Events for July 18, 2026

🎡 The Winnebago County Fair returns July 15-19 with carnival rides, livestock shows, live entertainment, family activities, food and exciting grandstand events, including an ATV rodeo, Tuff Trucks and Auto Cross! 🐄🎠🚜

Celebrate the 40th Annual Puckerbrush Days July 17–19, 2026! 🎉 Enjoy a full weekend of food trucks, family activities, contests, vendors, live music, the Puckerbrush Parade, car show, fireworks, and more. Featured entertainment includes Not Quite Brothers on Friday night and River City Rodeo on Saturday night. Mark your calendars and join the Forest City community for three days of summer fun! ☀️🎶🎆

🚗Join us Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the Kinney Pioneer Museum for Hit Rods For Heroes! This fundraiser honors our service men and women while raising funds for Operation Golden Hawk and the Kinney Pioneer Museum. Open to all makes and years of cars, trucks, and bikes! 🏍️

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 18 with food vendors, live music and patriotic fun from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 🇺🇸🎶🍔