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The Illinois State Fairgrounds is located in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It hosts the annual Illinois State Fair in the summer as well as other events throughout the year. The fairgrounds encompasses 366 acres of land and was added as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [ 2 ]
Zydeco music. Irish dancers. Morris Day and The Time. Carnival rides. Here 8 festivals in the Springfield coming up.
The Bank of Springfield Center (originally the Prairie Capital Convention Center) is a 7,700-seat multi-purpose arena located in Springfield, Illinois. [1]The facility is adaptable to host a variety of events, including large concerts, theatrical performances, trade shows, sporting events, and school graduation ceremonies, as well as smaller gatherings such as professional training meetings ...
The decision is due to "costs and logistics," said Barry Friedman, who acquired the rights to run the downtown festival from Downtown Springfield, Inc. in 2016. It is held the last weekend of August.
The Illinois State Fair was held almost every summer during this more than 150-year-long period. On a few occasions it was suspended. In 1893, for example, the organizers of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago prepared to offer a larger lineup of agricultural products and machinery, so the Illinois State Fair canceled itself for one year.
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The film festival took place during Springfield's International Route 66 Mother Road Festival but separated itself from the road festival in order to be represented as an independent event. The Festival mission and objective is to support and recognize independent filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds.
Sangamon Auditorium is part of the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Center, [3] which also includes the 351-seat Studio Theatre, [4] a TV studio, conference rooms, a food court, a restaurant, classrooms and administrative offices on its five levels. The Auditorium occupies the entire second level of the Public Affairs Center. [5]