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

๐ŸŒธ The Savanna Events Committee "๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž" October spotlight is The Novel Bloom!
10/07/2026

๐ŸŒธ The Savanna Events Committee "๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž" October spotlight is The Novel Bloom!

๐ŸŽฌ ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จโ€™๐‘บ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น!This isn't your normal night at the movies. The historic Savanna/Times Theater is...
10/07/2026

๐ŸŽฌ ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จโ€™๐‘บ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น!

This isn't your normal night at the movies. The historic Savanna/Times Theater is getting a spooky makeover for ๐‘ป๐‘พ๐‘ถ weekends of Halloween fun! Whether youโ€™ve got little ghosts who want something a little less scary or youโ€™re ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ to come back after darkโ€ฆ weโ€™ve got a scare for you. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› Kitty Haunted Theater: 11amโ€“3pm
Perfect for younger kids who want some Halloween fun without the BIG scares! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ $7 per person

๐ŸŽฌ Halloween Movies: 3:30pm โ€“ 6:30pm
๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด & ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜‰๐˜ˆ!

๐Ÿ’€ NIGHT SCARES: 7โ€“10pm
When the sun goes down, the theater gets a whole lot scarier.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ $10 per person

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ & ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ
๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› Kitty Haunted Theater: 11am โ€“ 3pm
๐ŸŽฌ Halloween Movies: 3:30pm โ€“ 6:30pm
๐Ÿ’€ NIGHT SCARES: 7โ€“10pm

๐Ÿฟ CONCESSIONS WILL BE OPEN FOR ALL!

Bring the little ones during the day, stick around for a movie, or come back after dark if you think you can handle the Haunted Theater at night.

๐’๐€๐•๐€๐๐๐€ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐“๐„๐„Meeting Notes โ€” Tuesday, September 15, 2026Location: Savanna High SchoolTime: 6:00PM๐ŸŽƒ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ถ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต ...
09/16/2026

๐’๐€๐•๐€๐๐๐€ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐“๐„๐„
Meeting Notes โ€” Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Location: Savanna High School
Time: 6:00PM

๐ŸŽƒ ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ถ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘บ
Haunted Pulford Opera House Paranormal Tours
Hosted by 2AM Paranormal
Tours will take place every Friday during spooky season.
Tour Times: 6:00 โ€“ 8:00PM & 8:00 โ€“ 10:00PM
Cost: $10 per person
Group Size: 10 people or fewer, Ages: All ages welcome
To reserve a tour and time, message 2AM Paranormal or contact Jessica at (402) 604-4816.

๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’‘๐’šโ€™๐’” ๐‘ฑ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•
On Halloween, Poopyโ€™s will also host a Jeep Retreat from 1:00 โ€“3:00PM before the community Halloween festivities.

๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’‚ โ€” ๐‘ถ๐’„๐’•๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ 31
Halloween Parade, Parade lineup begins at 3:00PM behind Sippi-Side, Parade begins at 3:30PM. Everyone is welcome to participate in the parade!

๐‘ฉ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’‰ โ€” ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’
The Boo Bash will begin following the parade and will include:
Trunk or Treat โ€” anyone is welcome to participate
Free hot dogs and chips for kids, provided by the Boo Crew
Free cotton candy, Popcorn provided by the Savanna Lions Club
Community Trick-or-Treating from 5:00โ€“7:00 PM

๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ซ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”: thank you!!
Hot dogs โ€” Polar Express
Chips โ€” Mannyโ€™s
Juice boxes โ€” McDonaldโ€™s

Thank you to our local businesses and organizations for helping make Halloween fun and free for Savanna families!

๐‘บ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•
October 17. Spring Lake Campground will host its own Halloween celebration featuring music, trick-or-treating, decorations and other Halloween activities.

๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ โ€” ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“
The Savanna Times Theater plans to show scary movies and host a Haunted Theater on: October 23 & 24 and October 30 & 31

Volunteers and Halloween decorations will be needed.

๐Ÿซ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฏ ๐‘บ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ถ๐‘ณ / ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐’€ ๐‘ช๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น
Discussion continued regarding the possibility of transforming the former high school into a community center for Savanna.

๐‘ต๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‘๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’…๐’†:
Research potential grants and funding opportunities.
Reach out to Congressman Eric Sorensenโ€™s office regarding possible grant resources and assistance.
Explore CPF funding opportunities.
Obtain an estimate for the cost of replacing/updating the HVAC system.
Talk with River Cities and other potential partners regarding funding and support.
Complete an energy audit.
Develop a business plan for the proposed community center.
Create a formal proposal explaining the project, its potential community impact and how the Savanna Events Committee could support the center.

๐ŸŽถ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จ ๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ๐‘ผ๐‘ด & ๐‘ช๐‘ผ๐‘ณ๐‘ป๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ณ ๐‘ช๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น
Music at the Museum, Friday, September 25 at 7:30PM Featuring Burn Cruise. Music at the Museum takes place every fourth Friday and is free to the community thanks to volunteers and donations.

๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’–๐’Ž ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’”
September 22 at 6:30 PM. A presentation will be held for the Savanna Museum Stewards. Danika will send additional information for promotion.

๐ŸŽ„ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘บ ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฒ
Friday, November 27, 5:00 โ€“ 8:00PM
๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†: ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’•

๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
Lit horses
Living windows throughout downtown businesses
Wagon rides by the theater
Santa at the Fire Station
Cookie Walk
Tattoos at the gym
Photo booth in the State Farm parking lot
Petting zoo
Festival of Trees Opening Night
Raffle tickets in place of the previous silent auction

A volunteer will be needed to help sell raffle tickets during the Christmas Walk.

๐ŸŽ„ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ต๐‘จ ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘บ ๐‘ซ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ-๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘น๐‘ผ
Decorating Day: Sunday, November 22 at 1:00 PM
Location: Marquette Park

The Savanna Lions Club is looking for volunteers to help decorate the park for the Christmas Drive-Thru. They are also looking for Christmas light and display donations. They are asking residents and businesses to donate any extra Christmas lights or outdoor displays. Donations can be dropped off at Savanna City Hall.

๐ŸŒฑ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘บ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘น โ€” ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘ฎ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘พ ๐‘ญ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ๐‘น
October 9, 10:00AM โ€“ 4:00PM. The fundraiser will help support the continued growth of The Answer.

๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
Pizza from Hawg Dogs
Pizza from Mannyโ€™s
Cookies from Caseyโ€™s

๐†๐‘๐Ž๐– ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
The center will also begin offering new opportunities and classes for kids, including cooking, games and other activities.

๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ต ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘ด๐‘บ
โ€ผ๏ธ Find volunteers to help hand out free food and goodie bags during Halloween festivities.
โ€ผ๏ธ Recruit volunteers for the Haunted Theater at Savanna Times Theater.
โ€ผ๏ธ Ask for Halloween decoration donations for the Haunted Theater.
โ€ผ๏ธ Find a volunteer to sell raffle tickets during the Christmas Walk.
โ€ผ๏ธ Reach out to Savanna Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to see if they would like to participate in upcoming events as fundraising opportunities. Groups would be able to keep the money they raise.
โ€ผ๏ธ Savanna, Il Lions Club needs help on November 22 at 1:00PM for their decorating day at Marquette Park
โ€ผ๏ธ Begin researching grants and funding opportunities for the proposed community center.
โ€ผ๏ธ Contact Congressman Eric Sorensenโ€™s office regarding community center grant resources.
โ€ผ๏ธ Research CPF funding.
โ€ผ๏ธ Obtain HVAC estimates and explore an energy audit for the high school/community center.
โ€ผ๏ธ Begin developing a community center business plan and proposal.
โ€ผ๏ธ Start brainstorming ideas for Taste of Savanna โ€” Spring 2027.

๐๐„๐—๐“ ๐’๐€๐•๐€๐๐๐€ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐“๐„๐„ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†
Tuesday, October 6 at 6:00PM
Location: New China Restaurant

Due to low participation, the Savanna Events Committee has decided to ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฅ the Jerk Off/Jerky Competition Event on Sat...
09/14/2026

Due to low participation, the Savanna Events Committee has decided to ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฅ the Jerk Off/Jerky Competition Event on Saturday, September 19th.

Thank you to everyone who signed up and showed interest! We ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ your understanding and hope to see you at the next one!

๐ŸŒฟ This monthโ€™s Savanna Events Committee โ€œ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐žโ€ spotlight goes to Spring Lake Campground! For more than 80...
09/11/2026

๐ŸŒฟ This monthโ€™s Savanna Events Committee โ€œ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐žโ€ spotlight goes to Spring Lake Campground!

For more than 80 years, families have been making memories at this peaceful ๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ located at the gateway to the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

Campers can enjoy tent, camper and RV sites, a boat launch, great fishing, an adorable camp store and direct access to the Great River Trail. They also offer kayak, canoe and bicycle rentals, and theyโ€™re pet-friendly!

Danika has been actively involved with the Savanna Events Committee since it began and shared what makes this community ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ:

โ€œMaking memories with our campers and learning the history of Spring Lake Campground has been so rewarding as we continue bringing this special place back to life. Being part of the Events Committee has also been a wonderful way to meet more people who ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š.โ€

๐Ÿ“ Spring Lake Campground
8048 IL-84, Savanna, IL 61074
๐ŸŒ campspringlake.com

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‘€

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