Savanna Events Committee

Savanna Events Committee ๐Ÿ“ Savanna, Illinois
Good People. Good Community.

The Kingdom of Wonders has TWO more shows in Savanna at 3pm & 6pm today. Itโ€™s FREE to attend! ๐ŸŽช
08/23/2026

The Kingdom of Wonders has TWO more shows in Savanna at 3pm & 6pm today.

Itโ€™s FREE to attend! ๐ŸŽช

08/23/2026

Remember the Haunted Forest behind Poopy's? Well we want to bring it back!!! Looking for volunteers to scare and help decorate.

08/22/2026

๐Ÿซ ๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐˜๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Œ๐”๐’๐“ ๐†๐Ž! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿช‘

Weโ€™re clearing out the old West Carroll High School in Savanna, and thereโ€™s ๐š ๐‹๐Ž๐“ up for grabs! Come dig through the building and see what treasures you can find โ€” tables, chairs, books, school items, random finds and plenty more.

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’ + ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„ ๐€๐ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐„๐‘! We want it ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ!

๐Ÿ“… Saturday & Sunday, August 22nd & 23rd
โฐ 8AM โ€“ 1PM
๐Ÿ“ 500 Cragmoor, Savanna, IL

Whether youโ€™re a teacher, collector, or just a little nostalgic and want one last piece of the old school, come take a look! You ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ what you might find. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌTuesday, August 4, 2026๐Ÿฅฉ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌSaturday, September 19...
08/10/2026

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

๐Ÿฅฉ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ
Saturday, September 19 | Noon โ€“ 3:00 PM
โ€ผ๏ธ We need 3 prizes for the competition winners, currently looking for donations.
โ€ผ๏ธ Need 1 volunteer to sell 50/50 raffle tickets during the event.
โ€ผ๏ธ Looking for people to participate and enter the event with their homemade beef jerky

๐ŸŽƒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง
- High School Haunted House, October 23 & 24 (๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ)
- Katie and Mike have a crazy vision for this yearโ€™s theme, more details to come!
- Trick-or-Treating will take place on Halloween this year, Saturday, October 31
- Ghost Tours at Pulford Opera House by 2am paranormal

๐Ÿ‘ป ๐‡๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ
- Considering hosting the Haunted Forest two weekends in a row
- Participating organizations would provide volunteers and receive proceeds from their respective weekend
- Sports Boosters may be interested in helping, potentially involving football players and West Carroll High School cheerleaders

๐ŸŽ„ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ
โ€ผ๏ธ Currently looking for donations for the Savanna Lions Club Drive-Through Christmas Lights

โค๏ธ September Community Spotlight Nominations
Mannyโ€™s
The Novel Bloom
Made by Kylee
Polar Express
Savanna Museum & Cultural Center
Spring Lake Campground

๐Ÿด Taste of Savanna | Early ideas/discussion:
- Collaboration between the Chamber and Savanna Events Committee
- Open to any local restaurant that wants to participate
- Food tasting / trade-show-style setup
- Guests could purchase a Taste of Savanna button
- Fun activity idea: dig through sand to find diamonds

๐ŸŽƒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ข๐ฉ & ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ
- The Chamber is working on a possible fall Pumpkin Spice Sip & Shop. Potential Date: October 10 or October 17
- Could include six surrounding towns
- Transportation still needs to be figured out
- Would attendees convoy from town to town?
- Could a bus or other group transportation be provided?

๐Ÿซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž
August 22 & 23 | 8:00AM โ€“ 1:00PM
- Sale will be held at the former high school
โ€ผ๏ธ Volunteers are needed for security

๐ŸŽช ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง!
August 22 & 23
Showtimes: 3:30PM & 6:30PM
Location: Savanna High School Football Field

๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž / ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ
- Still waiting on 501(c)(3) status
- Current bank account balance: just over $3,000
- Need to create an official charitable mission statement
- Need to officially establish the Board of Directors

๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž
A fall and winter pickleball league is being planned at The Answer. Thank you, Alice, for helping with this!

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ & ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
The Museum is planning its Gala. The train car is getting new lighting, paid for by the City of Savanna.

๐Ÿฆ Savanna Lions Club has their next meeting: Tuesday, August 11 at 6:00PM at Mannyโ€™s
โ€ผ๏ธ The Lions Club is always looking for new members
๐Ÿˆ Meet the Thunder: August 14 at West Carroll
๐ŸŽฃ Kids Fishing Day at Frog Pond: September 26

๐Ÿ“… ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Tuesday, September 15 at 6:00PM
๐Ÿ“ High School

๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐“๐„๐Œ๐’:
โ€ผ๏ธ We need 3 prizes for the Jerky competition winners at Poopy's, currently looking for donations
โ€ผ๏ธ Need 1 volunteer to sell 50/50 raffle tickets during the event
โ€ผ๏ธ Looking for people to participate and enter the event with their homemade beef jerky on Saturday, September 19 from Noon โ€“ 3:00PM
โ€ผ๏ธ Currently looking for donations for the Savanna Lions Club Drive-Through Christmas Lights
โ€ผ๏ธ Volunteers are needed for security at the School Sale on August 22 & 23
๐Ÿฆ Savanna Lions Club is ALWAYS looking for new members. Join their next meeting on Tuesday, August 11 at 6:00PM at Mannyโ€™s

๐Ÿฅฉ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐Œ๐„'๐’ ๐…๐”๐๐๐˜. ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐Ž๐”๐’.Do your friends ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ you make the best jerky around? It's time to settle...
08/04/2026

๐Ÿฅฉ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐Œ๐„'๐’ ๐…๐”๐๐๐˜. ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐’๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐Ž๐”๐’.

Do your friends ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ you make the best jerky around? It's time to settle it at Poopy's Je****ff: The Ultimate Jerky Showdown. Whether it's beef, venison, turkey, pork, or something a little more wild, we want to taste your best batch.

Not only will you be competing for ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ and prizes, but every entry helps support local events ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ in Savanna.

๐Ÿฅฉ Tasting: Noon โ€“ 3:00 PM
๐Ÿ† Awards & Judging: 3:00 PM
๐Ÿ“… Saturday, September 19th

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:
๐Ÿฅฉ Homemade jerky only (๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด)
๐ŸฆŒ All meats are welcome
๐Ÿ“ฆ Can't make it? Mail your jerky to us!
๐Ÿ† You do not have to be present to win
๐Ÿ“ Register online or print and bring an entry form

๐Ÿ‘• Event shirts are available now in our store, and prize announcements are coming soon!

๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ฅ-๐ˆ๐ง ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ“ฌ Poopy's, 1030 Viaduct Rd, Savanna, IL 61074
๐Ÿ“ฒ Sign up here: https://poopys.com/contact-us/

โค๏ธ Savanna Events Committee "๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž" August SpotlightThis month, we're happy to recognize River Cities Hea...
08/03/2026

โค๏ธ Savanna Events Committee "๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž" August Spotlight

This month, we're happy to recognize River Cities Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration for everything they do ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด to make Savanna a better place.

Most people know them as the folks who keep your heat running in the winter and your AC cold in the summer. But if you've been involved with a school fundraiser, community event, or local nonprofit, you've probably seen River Cities ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฉ there too.

They are one of the ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด of what it means to ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. Thank you for ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ you do for our community and events!

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌMonday, July 13 | 6:00 PM๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐žCurrent Events Committee Balance: $3,43...
07/16/2026

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ
Monday, July 13 | 6:00 PM

๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž
Current Events Committee Balance: $3,436.81

๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Rescheduled: End of August (TBD)
Fundraising revenue will come from: Entry fees, tasting fees

Jackie (and others) will participate in Community Time with Brian (airs before noon) to thank everyone who helped make the July 5th Celebration a success.

๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
Summerween, Saturday, July 18 | 4:00โ€“6:00 PM
Location: Old Mill Park
Looking for donations of baked goods for the Cake Walk.

๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Taste of Savanna: Discussed the possibility of bringing back Taste of Savanna next spring.

๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
Reach out to the Savanna Chamber to confirm whether they will host the Christmas Walk again this year (traditionally held on Black Friday). We would like to help in anyway we can.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ :
Small Business Saturday
Holiday Weekend activities
Events Committee: Easter Egg Hunt
Lions Club is also interested in bringing back Family Night
Fireworks Discussion (2027 Planning)
Mississippi River Fireworks

Katie and Brienna will explore moving next year's fireworks display to the Mississippi River.

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ:
Apply for required Coast Guard permits January 1st.
Reach out to Lawsons about possibly donating a barge and tug for launching fireworks
Coordinating with Sabula's fireworks display
Tentative Date: Monday, July 5

๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
Saturday, October 31

For Halloween on Saturday, October 31, the committee plans to host a full afternoon of family-friendly events. The parade lineup will begin at 3:00PM, with the parade stepping off at 3:30PM. Following the parade, the community will gather for the Boo Bash, with trick-or-treating taking place immediately afterward to round out the day's festivities.

Ghost Tours: Every Friday in October in downtown Savanna and the Pulford Opera House

"๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ "
July 26 | 4:00 PM at the High School

๐€๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ
Ask Poopy's about hosting: Haunted Walk or Hayrack Ride during Halloween weekend (Fridayโ€“Sunday).
Explore whether the high school drama club would be interested in helping operate a haunted house.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ
Marquette Park Christmas Display: The Lions Club is still accepting: Christmas decorations and Monetary donations. Donations can be dropped off at the Polar Express or coordinated through Anita.

๐”๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
Storytelling in the Palisades: Continue discussing scheduling, target dates, and logistics. Tabled until Fall.

๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก (๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ)
Secret until announced

๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Tuesday, August 4 | 6:00 PM
Location: Mexican Restaurant

๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐“๐„๐Œ๐’:

โ—๏ธ Looking for donations of baked goods for the Cake Walk for Saturday's "Summerween" at Old Mill Park

โ—๏ธ Our next fundraiser is a jerky competition at Poopy's (Date TBD). If you know anyone who makes great homemade jerky, encourage them to sign up and compete. The more entries we have, the more jerky there will be for everyone to sample and judge, making it an even better fundraiser for the community.

โ—๏ธ Savanna, Il Lions Club is accepting Christmas decorations and monetary donations for their annual lighting of Marquette Park. They will need volunteers when it comes time to set up the display.

โ—๏ธ "๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ " is on July 26, 4:00PM at the old Savanna High School. Anyone is welcome to attend to help make Halloween bigger and better this year.

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