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08/03/2025

You still haven’t stopped out to the Market on Mill Retail Plaza ⁉️

The Locker Room is a good place to start to grab all things Illinois! 🛍️

07/31/2025

🎊It’s our favorite time of the year when we get to vote on the colors of La Salle County Burgoo Festival!!

🎉Click on the original post to cast your vote!

BURGOO 55 - GIVEAWAY 🧡
We will offer the TWO most popular colors at this year's festival, and YOU get to choose! Below are mock-ups of the shirts we will be offering. Vote for your favorite color combo for the chance to win a Burgoo 2025 tee or sweatshirt!
❤️🩶💙💚
To be entered:
-LIKE this post
-COMMENT your favorite shirt color below
-SHARE this post (& make sure its public so we can see!)

Our two winners (one for a tee, and one for a sweatshirt) will be announced on August 7th! As a reminder, we will only reach out via THIS page.
The Annual Burgoo Festival is hosted by and benefits the LaSalle County Historical Society Museum and its mission to discover, collect, and preserve local history!

07/26/2025

🎼Head out to Mill Street at Joy & Eds Utica TONIGHT!

07/26/2025

🛍️ All things 🅂🅄🄼🄼🄴🅁 are available at T’s Midwest Boutique☀️

07/25/2025

We’re so happy for our friends at August Hill Winery & Illinois Sparkling Co.! All 16 wines entered by them received medals, including one of the competition’s highest honors—the 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆—awarded to our AHW 2022 Chambourcin Reserve!🍷🏆

Join them at both August Hill Winery locations for 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗 on August 1-3! Celebrate with award-winning wines, live music, and a delicious savory bite we created just for the occasion.

𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢: https://augusthillwinery.com/event/the-big-win-weekend/

07/24/2025

🪄 Mark your calendars for this awesome workshop with Hazell's Headdress, The Sacred Rites & Freckled Farm Girls!

✨September 26th, 6pm-8pm
🌟Market on Mill Retail Plaza

07/21/2025

🍦It's National Ice Cream Day! Did you celebrate?! We're so lucky to have TWO amazing places in Utica, Il for ice cream!
🍨Bruce & Ollies at The Bickerman Building is located at 166 Mill Street!
🍨Roxie's Sweet Confections is located at 723 S. Clark Street!

07/19/2025

Calling all Vendors: JOIN US AT BURGOO 55! 🥘🧡
Returning for it's 55th year, the LaSalle County Historical Society Museum's annual Burgoo Festival fundraiser is an event boasting an attendance between 80,000 and 100,000 people- all possible customers.

🍲They are currently accepting vendor applications for the LCHS' largest event of the year! Join us on Saturday and Sunday, Oct 11-12, 2025 for food, vendors, live music, and Burgoo stew!
Applications can be found at the following link: https://form.jotform.com/243475303474053
food vendor app: https://form.jotform.com/243525302583150

This is a RAIN OR SHINE event. We reserve the right to limit the number of vendors within a certain category, ex: '3D printing', so get your applications in early!
Questions or concerns can be directed to Petranella- email [email protected] include 'Burgoo 55' in the subject line, or call 815-667-4861.

Please click the link to complete this form.

07/19/2025

Obscurity Bier Garten - Utica is back open this weekend!
🍻Tonight 4pm-9pm
🍹Saturday Live Music from 3pm-6pm with Steve Cerqua!

07/18/2025

Break out the caftans — it’s [almost] time to Romp! 🧡
No tickets. No fuss. Just big vibes and bold looks.
🛍 Vendors: 3–6 PM
🎶 Live music from Regal Beagle: 6–9 PM (on Church St. by Bruce & Ollies & Ginger Road Brewing Company )
📸 Group photo: 7:30 PM in front of the band
Join us for Utica’s first-ever Mrs. Roper Romp — where the outfits are outrageous, the music is groovy, and the fun is absolutely free.

07/17/2025

✨Stories Under the Stars is a free community event happening at The Rock and Soul - Utica, IL this Friday, July 18th at 6:30pm! RSVP using the QR code below!