Top Galena Events 2025
Hip and historic, Aldrich Guest House is within walking distance of award-winning restaurants, cool art galleries, cultural happenings, and craft beers and wine tasting rooms loved by locals. No wonder the National Trust of Historic Preservation recognized the city of Galena as one of “America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations.
Top 20 Events - Galena, IL
1. February 15 (Sat) – Chocolate Lovers Stroll
2. February 28 (Fri) – Mardi Gras Pub Crawl
3. March 15 (Sat) – St. Patrick’s Parade Weekend
4. April 26 (Sat) – U.S. Grant Pilgrimage & Home Front Reenactment
5. May 17 (Sat) – Galena Sky Trail Race
6. June 20 (Fri) – Great Galena Balloon Race
7. June 21 (Sat) – Corkless in Galena
8. July 4 (Fri) – Independence Day Celebration
9. July 26 (Sat) – Galena Brew Fest
10. August 9 (Sat) – Main Street Sidewalk Sale & Art Festival
11.August 23 (Sat) – Music & Arts Festival – Stockton
12. August 30 (Sat) – Honey Harvest Weekend
13. September 5 (Fri) – Ladies Getaway Weekend
14. September 27 (Sat) – Galena Cellars Fall Harvest Fest / Massbach Stomp
15.October 4 (Sat) – Galena Oktoberfest
16. October 11 (Sat) – Galena Country Fair
17.October 31 (Sat) – Halloween Parade & Fall Half Marathon
18. November 29 (Sat) – Galena Holiday Kickoff
19. December 6 (Sat) – Holidaze Festival / Christmas at the Fort
20. December 13 (Sat) – Night of the Luminaria & Living Windows
FEBRUARY
Feb. 13-16: Eagle Ridge Winter Carnival – Galena
Feb. 13: Mardi Gras Pub Crawl – Galena
Feb. 14: Chocolate Lovers Stroll – Galena
Feb. 21: Big Nut Open – Galena
MARCH
Mar. 7: Galena Whiskey Weekend – Galena
Mar. 13: St. Patrick’s Pub Crawl – Galena
Mar. 14: St. Patrick’s Shamrock Shimmy & Parade – Galena
APRIL
Apr. 18: Kiwanis River Trail Run – Galena
Apr. 25-26: U.S. Grant Pilgrimage/Scouts Weekend – Galena
Apr. 25-26: General Grant’s Home Front Reenactment – Galena
MAY
May 1-3: Haunted Galena Conference – Galena
May 2: Spring Fling – Elizabeth
May 8-10: Galena Main St. Sidewalk Sale – Galena
May 16: Galena Sky Trail Race – Galena
JUNE
June 13: Pride Picnic – Galena
June 19-21: Great Galena Balloon Race – Galena
June 20: Corkless in Galena - Galena
JULY
July 1: Elizabeth Freedom Fest – Elizabeth
July 4: Independence Day Celebration – Galena
July 4: Independence Day Celebration – Stockton
July 17-19: 105th Elizabeth Community Fair
July 30-Aug. 2: Jo Daviess County Fair – Warren
AUGUST
Aug. 1: Galena Brew Fest – Galena
Aug. 7-9: Galena Main St. Sidewalk Sale – Galena
Aug. 15: Elizabeth Harvest Fest – Elizabeth
Aug. 22: Music and Arts Festival – Stockton
Aug. 29: Bicentennial Corn Boil at Recreation Park – Galena
SEPTEMBER
Sep. 5-6: Annual Honey Harvest - Elizabeth
Sep. 11-13: Ladies Getaway Weekend – Galena
Sep. 12-13: Historical Society’s Annual Cemetery Walk – Galena
Sep. 19: Mallard Fest – Hanover
Sep. 26: Galena Cellars Annual Fall Harvest Festival – Galena
Sep. 26: Massbach Stomp! – Elizabeth
OCTOBER
Oct. 3: Galena Oktoberfest – Galena
Oct. 10-11: River Ridge Craft Fair – Elizabeth
Oct. 10-11: Galena Country Fair – Galena
Oct. 16-18: Twenty Dirty Hands Pottery Tour – Multiple Locations
Oct. 17: Galena Living History Walk
Oct. 17-18: Other Side of the Anvil – Galena
Oct. 24: Galena River Fall Half Marathon – Galena
Oct. 31 (tentatively): Galena Halloween Parade – Galena
NOVEMBER
Nov. 14: The General’s Christmas Ball – Galena
Nov. 20: Annual Nouveau Celebration – Galena
Nov. 27: Stockton Festival of Lights & Living Windows
Nov. 28: Galena Holiday Kickoff! – Galena
DECEMBER
Dec. 5: Galena Holidaze Festival – Galena
Dec. 5: Holiday Fire in the Sky – Galena
Dec. 5: Christmas at the Fort – Elizabeth
Dec. 11: Classical Blast’s Dark Side of the Yule - Galena
Dec. 12: Night of Luminaria and Living Windows – Galena
Dec. 19: Snowflake & Sweets Stroll – Galena
Dec. 27: Galena’s 200th Birthday – Turner Hall, Galena
JANUARY 2027
To Be Announced