Weekend highlights for Sept. 22 through 25

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Updated: October 14, 2011 11:08AM

All weekend

Country Folk Art Festival: Dozens of artisans will sell their wares at the 29th annual Autumn Country Folk Art Festival from Sept. 23 through 25 at the Kane County Fairgrounds, Randall Road. Items include costumes, chairs, baskets and fairy wings, along with homemade food and refreshments. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8 Friday; $6 Saturday; $4 Sunday. Children younger than 15 attend free. Ask about group rates. Free parking. Handicapped accessible. Contact Robin Reed, Art of the Heartland, at 815-772-3279
or rareed57@yahoo.com.
Visit www.artoftheheartlandinc.com.

Lyon Farm Fall Festival: The Kendall County Historical Society will host their 38th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 and 25 at the Lyon Farm and Village, 7935 Route 71 in Yorkville. Events will include crafts, antique and flea market booths, antique tractors, cars and trucks. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for kids 7 to 12, and kids 6 and younger admitted free. Call 630-554-3064 or 630-554-1478, or visit www.kchs.us.

Pumpkin Daze: Marmion’s Abbey Farms Pumpkin Daze is open every weekend through Oct. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays at 850 Butterfield Road in Aurora. General admission wristbands are $8; kids younger than 2 admitted free with parent. Admission includes unlimited access to the 10 acre corn maze, hayride, bouncy huts, various games, big wheel, racetrack, pumpkin coloring station, marshmallow roasting and campfires. Parking is free. Contact Adam Voirin at 630-897-6936 or visit www.abbeyfarms.org.

Saturday

Geneva Autumn Fair: The Geneva Park District Foundation welcomes families to enjoy a day of fun at the annual free Autumn Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Peck Farm Park, 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva. Activities will include pony rides, food, children’s games, crafts, birds of prey exhibit, musical entertainment, touch-a-truck exhibit and the final opportunity of the season to visit the award-winning Butterfly House. Cow-chip Bingo returns, a traditional event where a live cow stands on a grid of lines that form Bingo squares. Visit www.genevaparks.org or call 630-232-4542.

Sunday

Batavia House Walk: Five distinctive homes and a tea will highlight this years’ walk from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25. This years’ tour includes a recently remodeled 1870’s historical home that is used as a convent, an 1888 Victorian and a 2004 old-world style home. Presale tickets are $18 in advance and $20 the day of the event, if available. To purchase tickets, contact Batavia MainStreet at 630-761-3528 or visit www.downtownbatavia.com.