2025 Dates to Know
January 22 – 24: Winter Slidewalk Sales
January 27: Annual Gathering
February 1 – 28: Have a Heart Food Drive
May 17: Car Show
June 13: First Farmers Market (every Saturday through September 26)
June 20: Midsummer Wine Walk
June 16 – 18: Summer Sidewalk Sales
September 26: Johnny Appleseed Festival
September 25, 26: The Taste of Downtown
September 26: The Great Ball Race
October 31: Halloween Handout
November 27: Festival of Lights Parade & Holiday Park Party
November 28: Small Business Saturday
Nov. 28 – Dec. 20: Santa House Visits
Thursdays in December: Luminary Nights
December: Christmas Tree Lane
TBD: Quarterly Speaker Series
TBD: Depot Park Grand Opening Celebration
TBD: Fall Retail Event
Get Involved
- Interested in joining a Downtown Crystal Lake/Main Street committee? Email info@downtowncl.org
Quarterly Merchant Meetings
Q1: Wednesday, February 25, 4 pm (Pots & Pies Bakery)
Q2: Tuesday, May 26, 8 am (The Community Foundation – The Crystal Lake Room)
Q3: Wednesday, August 5, 4 pm (location TBD)
Q4: Tuesday, November 10, 8 am (location TBD)
Other Links
Learn about Main Street America and Illinois Main Street, our accrediting organization
Make a payment (sponsorships, signboard rentals, support renewals, etc)
Submit a weekly happening (karaoke, live music, trivia, etc)
See all Downtown events that have been submitted to our calendar.
Join the community-facing newsletter
Email info@downtowncl.org if you do not currently receive emails to the downtown businesses.
Z-LOT PARKING PASS UPDATE
The parking passes are now available for purchase and pick-up at Abalabix Bookstore at 30 N Williams in the Brink Street Market. You may purchase online and show a screenshot of your receipt, or write a check (Downtown Crystal Lake; memo: Z-Lot), or pay with cash. If you would like to arrange to pick-up tags outside of the bookstore’s hours, please call or text 815-479-0835 to make sure we are at the Raue House at 25 W. Crystal Lake Ave, before picking them up. Z-Lot tags are $20 each and good through the end of 2025.
Questions, comments, ideas? Email info@downtowncl.org, and copy events@downtowncl.org if your inquiry is related to events.