Princeton Tourism

07/10/2020

The Princeton Farmers Market is tomorrow from 8:30 AM to 1 PM. Be sure to check out all the amazing vendors! 🍎🍊🍋🥝🍆🥦🥕🌽🌶🥒🥬

07/04/2020

Princeton Farmer’s Market is happening today! 8:30am-1pm
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07/03/2020

Martina McBride concert rescheduled for next August

07/03/2020

From our community to yours, have a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend with your friends and families! ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

06/21/2020

Happy Father’s Day! ♥️

06/20/2020

We love it when our members work together to support one another! Sights Ink created different styles of shirts to help raise money for our local pet store that was destroyed by fire. The proceeds will go directly to Tanks Boek-el-Zoo. This will help them find a new location and to reopen! Fundraiser ends this Sunday!
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On May 30th, 2020, Tanks/Boek-el-ZOO was heavily damaged by fire. The birds all perished, including Laila Marie, Lori’s sidekick Cockatoo. Laila was the start and the heart of the store and will forever be missed. The majority of other critters survived. They all remain in foster care until Lori c...

06/20/2020

Farmer’s Market Saturday in Princeton! This year it is on the courthouse lawn. Like the Princeton Farmer’s Market Page for updates from the organizers.

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06/13/2020

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Farmer’s Market Day!

06/12/2020

Festival 56 postpones 2020 summer season.

Options being studied to still hold Camp 56.

“After long discussion over several possible scenarios, Producing Artistic Director Tommy Lafrate and the Festival 56 Board of Directors have decided that postponing the 2020 summer season to summer 2021 is the most responsible option for the health and safety of the Festival’s patrons, performers, staff and volunteers, as well as the wider community, in hopes that by next summer, public health concerns will once again support the type of live, professional theater provided by Festival 56.

Festival 56 has become an important part of the Princeton community, with the influx of young performers and visitors from out of town adding life and vibrancy to Princeton’s summer celebrations. In addition, a summer season in Princeton has been a launching pad for many theatrical careers, both onstage and offstage. As evidence, Festival 56 alumni have been offering videos with songs of hope and fond memories of time spent with host families on the Festival 56 page.

As Festival 56 counts down another year to when it can again open a summer season, the Board of Directors is looking for other ways to provide connection to the arts. They are studying options that would allow Camp 56, Festival 56’s theater camp for third-grade through high school, to take place at the end of the summer within health and safety guidelines.

A fall/winter season of music and other performances is also being outlined, for when restrictions will allow audiences to safely return to the Grace Theater, with additional measures taken for health safety.

For 17 years, Festival 56 has been part of the amazing mosaic that makes up Princeton's vibrant community. With the continued support of its patrons and sponsors, Festival 56 will continue to be part of the scene for years to come.”

06/11/2020

While the July 3rd Street Concert has been cancelled, we are optimistic and hopeful about the future concert dates. We are reviewing several options, and will meet again in a couple of weeks to discuss the July 17th concert. Stay positive, hopeful, and optimistic. 🙏💪

While the July 3rd Street Concert has been cancelled, we are optimistic and hopeful about the future concert dates. We are reviewing several options, and will meet again in a couple of weeks to discuss the July 17th concert. Stay positive, hopeful, and optimistic. 🙏💪

06/06/2020

Gorgeous day for treasure hunting in Princeton! 👀😁

06/04/2020

Ideas on moving forward...

As we continue to move forward during this unsettling and challenging year, the city is doing our best to work with businesses throughout town in being creative with the restrictions placed upon us.

Our primary objective is to bring as many people to town as possible, to shop our stores, eat at our restaurants and enjoy a drink at our bars. Not everything we do, or don’t do, is accepted by everyone; but this isn’t the case even during the best of times. Today, though, is different.

It’s a delicate balancing act where compromise is needed; for everyone to work together for the common good of our community.

We have allowed wide latitude in helping restaurants and bars to set up outdoors. They are licensed through the state, as are other businesses, but restaurants and bars are places where people gather, and other businesses all benefit from their presence. We have talked with restaurants and bars about public parking lot use for tables and chairs, and allowing the use of tents to protect customers from the sun. We extended the payment of City liquor licenses to the end of June (they are due at the end of April) and we allowed curb side pick-up long before the state allowed it.

As we go forward you will see other instances of our commitment to bring people uptown and downtown. The Princeton Chamber has been posting promotional videos of businesses throughout town on social media. Another example is the limited allowance of food trucks associated with existing businesses. Food trucks bring people to Main Street and other areas of town who then patronize other businesses that they might not otherwise have visited.

We hope to see musicians set up in town in front of participating businesses who will provide music during business hours. We have received inquiries on whether this would be acceptable. We fully support all our business districts as a music venue for musicians who partner with participating businesses.

There are other ideas at work as well. It’s all designed to bring people out and to revitalize our town as we move into summer. Working together, compromising together and allowing the unusual to become usual is the key to sustainability.

Together... we will succeed!

05/25/2020

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05/22/2020

A hard decision had to be made. Next year, it will be bigger & better than ever.🚴🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Announcement about this year's ride.

05/22/2020

Announcement about this year's ride.

05/10/2020

04/27/2020

Woman in her 50s is recovering at home

04/22/2020

Due to the extension of the Shelter-In-Place orders recommended by the Federal and State officials, the City of Princeton will remain on lockdown until further notice.  All city services continue to be available, and all utility bill payments continue to be due and collected.  Please call 815-875-...

04/22/2020

04/16/2020

The Chamber has converted our Little Free Library into a Little Free Pantry for those in need. Our hope is that other Little Free Libraries will join us and do the same for our neighbors in need. 💕 ❤️ 💙🙏

04/13/2020

Red Covered Bridge to close for repairs:

The historic Red Covered Bridge in Bureau County will be closed beginning Monday, April 13, for repairs. The department will work on repairs to the bridge timber planks. The bridge is the most photographed bridge in Illinois.

04/12/2020

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04/07/2020

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