Pondering how to spend the final weekend of August?
Check out a German fest in Frankfort or carnival rides and fireworks in Worth.
If craft beer combined with punk rock or live animals is your thing, there’s a huge craft beer festival with five bands in Tinley Park or the Zoo Brew at Brookfield Zoo.
Artsy? A Joliet gallery is calling for artists to depict the prairie state.
*Worth Days, on 115th Street west of Harlem, Worth; 708-448-7080; www.worthparkdistrict.org
The annual festival featuring carnival rides, music, a beer tent, parade and fireworks will run from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday and 2 to 11 p.m. Sunday. The carnival closes at 10 p.m. nightly.
*Alpine Summer Music Fest, German American Heritage Center, 25249 Center Road, Frankfort; 815-464-1514 or 708-636-3074; www.dankchicagosouth.org
German food, drinks and vendors and a performance by the Johnny Wagner Band will be presented at 4 p.m. Saturday by the Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress (DANK) Chapter Chicago South & Suburban. Admission is a $10 donation, free for those under 19. Parking is free.
*350 Fest, Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive; 708-825-7339; www.350brewing.com
350 Brewing Company’s second annual fest of Illinois-only craft beer, punk rock and food will be held from 3:50 to 9 p.m. Saturday. On stage will be the Menzingers, the Bollweevils, Hot Stove Jimmy, Bayside and MxPx. Tickets are $45 and include 15 beer tickets and a commemorative glass. Tickets are $40 for designated drivers age 18 and older. Tickets are available online or at the tap room, 7144 W. 183rd St. in Tinley Park. VIP tickets are long sold out.
*Zoo Brew, Brookfield Zoo, 31st Street and First Avenue, Brookfield; 708-688-8000; www.czs.org
More than 80 beers will be offered for sampling at the 21-and-older event from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $45 ($35 for zoo members) and include admission to the zoo starting at 9:30 a.m. and a commemorative glass. Designated driver tickets are $25. VIP tickets are $75 for Friday, sold out Saturday. Parking is included.
*”The Art of Illinois,” Gallery Seven, 116 N. Chicago St., Suite 102, Joliet; 815-483-4310; www.galleryseven.net
All Illinois artists age 18 and up are invited to submit works portraying their vision of Illinois through Sept. 15 for the juried fine art show to run in November. All media except film and video is welcome. Gallery Seven is managed by a group of local artists and open weekdays and the first Saturday of each month.
Vickie Jurkowski is a freelance writer for the Daily Southtown.
