Rockford Events

Looking back over the first half of the year, 2021 has been chock-full of interesting celestial events that have been visible to Rockford and the Rockford area. We're not done yet.

The big smelly day finally arrived at Rockford's Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens. 'Grimace', the corpse flower find stunk up the place.

To assist a long-time Rockford musician, there is a benefit this Saturday.

Take the free historic tour of downtown to learn more about Rockford.

The time to sign up for this ALL FUN, NO COMPETITION mud race, is right now. The Rockford Mud Factor 2021 is August 14.

For Record Store Day, Rockford is a great place to be.

This Saturday do not be afraid of the freaks and clowns in Rockford.

UFOs are a pretty hot topic right now, what with the US government recently delivering a report to Congress about UAEs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), and kind of/sort of telling us what they know about them.

Lately, sunset has been an event that you don't want to miss here in the Rockford area. The skies have been a stunning palette of purple, gold, orange, and pink. But why now, instead of the colder months which are known to produce more colorful sunrises and sunsets?

Here's a little sample of an exchange between several of my coworkers when we were discussing the upcoming 4th of July festivities in a staff meeting this morning: