SAVE THE DATES: CELEBRATE HIGHWOOD ANNOUNCES 2023 SERIES OF FAMILY-FRIENDL

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HIGHWOOD, IL (MARCH 2023)Celebrate Highwood is proud to announce its 2023 series of family-friendly festivals and events which includes: Pride Fest Drag Show & Pub Crawl, the weekly Wednesday Evening Gourmet Market, Kick-Off to Summer Carnival, Bloody Mary Fest, Margarita Night, Highwood Days with Taco Fest and the North Shore Taco Fun Run, Walk & Stroll, Garlic Fest, Nashwood, Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest & Skeletons on Display, and the Elf Invasion Pub Crawl.

 

Details on Celebrate Highwood’s 2023 tried and true fan favorites are listed below:

 

 

  • Highwood Pride Fest

Friday, June 2, Taste the Rainbow Pub Crawl, 7 PM-Bar Close, Downtown Highwood

Saturday, June 3, Drag Show & Dance Party, 6:30-10 PM, 28 Mile Distilling Company

Recognized as one of the first communities on Chicago’s North Shore to host a Pride Fest, Highwood brings people together from all over to celebrate diversity. Kicking off Pride Month this years’ celebration will expand to two-days. Downtown Highwood is decorated and celebrates all month long with Pride flags lining the streets, rainbow windows and chalked sidewalks!

 

  • Highwood’s Weekly Wednesday Evening Gourmet Market

June 7–August 30, 4:30–9:30 PM, Everts Park (111 North Ave.) (no market on July 5)

A weekly outdoor market of this caliber is hard to find. With its ‘Live Evening Concert Series’ and ‘Ravinia Festival-like’ atmosphere, Highwood’s Evening Gourmet Market is recognized as one of the best outdoor markets on the North Shore. With over 60 vendors each week, this Evening Market brings community together to enjoy delicious food and drinks, local wares, live music, and the great outdoors in a family festival setting.

 

  • Highwood’s Kick Off to Summer Carnival

June 8–11, Downtown Highwood Metra Station Parking Lot

The community is invited to come out and mark the beginning of summer at this festive carnival chock full of rides, games and food. Families are invited to celebrate with discounted unlimited ride wristbands.

 

  • Bloody Mary Fest

Sunday, June 11, 10 AM-5 PM, Everts Park (111 North Ave.)

Dozens of vendors from near and far vie for the titles of ‘Best Bloody Mary,’ and the ‘People’s Choice’! This event attracts crowds of 10,000 people from all over the Midwest eager to sample a variety of Bloody Mary cocktail creations and food inspirations. 

 

  • Margarita Night

Wednesday, July 19, 4:30–9:30 PM, Everts Park (111 North Ave.)

This festive theme night invites attendees to dress in their favorite Jimmy Buffet-style, Parrothead and Hawaiian gear to party to the sounds of a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. There will be beach balls, flamingos, margaritas, Mexican food, key lime pie and more!

 

  • Highwood Days with Taco Fest, July 20-23

Highwood Days Carnival, Downtown Highwood Metra Station Parking Lot

Taco Fest, Everts Park (111 North Ave.)

Recognized as the City’s oldest festival, Highwood Days features one of the area’s largest carnivals, with rides, games, live music and more! The addition of Taco Fest brings together the region’s best taco-centric restaurants, caterers, and food trucks to offer a wide range of mouth-watering creations, along with full booze tents. Attendees will enjoy casting their vote for the People's Choice Award in categories of Best Authentic and Best Unique Tacos.

 

  • North Shore Taco 5K Family Fun Run, Walk & Stroll

Saturday, July 22, 9 AM, Downtown Highwood

Benefiting North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic

The public is invited to put on their sneakers, grab their family, friends, strollers and pets and join this fun run, walk and stroll. Taking place during Highwood Days and Taco Fest, the course starts in Downtown Highwood and guides you along the beautiful lake front trail and through historic Fort Sheridan and then back again. 

 

  • Garlic Fest

Wednesday, August 16, 4:30–9:30 PM, Everts Park (111 North Ave.)

The smell of garlic brings people from near and far to this festive food-filled fest that showcases a plethora of dishes with the ever-popular taste (and scent) of garlic, with live music and plenty of family-friendly activities to entertain all evening long. Attendees come to sample a variety of sweet and savory garlic creations, from out-of-the-ordinary garlic-infused chocolate, cookies, ice cream, cupcakes, and cocktails, to the classic, savory options like pastas, sandwiches, sauces, and spreads. The Fest features a Taste of Garlic Competition for the best Savory and Sweet creations and the innovative dishes never disappoint!

 

  • Nashwood

Labor Day Weekend, September 1–3, Downtown Highwood

The buzz is ablaze as the City of Highwood once again transforms its Downtown business district into Honky-Tonk Row. Country, southern blues, classic and contemporary rock sounds will radiate from over 20 bars and restaurants beginning Friday happy hour and running all day and evening Saturday and Sunday. Some 100 musical performances will be showcased in both indoor and outdoor venues where dancing is almost required! 

 

  • The Annual Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival and Skeletons on Display

October 6–8, Downtown Highwood (Community Night & Opening Carnival October 5)

Benefiting Highland Park Community Foundation

The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival and Skeletons on Display is the biggest outdoor celebration on Chicago’s North Shore featuring all-you-can-carve pumpkins, nightly lightings of pumpkin-filled walls, carnival rides, costume contests, trick or treating, two stages with live music and entertainment, hundreds of skeletons displays depicting the history of rock and roll, hayrides, food and beverage vendors and so much more!

 

  • Elf Invasion Pub Crawl

Saturday, December 2, 5:30 PM-Bar Close

Calling all elves to come out and get “Elfed Up’ at the Annual "Elf Invasion Pub Crawl." The public is invited to channel their inner elf, dress the part, and join a troupe of elves as they visit the City of Highwood’s most popular establishments to enjoy live music, food and drink specials, and raffle prizes.

 

For more information on all of Celebrate Highwood festivals and events please visit http://www.CelebrateHighwood.org or LIKE Celebrate Highwood on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/celebratehighwood.

 

To volunteer visit: https://www.celebratehighwood.org/volunteer/

 

To sponsor an event email info@ripplepublicrelations.com or call (847) 432-6000.

 

To make a donation visit https://www.celebratehighwood.org/donate-support/ 

 

ABOUT CELEBRATE HIGHWOOD:

Celebrate Highwood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity established in August 2016. Managed and operated by volunteers, its mission is to bring the community together to raise funds for local and national charities. Through producing events that cater to the citizens, businesses and visitors of Highwood, Celebrate Highwood’s goal is to give back, build strong community spirit, and establish Highwood as THE prime entertainment destination for dining, festivals, and events on the North Shore. For more information on all of Highwood’s festivals, please visit http://www.CelebrateHighwood.orghttp://www.facebook.com/celebratehighwood, or call 847-432-6000.

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