Illinois Peach Festivals in 2024: Where, When and More to Find a Peach Festival Near You!

Looking for a peach festival in Illinois in 2024? (just scroll down the page)There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! All the peach festivals in Illinois we can find are listed on this page! If you love strawberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm always looking for more peach festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add!  I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website. 

Always click on the links to the festival to confirm this year's dates; with COVID and weather, things may change at the last minute. They may change or cancel at the last minute. . If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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Peach Festivals in Illinois in 2024: Where, When and More to Find a Peach Festival Near You!

Illinois

Peaches typically ripen from May (in northern Florida and Texas) through June, July and August in the mid-Atlantic, Midwest and New England. July dominates as the month for peach production (and festivals) Unlike strawberries, which grow almost anywhere, peaches are grown commercially in half as many states.

There are two general types of peach festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Peach festival held at and by a farm. They are different in what they offer, and community festivals tend to be less expensive so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both.)
Following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making peach jam, freezing peaches, peach pies and much more.

Community Peach Festivals

• Cobden Peach Festival - First Saturday in August
  117 S Appleknocker Dr, Cobden, IL 62920. Phone: 800-248-4373. Alternate Phone: 618-893-2777.Sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club, features carnival rides and games, Peach Queen Contest, homemade food and peach cobbler, parade starts at 4:30 on Saturday. Free admission. It's Peach Festival time! The festival kicks off Friday at 5:30pm . Saturday's events begin with the parade downtown at 4:30 and the festival continues immediately after the parade! Great Fish and chicken dinners, brats, bbq and more! Plus local peaches and cream and cobbler! Enjoy the Peach Queen Pageant, Spin and Win for peaches, Bingo and the Carnival rides! Music and Karaoke makes for two nights of fun for the whole family!
• Grafton Peach Festival - 10 am to 5 pm, See their website for this year's dates and times
  Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center (off the Great River Road), Grafton, Illinois. Phone: 618-786-2331. Crafts, pies, jams, kids' activities and more! TAdmission is free.

Farm Peach Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms have their own peach festivals.  See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of May). They usually have PYO strawberries then, too.  Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, canning and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

• We will be adding these as we find them;  Please write me, if you know of any to add!

Related Peach Information: Freezing, Making Jam, Jelly, Canning, Peach Pies, Recipes and More

Also, see our pages on easy illustrated peach directions:

 

• How to make your own home canned peaches, plums, cherries or nectarines (in a light sugar, regular sugar, natural fruit juice or no calorie sweetener solution)
• How to freeze peaches, plums, nectarines, figs and cherries
• Make amazing and easy peach jam
• Make your own home canned peach pie filling to use in the winter
• Or how about peach salsa?
• How to make canned spiced peaches
• Peach Cobbler
• How to make peach chutney
• You can make peach butter or even
• pickled peaches.

For other fruit and vegetable festivals, see this page!