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One Click From Your Destination!           St. Louis Front Page P.O. Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To submit entertainment information, contact: editor@slfp.com Please e-mail advertising@slfp.com or call 314-771-0200 for information or questions about advertising opportunities in the Entertainment Calendar.   |
88th DuQuoin State Fair Hosts 2 Big Days of Auto Racing ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), August 25, 2010 - Acreage on a reclaimed strip mine is thrust into limelight of the auto racing world on Labor Day weekend of 2010 as the 88th annual DuQuoin State Fair hosts three types of racing cars on the "Magic Mile" on September 5 and 6. Auto racing fans will witness over 220 miles of high-speed action in Southern Illinois in less than a 24 hour period over the two days. The K&N Filters USAC Silver Crown Series takes a title fight to the "Magic Mile" on Sunday night, September 5 as current USAC point leader Bud Kaeding is in search of an unprecedented fourth national title. Over thirty of the big championship dirt cars are expected for this year's Horn 100. UMP Modified race cars join the fray with heat races on Sunday night with the Silver Crown machines and the seventeenth running of the 20-mile Bill Oldani Memorial taking place Labor Day right before the Southern Illinois 100. Several area short track modified aces will be on the grounds both days. Robinson's Brian Shaw is the defending champion of the Oldani Memorial. Action Sunday night begins with practice at approximately 5 p.m. with racing around 7:30. Monday's schedule includes practice at 9 a.m. with racing around noon. Tickets are available at the DuQuoin State Fair Box Office, Ticketmaster or by calling Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.
 September 3 - 5, Art Fair at Queeny Park Queeny Park, St. Louis, MO; 314-889-0433; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 4 - 5, Big Muddy Blues Festival Laclede's Landing, St. Louis, MO; 314-241-5875: Admission FREE; Vendor Costs; See Entertainment St. Louis - Concerts September 4 - 6, Greek Festival St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church; 4967 Forest Park Blvd.; 314-361-6924; 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs; See Community News September 4 - 6, 2010 Japanese Festival Missouri Botanical Garden; 314-577-5100; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs; See Missouri Botanical Garden September 6, Labor Day Parade Soldier's Memorial, downtown St. Louis; Begins at 9 a.m. on Olive at 15th Street and proceeds east to Tucker, south on Tucker to Market and west on Market to 15th Street; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 10, Light the Night Walk for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Forest Park in St. Louis and St. Peters City Center in St. Peters; 314-878-0780; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs September 10 - 11, Harvest Tyme Festival Downtown Carlyle, Illinois; 618-594-2468; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 11, 27th Annual Great Fire Engine Rally Lenora K. Sullivan Blvd. on St. Louis Riverfront; 314-704-7853; 10:00 a.m.; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 10 - 12, 2010 Saint Louis Art Fair Downtown Clayton, MO; 314-863-0278; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 11 - 12, Scott's Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois; 618-256-4241; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 11 - 12, Carlyle Lake Wine & Art Festival Carlyle Lake Visitor's Center, Illinois; 618-594-2484; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 10 - 12, Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival Soldier's Memorial Park, Market & 14th Streets; 314-837-6100; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 17, Great Forest Park Balloon Glow Central Field in Forest Park, St. Louis; 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 18, Great Forest Park Balloon Race Central Field in Forest Park, St. Louis; 12 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 18, Urban Health Fair & Market Park Avenue in Lafayette Square, St. Louis; 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; 314-762-0669; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 18 - 19, Annual Pioneer Days Historic Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village, Defiance, MO; 636-798-2005; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs September 19, 24th annual Wolf Fest Endangered Wolf Center, Tyson Research Center near Eureka, MO; 636-938-5900; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs September 24 - 25 Oktoberfest Downtown Belleville, IL; 618-233-6769; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 25, 9th annual Green Homes Festival 3600 block of Grandel Square, St. Louis, MO; 314-577-0220; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs September 25 - 26, Heritage Days on the Goshen Trail Lewis & Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL; 9 am to 5 pm; 618-530-7632; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs
October 1 - 2 27th Annual Chili Cook-Off Downtown Belleville, IL; 618-233-2015; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs October 1, 2, 3, Taste of St. Louis Soldier's Memorial, St. Louis, MO; 636-938-6775; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs October 1 - 3, 2010 Home & Remodeling Show St. Charles Convention Center; 314-994-7700; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs October 2 - 3, Best of Missouri Market Missouri Botanical Garden; 314-577-5100; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs October 8 - 10, Oktoberfest Soulard Market Park; 314-368-3419; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs October 8 - 10, Art in the Park Lindendale Park, Highland, IL; 618-654-3721; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs October 9, Downtown Kirkwood Fall Festival of Local Flavor Kirkwood, MO; Kirkwood Station Plaza; 314-822-0084; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs October 23, Halloween, Spirits of the Past Historic Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village, Defiance, MO; 636-798-2005; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs October 23 - 24, "Bootterflies Halloween Party" Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House; 636-530-0076; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs October 24, Ghouls in the Garden Missouri Botanical Garden; 1 - 4 p.m.; 314-577-5100; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs October 24, Halloween at Boone Home Historic Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village, Defiance, MO; 636-798-2005; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs; See Daniel Boone Home October 30 - 31, Apple Butter Festival Kimmswick, MO; 636-464-7407; FREE; Vendor Costs; See Kimmswick, MO
November 6 - 7, November Rendezvous Fort de Chartres near Prairie du Rocher, IL; Public Square; 618-284-7230; Admission FREE; Vendor Costs; See Fort de Chartres November 24, 23rd Annual Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses Scottrade Center, Downtown St. Louis; 314-713-6031; Admission Costs; Vendor Costs
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