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Rockton Christmas Walk
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-08 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Join us in Downtown Rockton for our full weekend of Christmas events! Here are just a few of our fun events: dueling pianos, ugly sweater pub crawl (adults only), tree lightings and lighted displays, visits with Santa, horse carriage rides, lighted parade, caroling, hot cocoa crawl and historic home tour – and SO. MUCH. MORE! For more info, visit www.rocktonchristmaswalk.com. Click Here to visit our gallery from our 2022 event.

Get Swifty! Small Business Saturday Friendship Bracelet Making
2024-11-30 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
In Downtown Rockton, our local shops and customers all feel like family. Whether you’re looking for something fun to do with family and friends this Thanksgiving weekend or you’re looking to hide from family and friends (we won’t tell!), come hang out with us in Downtown Rockton as we celebrate Small Business Saturday by “Getting Swifty” and making friendsip bracelets. Check back for confirmed locations. We’ll have a few places you can start by grabbing your starter bag and supplies, then stop at the different participating locations for fun, unique charms and filler beads. FREE! We just want you all to “dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes.”

Jingle Bell ROCKton
2024-11-08 - 2024-11-10 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Downtown Rockton’s official Christmas season open house all weekend long! Join us food, drinks, prizes, and ALL the holiday shopping. For those who want to win prizes, pick up a stamp card from participating locations and collect stamps as you shop. No purchase necessary to participate. Participating locations will be added once confirmed – stay tuned!

Main St. Trick or Treat
2024-10-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Come join us in downtown Rockton to trick-or-treat at local businesses! It’s always a huge hit with residents and visitors alike. This year Downtown Rockton has added so much more! Settlers Park will have an all ages friendly “haunted house”, cornstalk maze, and the Freedlund Family Farm’s two donkeys and Shetlund pony all dressed up in their very own Halloween costumes! The pumpkin carving contest is also back, new and improved – drop off your finished pumpkins on Friday, Oct. 25 at the American Legion (221 W. Main St.) and pick up at Settlers Park at 3 pm on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the end of the Main St. Trick or Treat. More details can be found clicking here.

Click Here to visit our gallery from our 2022 event.

It's All About Fiber
2024-10-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Macktown Living History, 2221 Freeport Rd., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
It’s all about the apples!
Free for members and children under 8.

Rockton River Market
2024-08-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-21 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-14 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-07 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-31 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-24 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-17 17:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-03 17:00 - 20:00 and 5 more dates | Settlers Park, 150 E. Hawick St., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULEVENDOR APPLICATION PACKET
Come for the shopping, stay for the music! The Rockton River Market provides a comfortable atmosphere with food trucks, drinks, and local artisans. Live local music is provided for entertainment.
Click Here to view this year’s entertainment schedule.
Click Here to view the application packet if you’re interested in becoming a market vendor.
Click Here to view the 2024 vendor map.
Click Here to visit our photo gallery from the 2022 season.

Old Settlers Days
2024-06-13 16:00 - 2024-06-16 21:00 | Settlers Park, 150 E. Hawick St., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Join us for Rockton Lions largest fundraiser of the year at Settlers Park in Downtown Rockton! All of the profits go back to our local community. For more info, visit www.oldsettlersdays.com.

Summerpalooza
2024-06-08 17:00 - 22:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
We’re blocking off the first block of West Main Street for food, fun, activities and more. Each date has a theme if you want to participate: June 8 – patriotic; July 13 – nostalgic summer outfits from your childhood; and Aug. 10 – a Hawaiian luau.

The Gathering at Macktown
2024-06-08 09:00 - 16:00 | Macktown Living History, 2221 Freeport Rd., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
A historical presentation of life in the early days of Macktown.
Free for children age 6 and under.

Rockton Pelican Fest
2024-05-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Rockton Pelican Fest is a celebration of the American White Pelicans migrating through the Rockton area and Nygren Wetland Preserve, the Rock River, wildlife and other natural assets surrounding Rockton, and promotes the local retail shops, eateries, and arts and culture of the historic Village of Rockton, Illinois.

It's All About Fiber
2024-05-18 09:00 - 16:00 | Macktown Living History, 2221 Freeport Rd., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
If you have a love of the fiber arts, this event is for you!
Free for members and children under 8.

Hot Cocoa Crawl
2023-12-04 12:00 - 15:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
As a part of our annual Christmas Walk, join us for a Hot Cocoa Crawl through downtown Rockton! Each ticket will get you a commemorative mug and cute spoon that nests in the handle along with cocoa samples at participating downtown businesses. For more info about Christmas Walk, visit www.rocktonchristmaswalk.com. Click Here to visit our gallery from our 2022 event.

Rockton Christmas Walk
2023-12-01 - 2023-12-03 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Join us downtown for our full weekend of Christmas events! For more info, visit www.rocktonchristmaswalk.com. Click Here to visit our gallery from our 2022 event.

Main St. Trick or Treat
2023-10-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
Come join us in downtown Rockton to trick-or-treat at local businesses! It’s always a huge hit with residents and visitors alike. Click Here to visit our gallery from our 2022 event.

Rockton Township Cemetery Graveyard Tour
2023-10-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Rockton Township Cemetery, 536 West St., Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
All are welcome to a tour of the Rockton Township Cemetery to learn about some of the fascinating history buried right in our backyard. Walk at your leisure to the featured graves where a guide will impart the interesting history behind its resident. You do not have to be present right at 5 pm, but you are encouraged to allow yourself at least one hour to visit the featured gravesites.

Thank you in advance for your respectful behavior at an active cemetery of many loved ones.

The Rockton Historic Preservation Commission was created in 2014 to preserve, protect and advance local Rockton Village history, historical sites and buildings. If interested in more about the Commission, please contact Tricia Diduch at diduch@rocktonvillage.com.

Rockton River Market
2023-08-30 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-23 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-16 17:00 - 20:00 | Downtown Rockton, 110 East Main Street, Rockton, IL, 61072, United States
LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULEVENDOR APPLICATION PACKET
Come for the shopping, stay for the music! The Rockton River Market provides a comfortable atmosphere to shop for handmade items, fruits, and vegetables. Live local music is provided for entertainment.
Click Here to view this year’s entertainment schedule.
Click Here to view the application packet if you’re interested in becoming a market vendor.
Click Here to visit our photo gallery from the 2022 season.
