Friday
Downtown Naperville Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sales / All day in downtown Naperville / Downtown Naperville businesses are “taking it to the streets” for the annual summer sidewalk sales. Enjoy sizzling summer savings—inside and out—during these three special days (July 11-13). More info at downtownnaperville.com.
Centennial Beach / 11AM / Now open daily for building sandcastles, swimming, volleyball, adult floats (9AM weekends), relaxing under the trees and fond memories. Since 1931, families have found summertime fun at 500 W. Jackson Avenue! Daily Admission / Youth: Resident $8 / Nonresident $14; Adult: Resident $10 / Nonresident $16; After 5PM: Resident $5 / Nonresident $8.
Reserve a Table at Mesón Sabika / Find a choice in dining rooms and private spaces at Mesón Sabika to sample Spanish tapas and delicious sangria for lunch and dinner every day. Located just west of downtown Naperville at 1025 Aurora Avenue, Mesón Sabika has been serving the community since 1990. Built in 1847, the historic mansion with eight air-conditioned dining rooms is set in a beautifully landscaped four-acre estate, providing a welcoming sight with plenty of parking for lunch, dinner, special events, benefits, weddings, meetings and family gatherings throughout the year. Enjoy patio season, too!
Saturday
Naperville Farmers Market / 7AM to Noon / Fifth Avenue Station, 200 East 5th Ave. Open weekly now through the summer season.
Downtown Naperville Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sales / All day in downtown Naperville / Downtown Naperville businesses are “taking it to the streets” for the annual summer sidewalk sales. Enjoy sizzling summer savings—inside and out—during these three special days (July 11-13). More info at downtownnaperville.com.
Enjoy Every Day at Quigley’s Irish Pub / 11AM / Quigley’s Irish Pub is located at 43 E. Jefferson Ave in downtown Naperville / Quigley’s Irish Pub features live music Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as well as a good place for all types of special events. Meanwhile, stop by for honest pub fare and a cold pint in the cool pub EDAQ, Every Day at Quigley’s. Patio is open, weather permitting. YEFA EURO Soccer Tournament play on the big screens as it happens!
Sunday
Naperville Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research / 8:30 – 11:30AM at Riverwalk Grand Pavilion – 912 Honorary Sindt Memorial Ct. Naperville, IL 60540 / The Lustgarten Foundation’s Naperville Walk for Research is your chance to join thousands of others whose lives have been touched by pancreatic cancer. Together we are raising the critical funds and awareness needed to transform pancreatic cancer into a curable disease. Join us at Riverwalk Grand Pavilion on Sunday, July 14, for a morning of hope, remembrance and action. Register. Donate. Fundraise. Fundamental research is led by Lustgarten and powered by you. Support the walk today. Register at hope.lustgarten.org/event/naperville.
Water Street Fine Art & Fine Craft Fair / 10AM – 5PM at Water Street in downtown Naperville, IL 60540 / The Naperville Water Street District proudly hosts the first Annual Water Street Fine Art & Fine Craft Fair, a juried art exhibition and sale, to be held on Sunday, July 14 from 10AM until 5PM along Water and Webster Streets in Downtown Naperville, adjacent to the renowned Naperville Riverwalk, Naper Settlement and Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk. The show is inviting local artists from DuPage, Will and Kane Counties to exhibit fine art and fine crafts in a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber, graphics, mixed media, jewelry, photography, pottery, metalwork, glass, wood, digital artwork, glass, and digital art.
Downtown Naperville Sales / Downtown Naperville businesses continue of offer bargains galore inside to help clear the way for new fall and winter merchandise. Sizzling summer savings continue Sunday. Find more info at downtownnaperville.com.
Century Walk Tours Every Day / Around the Clock – Daylight / The recently published 88-page Naperville Century Walk Public Art Guide to more than 50 locations featuring local stories with public art by renown artists is now available at the Naperville Art League Gallery, Naper Settlement, Hotel Indigo and the Naperville Municipal Center. Pick up a free copy today. Then take a self-guided tour.
GO FISH! / Dawn to Dusk / Considering the defining definition “to search, seek or obtain something indirectly,” you never know what you’ll catch naturally by visiting local parks and ponds to experience the great outdoors… Enjoy strolling among wildflowers, Canada geese, Mallard ducks, muskrats, young anglers and much more! Yes! Anglers are known to catch largemouth bass at May Watts Pond. Go clicking fishing!
Every Day… Dine Naperville!
Copies of the July issue of PN are available at more than 25 locations. Thanks to local businesses that provide space for PN racks!
Naperville Municipal Band performs at 7:30PM Thursdays thru Aug. 15
Note the schedule for the 2024 Naperville Municipal Band Summer Concert Series at 7:30PM Thursdays in Central Park, now through August 15, is available on page 4 of the July publication and also at www.napervilleband.org. All NMB concerts are free of charge. Plan a family picnic with friends and neighbors. Order take-out from a downtown eatery. Concerts run between 60 and 90 minutes. Come enjoy the musical tradition that dates back to 1859.
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