Midwest United Car Show
2024-08-31 12:00 - 19:00 UTC | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Car enthusiasts mark your calendar for the biggest car show in the Midwest! Cars and Culture presents to you “Midwest United, 2024 Chicago!”The show will be on August 31, 2024 at the McHenry County Fair Association Fairgrounds in Woodstock, IL. Compete with the best in the Midwest for a chance to win our $1,500 best of show cash prize award! That’s right, $1,500! This will be a collaborated show featuring 500 of the best show cars in all of the 12 Midwest States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Join us for a day to build COMMUNITY within the car community. CONNECT and network with other like minded people. Display your CREATIVITY through your vehicle in front of our thousands of guest. You’ll experience excitement, great food, music, giveaways, activities, raffles prizes and so much more. Midwest, let’s make this happen and let’s see which Midwest will bring home the $1,500 cash prize award! This event cannot happen without you! Please invite and share this event to your friends, families, local shops and other car enthusiasts! For more tickets and information, please visit Carsandculture.org

Awards list:
-Best Show Car of the Season
-Best JDM of the Season
-Best KDM of the Season
-Best Supercar of the season
-Best Truck of the Season
-Best Engine Visual of the Season
-Best Interior of the Season
-Best Air Set Up of the Season
-Best Stance of the Season
-Best Fitment of the Season
-Cars and Culture’s Pick of the Season
-Best Car team overall of the Season
-Best Car team participation
-Best Domestic of the season
-Best Old Skool of the season
-Best Euro of the season
-Top 20 of the Season
-Winner of the Car Limbo Competition
-Winner of the Two-Step Competition

Walneck's Motorcycle Swap Meet
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Bull Riding
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Tractor & Truck Pulls
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Start your Fair Sunday off right with Tractor & Truck Pulls put on by ILLINI State Pullers. Tractor and truck drivers put their machines to the test in the competition of strength and speed! You and your family will love feeling the rev of the engines shaking the ground as drivers test the limits on their way to victory – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Demolition Derby by 4WD Promotions​
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Dragon's Day Out
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Take flight into a weekend of dragons, fantasy, and unforgettable magic at Dragon’s Days Out. This family-friendly fantasy festival invites adventurers of all ages to step into a world of immersive entertainment, whimsical experiences, artisan vendors, costumed performers, and interactive activities woven throughout the grounds.
Choose your path, join us for a single day of enchantment, or soar through the full weekend with a two-day pass. Whether you arrive ready to explore, play, or simply wander through the magic, Dragon’s Days Out offers a welcoming experience filled with wonder, creativity, and imagination.

Late Night Flea Market Fest
2026-09-26 15:00 - 2026-09-27 00:00
“No need for Sun-Tan lotion at this market,” state Bob Zurko of Zurko’s Midwest Promotions, promoter of the special event. It’s a night of “Flea & Fun”!
It’s treasure-hunting at its finest, as dealers gather their “FLEAS & STUFF including Antiques, Crafts, County Furniture, Old Comics, Toys, MEMORABILIA of all sorts and lots of Collectibles. The “Late Night Flea Market Fest” affords a great opportunity for folks who generally cannot attend a Flea Market during the day. Great food & snacks will be available. Dealers will be indoors, in tents and open-air, as the market goes rain or “MOON SHINE”! As always, the fun is in the hunt. Bring ‘FLASHLIGHTS”!
Special guests: Doctor Ivan Cryptosis – Doctor Ivan Cryptosis. Center Square of Pop Culture and America’s Pitchman. Horror Host, Comic, Ventriloquist, or Quizmaster. He is a man of many roles. He is joined by his sidekick Professor Varnus Lupescu. Entertainment and fun is everywhere…
Also, Jeff Balke – Jeff Balke is an entrepreneur, writer, voice actor and upcoming producer/director of his own animations. He founded his own animation studio, Jeff Balke Studios, which focuses on 2D Animation (both traditional and digital Animation). He’s created a number of characters, but is best known for Stanley and Friends (Stanley Squirrel, Natasha Squirrel, Chester, Baby Fang, Billy Billington and Bandit). In addition to creating animation, his studio also produced their first all ages comic called Stanley’s Ghost, which was Eisner nominated, starting their own line of weekly comic strips and kids books. Just recently, they started work on their first stop motion animation featuring Stanley Squirrel.
For additional information on this and other Zurko Promotions, call or write: 115 E. Division St. Shawano, WI. 54166 (715-526-9769) www.zurkopromotions.com

41st Annual FALL DIDDLEY® Day 1
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100% of net proceeds from Fall Diddley® are donated to 13 McHenry County agencies that service those with mental health related issues. Without your attendance and participation, this wouldn’t be possible!
If you are interested in donating to the Mental Health Resource League, please visit our Contact Us page – or make a safe and secue donation via our Paypal donation page

41st Annual Fair Diddley Day 2
2026-10-11 09:00 - 16:00
