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Vernon Hills Days will take place Thursday through Sunday, July 14-17, in Century Park, 1001 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. The event will feature carnival rides, music, bingo, fireworks, children s activities, and more.
From Batavia s Windmill City Festival to 2022 Fan Expo Chicago in Rosemont to St. Sophia Greek Fest in Elgin to Taste of Chicago to various cruise nights and concerts in the park, there s a plethora of things to do in the suburbs and Chicago.
But in Fountain Hills, organizations and art events managed to be held and supported.
Fountain Hills Theater was the little engine that could during the year. Despite closing its doors in March, theater productions continued to be held.
Beginning with online productions called âBroadway Quarantine Cabaret,â the theater introduced actors from the Valley, as well as from New York, to viewers each weekend in May. Beginning in June, there were drive-in productions, with patrons remaining in their cars while watching actors perform on an outdoor stage. The sound for the productions was broadcast on an FM closed-circuit radio signal through vehiclesâ sound systems.