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Heritage Festival
The Hardin County Heritage Festival is held the second Friday and Saturday in August and celebrates the county’s rich heritage and history. The event includes exceptional period entertainment and activities to fill your weekend including; 1800’s outdoor play, Civil War Reenactment, pageant, quilt show, duck race, area craft and food vendors. Festivities also include a period ball, a Regal Women’s Tea and live entertainment throughout the activities. Events are held in Elizabethtown (Saturday) and at the Hardin County K-12 School located East of Elizabethtown on 146. (Friday night pageant)
Venue:	Elizabethtown
Date:	August 13, 2010
Time:	All Day
Web:	http://www.hardincountyil.org/festivals_hardincountyheritage.htm
	Wesley Donithan 618-287-7090
Smiley Club Barbeque
Out of this world barbeque and cookout event held Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in Elizabethtown, Illinois on the banks of the Ohio River. Cookout is hosted by community members and raises money mainly for the less fortunate at Christmas but also helps in other ways such as cancer patients, people burned out of their homes, donations for facilities such as the Golden Circle Senior Citizens building and a host of other worthwhile causes
Venue:	Elizabethtown 4 way stop
Date:	September 04, 2010
Time:	All day
Web:	http://www.hardincountyil.org/festivals_smileyclubcookout.htm
Email:	dhelmers@shawneelink.net
Fluorspar Festival
Since 1965, the annual Hardin County Fluorspar Festival has been held in the fall in Rosiclare, Illinois to celebrate the influences brought to the area by the Fluorspar Mining Companies. Located on the banks of the Ohio River, Rosiclare (once known as the “Fluorspar Capital”), has a colorful history that revolved around this mineral. Each year, the Festival hi-lights and brings back memories of days gone by. Held on the first weekend in October, in Downtown Rosiclare, the Festival features an ever-growing list of activities and things to do. The event in 2003 included a Queen’s Pageant, a carnival, hickory-smoked barbeque, a pet parade, kid’s games, karoke, food and craft vendors, a quilt show, an open-house at the American Fluorite Museum, a car, truck and motorcycle show, rides on the Shawnee Queen River Taxi and a large parade featuring local school bands, groups, floats, a Grand Marshall and horse clubs. The weekend was filled with local musical talent and a finale was held Saturday evening featuring a large fireworks display at the City Park on the Ohio River.
Venue:	Rosiclare Main Street and Waterfront
Date:	September 30, 2010
Time:	Call for times
Web:	http://www.hardincountyil.org/festivals_hardincountyfluorsparfestival.htm
	Please call the Rosiclare City Hall weekdays at 618-285-3445 or write The Hardin County Fluorspar Festival Committee, PO Box 291, Rosiclare, Illinois 62982.
Rosiclare Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show
Great show on the banks of the Ohio River during the annual Fluorspar Festival. See website for list of classes
Venue:	Rosiclare waterfront
Date:	September 30, 2010
Time:	8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Web:	http://www.hardincountyil.org/events_hardincountycarshow.htm
	Terry (618) 285-6683 or Jimmy Joe (618) 285-3486

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