

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fort de Chartres Colonial Market Faire, 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Imagine the Village of Fort de Chartres, in ‘Le Pays du Illinois’ (The Land of Illinois) 1750 - 1790, a bustling community of shops and craftspeople, friends, and family. Stroll down the main street and surrounding area and visit merchants and blanket traders selling their wares. Visit the billiard hall and play a game or two. Buy a gun raffle ticket. Check out the shooting competition, run members of the American Long Rifle Association.  Watch the stickball game inside the fort walls on Saturday afternoon. Visit the bread oven, and see what's cooking in the camp kitchen. 

All this will be happening at the Fort de Chartres Colonial Market Faire, Saturday and Sunday, April 11th and 12th, and you can be part of it! The schedule of events is below. 

Saturday, April 11th 

10:00 - 5:00 Merchants and blanket traders open, and games in the Billiard Hall 

10:00 - 3:00 Shooting Competition - Firing range 

1:00 Stickball Game - inside the fort walls 

Ongoing Saturday:  

Cooking demonstration in the camp kitchen behind the barracks. 

Baking demonstration at the bread oven. 

Sunday, April 12th 

10:00 - 3:00 Merchants and blanket traders open, and games in the Billiard Hall 

10:00- 12:00 Schuetzen Challenge - shooting competition - firing range. 

Sponsored by Les Amis du Fort de Chartres 

Cover photo by Ericha Johanning.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/prairie-du-rocher/fort-de-chartres-colonial-market-faire-2026/200029323568936
- **Event Categories**: contests, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3163

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029323568936?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=prairie+du+rocher-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Prairie Du Rocher
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Fort de Chartres
- **lat**: 38.084541356845
- **long**: -90.158406114911
- **full address**: Fort de Chartres, 1350 State Route 155,Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Les Amis du Fort de Chartres (https://allevents.in/org/les-amis-du-fort-de-chartres/9420362)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fort de Chartres, 1350 State Route 155,Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Les Amis du Fort de Chartres
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, sports
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fort de Chartres Colonial Market Faire, 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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