Stiff Kitty @ Splitters

Chris Lewis Music @ Rascals Bar and Grill

On October 4th, 2024… The Fundraising Bash for the Music Rides Again!!! 🎶🎃🎉🎙🎸🤘🎶 Grab your friends and your costumes 👽 and get ready for another “Spooktacular” evening of Fundraising for the Harlem Music Program brought to you by Rascals Bar & Grill and Chris Lewis Music !!! This year’s Fundraising Bash for the Music features a costume contest 👻 , basket raffles, 50/50, donation tip jar, and live music all night with 8 amazing acoustic acts!!! All funds raised benefit the Harlem Music Program!!!

Loves Park

Brian Lee @ Louie’s Tap House

Come join me for some dinner, drinks and some fun music. Brian Lee

Roscoe

Shifty Shafer @ Caseyspub

Shifty Shafer brings the biggest and best Rock and Roll Dance Party in the area to Casey’s Pub 7307 N Alpine Rd, Loves Park, IL! Shifty Shafer will hit the stage @ 8PM and will play your favorite Rock and Roll Dance songs until 12:00 am. This a party don’t want to miss!

Loves Park

Bill and Jim’s Most Excellent Acoustic Adventure

The adventure continues with food fun and live entertainment!

Beloit

Charlie Otto

Charlie Otto is the front man of This Must be the Band (Talking Heads Tribute) and DJnoDJ (Daft Punk Tribute), and now he brings his multimedia original act back to Rockford! Joining Charlie will be Starcrumbs Strings featuring Nic Nepomiachi (aka Scott Jackson) from Cealed Kasket! We’ve also added the great local act, Fuzzy Kitty to create an amazing trio to blow the doors off Mary’s Place on Friday, October 4th at 8:30!

Downtown Rockford

Wait, What?

One of our favorites is back to bring all the fun!!! Stop in and sing the night away!

Eastside Rockford

Jeff Keefer

KEE-FER / Solo Acoustic Show Rock, Country & more 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Oasis, Keith Urban , Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, Neil Young , Don Henley

Belvidere

OctoBEERfest

We’re closing down Louie’s and opening it up for one day only as our OctoBEERfest headquarters. That’s right – Exclusive beer and liquor samples from your favorite breweries and distilleries are coming to Roscoe and taking over Louie’s for an Octoberfest !!! Expect several beer tents and high-end distilleries on hand, each with their own style of drinks to sample. Enjoy yard games, live music, and food specials – and a special VIP space with it’s own exclusive drink selections. SCHEDULE GA – $50 for 20 drink samples VIP – $75 for 30 drink samples and VIP lounge with exclusive drinks GA Opens at Noon Beer/Liquor samples stop at 5pm Louie’s will reopen to the public by 6pm for the afterparty w/ Nauti Nauti

Roscoe

Cheezy’s Grilled Cheeses @ RBI / Bourbon Street Lounge

Cheezy’s is headed to Bourbon Street Lounge to join the fun on Oct. 5th! You don’t want to miss out on this fun-filled event that the entire family will enjoy. Stop out for live music from local bands, giveaways, bounce house, and EVERY order from us will receive $5 RBI cash to use inside for drinks/food. 💸 More info to come. Stay tuned!

Eastside Rockford

Three Good Men @ Barnstormers Distillery

The Three Good Men ( 3GM ) are a spinoff version of the widely recognized N Illinois favorites Men of Our Times, in an informal, acoustic set. You’re likley to hear some songs you wouldn’t expect along with a bunch that you will recognize.

South Rockford

Stiff Kitty @ Splitters

Stiff Kitty Returns to Splitters! Don your Kitty shirts and join us as we rock the night away in Loves Park!!!

Loves Park

Solar, Revolution-X, Indign and Back Alley Debauchery!

Bringing the STRAIGHT UP THUNDER to Whiskey’s Roadhouse with Solar, Revolution-X, Indign, and we welcome special guests, Back Alley Debauchery! No cover, new songs, and all the face melting you can take from one stage in one night! Saturday, Oct 5th, 8pm DO NOT MISS THIS

Westside Rockford

The 80’s Hit List

Come dance and sing to the best 80’s cover band in the area!

Rock5ive Band @ Neighbors Bar & Grill

Enjoy the fall weather listening to our wide variety of tunes!

Loves Park

29th Annual Snowmobile / SxS Grass Drags and Powersports Swap meet.

Come enjoy our 29th Annual Snowmobile / SxS Grass Drags and Powersports Swap meet. Filled with Vendors, Swappers, Dealers and action-packed snowmobile racing on our grass 4-lane 500′ racetrack. Don’t forget our famous kids mini sled race and 50/50 raffle where you could win up to $5000. New this year multiple food trucks to provide a wider selection of food and drinks for event goers. Sunday October 6th our gates open at 7:00am and racing starts at 11:00am. Located at the Boone County Fairgrounds 8847 IL-76 Belvidere, IL 61008. Entrance fee $5, Swapper spots $25, Vendor spots $50, Dealer spots (contact us) Racers $20 a class. See you there!

Belvidere

Pig Minds Boozy Book Fair

The first one was so much fun let’s do it again! Come shop from some awesome local vendors to find your next favorite book or accessory.

Machesney Park

Halloween Pop Up @ Revive

Please join us for Revive1318’s first Halloween Pop-up October 6th 12-4pm! We will be offering hair tinsel, extensions, and feathers, Airbrush face painting and tattoos, mini facils, brow waxing and tinting, and henna!! We will also be hosting speacil guest Hammer & Stain Stateline Permanent Jewelry Kelsey Fisher Scentsy Ravyn Novak Tattoo flash tattoos Next Life Creations by Emily oddities Come out and have a Sunday Funday with us! No tricks just treats! 🎃 gift bags will be given to our first 10 guest!

Loves Park

Crazy Times Pub & Grub Monthly Meat Raffle

You asked, we listened! We are VERY excited to announce monthly Meat Raffles! The 1st Sunday of every month from October to March come on down for food, drinks and great meat prizes from 1:30-4:30. Mark your calendars for the following dates! November 3rd December 1st January 5th February 2nd March 2nd Proceeds Benefit Steel Pigs MC & Walter Lawson Children’s Home

Flannel Jam

Flannel Jam: Country + Rock Confidential presented by LawnCare by Walter. You can expect to hear acoustic sets from one nationally touring Country artist AND one nationally touring Classic Rock artist. This amazing event is being hosted to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Easter Seals serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford. This event is presented by LawnCare by Walter and supported by Bufalo Contracting, Jewelry by Christopher and Perfetti Van Melle

Eastside Rockford

Rock City

Rock City, a hard rock group from 1978-82 ,reformed in 2017 with 3 founding members.

Belvidere

Wait, What? @ Rascals

The 90’s/00’s are back at Rascals Bar and Grill! The gang in Wait, What? are performing as a full band trio playing all your favorite 90’s/00’s hits from 8-11pm!