Settler`s Days, Marengo, Oct. 10-12. Carnival, arts and crafts, chuck wagon food, entertainment, parade; 815-568-6680.
Hay Day on the Mississippi, Warsaw, Oct. 10-11. Arts and crafts, flea markets, old time fiddlers contest, Civil War encampment, car show;
217-256-4235.
Candlelight Tour of New Salem, Petersburg, Oct. 11. Tour the reconstructed log homes of New Salem, where Abraham Lincoln lived as a youth, after dark; 217-632-7953.
Rock River Regatta, Rockford, Oct. 12. Rowing races down the Rock River featuring novice to collegiate competition in single and multi-manner boats;
815-987-2255.
INDIANA
Covered Bridge Festival, Rockville, Oct. 10-19. Covered bridge tours, arts and crafts, demonstrations, food and other activities; Dee Smith, 317-569-5226.
City Festival, Muncie, Oct. 11-12. Parade, food, crafts, entertainment, flea market; Jo Boltz, 317-282-1388.
Fall Foliage Festival, Martinsville, Oct. 9-12. Arts and crafts, parade and other activities; Hale Hinchman, 317-342-0332.
Founder`s Day Fall Festival and Oktoberfest, Connersville, Oct. 10-12. Music, food, crafts, flea market, horse and buggy rides; Joyce Davis, 317-825-2561.
IOWA
Festival of the Arts, Dyersville, Oct. 11-12. Bear Creek Quilt Show III, acoustic music, children`s theater, fashions; 319-875-7867.
Forest Craft Festival, Keosauqua, Oct. 11-12. The importance of Iowa`s forests, showing lumber being cut, craftsmen making carvings, electronic monitoring devices for wildlife and forest management practices; 515-281-5629. Covered Bridge Festival, Winterset, Oct. 11-12. Craftsmen in 1800s dress demonstrate crafts, including candle making, willow furniture. There also will be a country music show, antique vehicle parade, quilt and car show and John Wayne`s restored home will be available for tours; 515-462-1185.
MICHIGAN
Color Cruise and Island Festival, Grand Ledge, Oct. 10-12. 517-627-2383.
Kite Festival, Mackinaw City, Oct. 11. 616-436-8051.
Apple Festival, Charlevoix, Oct. 11-12. 616-547-2101.
Civil War Lantern Tours, Detroit, Oct. 11 and 25. 313-297-9363.
WISCONSIN
Fall Celebration, Sister Bay, Oct. 10-12. Fish boil parade, craft show, auction, carnival ping-pong ball drop from a helicopter, 10-mile run;
414-854-2812.
Heritage Days, Viroqua, Oct. 10-12. Square dancing, truck pull, arts and crafts, food, quarter horse racing; 608-637-7689 or 608-637-2191.
A Day with the Morgans, Eagle, Oct. 12. America`s ”first breed” of horses–the Morgans–pull restored antique carriages and two Morgan horse clubs roam the grounds of Old World Wisconsin; 414-594-2116.
