling: Collision (Fri May 01 2026 at 06:00 pm at Carver Arena At Peoria Civic Center), Peoria Ballet: Swan Lake (Fri May 01 2026 at Prairie Home Alliance Theater At Peoria Civic Center), Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at Friendly Valley Tavern (Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm at Friendly Valley Tavern), Baby Brunch 2026 (Fri May 01 2026 at 11:30 am at Country Club of Peoria), 1st Friday May (Fri May 01 2026 at 05:00 pm at 305 SW Water St #2R, Peoria, IL, United States, Illinois 61602).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Peoria?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Peoria on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Peoria?
  - **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 events in Peoria?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Peoria include Carver Arena At Peoria Civic Center, Prairie Home Alliance Theater At Peoria Civic Center, Friendly Valley Tavern.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Peoria?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Peoria include Ticket Network Events, Friendly Valley Tavern, Crittenton Centers.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many 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 events in Peoria?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Peoria.

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