Calendar of Events
for St. Charles, Missouri
   
We regularly update this calendar to provide you with up to date information on a variety of events that take place in St. Charles County where the Missouri River meets the Mississippi River. Changes are made when we gather more information or when we learn of an event. If you know of an event that you would like to see posted contact the webmaster. We hope you enjoy the events you choose to attend. 
   
ART EXHIBIT
St. Charles, MO
  January 13 - February 17, 2012
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Open until 9 pm on Wednesdays
Sunday: 12 pm - 4 pm

Foundry Art Center, 520 N. Main Street

“Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot III: A Celebration of Pure Printmaking” features hand-pulled prints and celebrates the traditional methods and hard work that create handmade prints in an age of high-speed solutions. In Gallery III the Group 4 Award features Shannon Sullivan, Marc Leone, Roscoe Wilson, Lauren Cunningham. In the Ameristar Gallery the Emerging Artist Series features Arnold Koroshegyi.
Free
For more information call 636-255-0270
  or visit foundryartcentre.org.

MVC WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

St. Charles, MO
  March 8 - March 11, 2012
The Family Arena, 2002 Family Arena Parkway
Fans are encouraged to make their team the home team during the 2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, as the four-day tourney will feature all 10 league schools. The tournament weekend begins with opening-round action on Thursday and concludes with the championship game on Saturday.
Admission
For more information call 314-444-4300
  or visit www.mvcstcharles.com

MOOLAH SHRINE CIRCUS
St. Charles, MO
  March 29 - April 1, 2012
The Family Arena, 2002 Family Arena Parkway
Thursday, March 29: 7 pm
Friday, March 30: 10:30 am & 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 31: 10 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 1: 1 pm
Hearing Impaired Performance: Sunday, April: 1 pm
Parade in Historic St. Charles: Saturday, March 24, 12 pm

The Moolah Shrine Circus is coming to town and you are invited to this St Louis / Saint Charles event for the whole family. Come watch the hysterical clowns and dazzling trapeze artists as they fly through the air. Touch the larger than life elephants while you ride them as a family. Taste the wonderful carnival treats. Listen to the deafening roars of the mighty lions and tigers. Be amazed as the circus takes over all of your senses. Don't forget to come kick-start the circus with us during the parade through historic Saint Charles on Saturday, March 6th at noon. Come watch those amazing little Shriner cars in all the colors of the rainbow. Enjoy the tumbling clowns as they dance around the numerous floats and world renowned marching bands.
Admission
For more information call 888-966-6524 ext 100
  or visit www.stlshrinecircus.com
     
AREA CHURCHES
HISTORY EXHIBIT

St. Charles, MO
  April 4 - April 28, 2012
Wednesday - Saturday: 12 pm - 3 pm
Frenchtown Heritage Museum, 1121 N. Second Street

Churches have been a part of life in St. Charles since St. Charles Borromeo was dedicated in 1791. The Frenchtown Heritage Museum is presenting an exhibit covering the over 200 years of history of churches in St. Charles that features photos, artifacts, and other exhibits..
Free
For more information call 636-724-2106

TARTAN DAYS
St. Charles, MO
  April 13 - April 15, 2012
Friday: 5 pm - 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 10 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm
Frontier Park, Historic Downtown District
Tartan Days celebrates the Scottish heritage and culture in the region. Activities include a reception and crowning of Miss Tartan Day on Friday, a parade beginning at Noon on Saturday, a Tartan Music Fest at 7 pm, and “Kirkin of the Tartan” ceremony on Sunday morning.
Free, some activities charge a fee
For more information call or 1-800-366-2427
 or visit www.motartanday.com
 
 
FAMILY CULTURE DAYS
St. Charles, MO
  Sunday, April 22, 2012
Foundry Art Center, 520 N. Main Street

Experience displays by artists demonstrating fine art & traditional ethnic folk art. Art activities for children, ethnic food, and more..
Free
For more information call 636-255-0270
  or visit foundryartcentre.org

ANNUAL SPRING ARTWALK
St. Charles, MO
  April 27 - April 29, 2012
Friday: 5 pm - 8 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 8 pm
Sunday: 12 am - 5 pm
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
The annual Spring Artwalk features nearly artists exhibiting along Main Street and at the Foundry Art Centre with music and flowers enhancing the ambiance. Mediums represented include photography, watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings, earthen ornaments, blown glass, steel sculpture, drawings and pastels, clay and raku pottery, and more.
Free
For more information call 636-949-3231
 or visit  www.saintcharlesriverfrontarts.com
BABY KID EXPO
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
April, 2012

9 am – 4 pm
St. Charles Convention Center

A day filled with family entertainment, interactive exhibits, stage presentations, kid areas and parent resources.  Check out what is available in the local community for you and your family and be ready to shop!  Check our website for the most up to date info!
Free
For more information call or 866-654-3976
 or visit www.babykidexpo.com
BENEFIT RUN
St. Charles, MO
  Saturday, May 5, 2012
9 am
Frontier Park, 500 S. Riverside Drive

Join The Sparrow's Nest Maternity Home and Bridgeway Behavioral Health as they sponsor a benefit R.U.S.H. 5K: Run/Walk Uniting and Strengthening Homes on the flat and fast Katy Trail.  Big River Running Co. will professionally time competitive runners and walkers. Families and kids are welcomed to participate in a untimed fun walk/run as well as a Kid's One Mile Fun Run and/or a 100 Yard Dash. Entry fees includes t-shirt and goody bag.
Registration fee
For more information call or 636-336-2534
 or visit www.thesparrowsneststl.org

FREE CONCERT

St. Charles, MO
  Sunday, May 6, 2012
7:30 pm
To be announced.
Free
For more information visit rendezvousinstcharles.com/concerts

ANTIQUE QUILT SHOW

St. Charles, MO
  May 9 - June 16, 2012
Wednesday - Saturday: 12 pm - 3 pm
Frenchtown Heritage Museum, 1121 N. Second Street

This special exhibit of antique doll quilts and beds as well as quilts from the past centuries on display for you to enjoy. A special viewing will be held Mother's Day Sunday, May 10th from 12 pm -3 pm.
$2 for adults
For more information call 636-724-2106
MUSIC ON MAIN
St. Charles, MO
  May - September, 2012
Third Wednesday of the month: 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Downtown Historic District, 100 & 200 blocks of North Main Street

Join the fun every third Wednesday for food, drink & live music. It’s a party! Musical acts include Butch Wax & the Hollywoods in May, Serapis in June, Hillbilly Authority in July, Rogers, Nienhaus & Crawford in August, and The Arbogast Band in September.
Free
For more information call 1-800-366-2427

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
May, 2012

Fourth Saturday of the month
Begins at around 5 pm
Historic Downtown St. Charles District
North Main Street is closed off for the evening for this fourth Saturday of the month event. Around a dozen restaurants on N. Main Street place tables outside on the sidewalk so diners can enjoy eating outdoors as well as listening to the live music. The art galleries and specialty will remain open offering patrons a chance to browse while waiting for a table or walking off dinner - SORRY, NO COOLERS ALLOWED.
Free
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
CHARITY WALK
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
May, 2012

Registration begins at 7 am
DuSable Park, St. Charles - Ed Bales Area; 2598 N. Main Street
The Power Walk for Dress For Success is hosting a Power Walk to raise money for a branch within CtS titled Dress for Success, which provides women transitioning to the workforce with business appropriate apparel as they prepare to enter the professional workforce. Prizes for top teams & fundraisers!
Registration Fee
For more information call 636-940-8027 ext 112
HISTORICAL
CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
May, 2012

10 am - 4 pm
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site, 200-216 S. Main Street
Come live and play as children in the 1820's did. Hear interesting stories on Missouri's struggle for statehood. Learn about life in St. Charles when Missouri's first legislators were meeting. Hands on activities include: butter churning, quill pen writing, cow milking, candle dipping, baby farm animals, hearth cooking, storytelling, period games, re-enactors, sewing/quilting and much more!
Free
For more information call 636-940-3322
LEWIS & CLARK
HERITAGE DAYS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
May, 2012

Frontier Park
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
This annual festival features an authentic reenactment of Lewis & Clark's encampment in 1804 prior to their journey up the Missouri River. Also featured are reenactor encampments, Fife and Drum Corps demonstrations, boat replicas, museum tours, and 19th century crafts.
Free, some activities charge a fee
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
  or visit www.lewisandclarkheritagedays.com
MISSOURI RIVER
IRISH FEST

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
May, 2012

Saturday 10 am - 10 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm
Frontier Park
St. Charles celebrates it's Irish heritage with music, storytelling, athletics, food, traditional crafts and live Irish music in the evening.
Free
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
 or visit www.moriveririshfest.com
FREE CONCERTS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
June, 2012

8 pm every Thursday
Frontier Park, Riverside Drive

The 50 piece St. Charles Municipal Band presents free band concerts in Frontier Park on the Missouri river in Historic downtown St. Charles  each Thursday evening June through August. The concerts feature all types of American band music including marches, Broadway shows, big band, Dixieland, overtures, and contemporary music. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.
Free
For more email info@stc-muny-band.com

RIVERFEST 2011
St. Charles, MO
  Wednesday, July, 2012
Frontier Park
This Independence Day celebration includes fireworks, food & beverage booths, beer garden, live music on the Jaycee Stage or Music Tent, parade, carnival rides and other vendor booths.
Free
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
TOUR OF THE LITTLE HILLS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
July, 2012

Registration: 7:30 am - 9 am
Foundry Art Centre, 520 N. Main
Become a modern day explorer and climb the “little hills” of St. Charles. This urban ride has routes of various distances along flat to rolling terrain that is moderately hilly with a few big hills and is recommended for experienced cyclists. After the ride explore the fine arts gallery that hosts juried exhibitions and features 20 working artists’ studios.
Fees: $8 Trailnet Member, $12 Non-member, $3 Children under 13
For more information visit www.trailnet.org
FESTIVAL OF THE
LITTLE HILLS

St. Charles, MO
  August 17 - August 19, 2012
Friday: 4 pm - 10 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am - 10 pm
Sunday: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
St. Charles largest event of the year, drawing over 300,000 visitors annually. The event features over 300 craft booth, demonstrations, live music at venues throughout the grounds, other entertainment, food and refreshments.
Free
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
 or visit www.festivalofthelittlehills.com
RACE FOR THE
RIVERS FESTIVAL

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
August, 2012

Frontier Park
Greenway Network, a non-profit citizens action group, is hosting two canoe and kayak races on the scenic Missouri River, a staged-event covering 65 miles from Washington Missouri to the Confluence and an Adventure Race from Weldon Spring to Frontier Park in St. Charles. The organization is also hosting the Race For the Rivers Festival at Frontier Park which will feature adventure and outdoor sports vendors and environmental educational displays and activities. Between the live bands, the hands-on art , environmental activities, and educational displays the festival will be a great place to hang out and wait for the racers to cross the flying finish line at the park.
Free; Registration fee for racers
For more information visit the www.racefortherivers.org website
FAMILY CULTURE DAY
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
August, 2012

1 am - 7 pm
Foundry Art Center, 520 N. Main Street

The purpose of this event is to showcase Latino contributions to the arts. The festivities include ethnic food, cultural dances of Columbia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico as well as cultural displays and art activities for children. At 2 pm, Featured Hispanic Artist Gloria Parsley will discuss her photography exhibit, “Nostalgia, An Open Door to Mexico,” and at 5 pm featured musician Javier Mendoza will perform in the Grand Hall.

For more information call 636-255-0270
  or visit foundryartcentre.org
STATEHOOD DAY
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
August, 2011

10 am - 4 pm
First State Capitol Complex, 201-216 S. Main
Celebrate Missouri's birthday with a free open house. Activities include tours of Missouri's first state capitol on the hour and historical demonstrations depicting the lifestyle of the 1820s.
Free
For more information call 636-940-3322

MOSAICS
MISSOURI FESTIVAL
FOR THE ARTS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
September, 2012

Friday: 4 pm - 9 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 9 pm
Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
Approximately 125 artists from across the country are selected to come to St. Charles to exhibit and sell their works. Mediums represented include painting, sculpture, jewelry, and many other fine arts. Other activities include A Mentor Me program, an Art for Youth gallery, and a Kids Creation Station. Food and other refreshments are available throughout the festival grounds.
Free
For more information call 636-940-5178
 or visit www.stcharlesmosaics.org
OKTOBERFEST
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
September, 2012

Frontier Park
St. Charles celebrates it's German heritage with German bands, food, beer gardens, a children's area, arts and crafts booths. A parade is held on Saturday and an antique car show is held on Sunday.
Free
For more information call 314-581-6871
  or visit visit www.saintcharlesoktoberfest.com
RIDE THE RIVERS
CENTURY BICYCLE RIDE

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012

Registration: 6:30 – 7:30 am
Ameristar Casino St. Charles
Pre-registration is recommended for this Century Ride that includes flat to rolling hills with some big hills. This ride features some of the areas “greatest hits” – our majestic Great Rivers, two major universities, three parks, two ferry crossings, historic Route 66, five trails and the Gateway Arch.  Return to Trailhead Brewery for brews and food.
Fees: $45 pre-registration by October 1 at trailnet.org, $55 day of the race
For more information call 314-416-9930

RENDEZVOUS RAMBLE

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012

Sign-up begins at 11 am at the Lewis & Clark Boathouse. Ride begins at 2 pm.
A family bike ride on the Katy Trail to be held sponsored by South Main Preservation Society ramble north on the trail toward Machens.
Free
For more information email holly@rendezvousinstcharles.com
MISSOURI DAY CELEBRATION
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012

10 am - 4 pm
First State Capitol Complex, 201-216 S. Main
Come celebrate everything Missouri from bluebirds and dogwoods to the state dinosaur and square dancing.
Free
For more information call 636-940-3322

STL BOUTIQUE MOMS
FALL SHOW

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
November, 2012

10 am - 4 pm
The Columns Banquet Center, Veterans Memorial Parkway
The STL Boutique Moms Fall Show features products from St. Louis stay at home Moms. Please come out and support the community and your fellow Moms by buying gifts for yourself and for the holidays! The show features lots of cute boutique items, items for kids, adults, jewelry, beauty, healthcare and more!
Free
For more information call 636-578-6309
TRAINS ON MAIN
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
November, 2012

Wednesdays & Fridays: 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Saturdays: 11 am - 9 pm
Sundays 12 - 5 pm
December 24: 11 am - 2 pmm

100 - 200 blocks of N. Main Street
This train lay-out depicts a Victorian winter scene, circus scene, Katy coal train, Union Pacific Big Boy, Polar Express & lots more.
$2 Admission
For more information call 636-724-2106

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
November, 2012

Historic St. Charles Downtown District
St. Charles celebrates the holidays with festivities that include caroling, chestnut roasting, authentically costumed Santas from around the world, and a Santa Parade each weekend. Visitors will find candlelight shopping and dining Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings as the shops and restaurants on South Main Street stay open until 9pm as well as special activities beginning at 6:30.
Free, some activities charge a fee
For more information call 1-800-366-2427
  or visit www.stcharleschristmas.com

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
December, 2012

7:30 pm
First Missouri Capitol State Historic Site, 200-216 S. Main Street
This annual concert is held in Missouri’s first Legislative chambers, lit entirely by candles, where visitors will be treated to period Christmas tunes and stories to get them in the Christmas spirit. Musical entertainment is Buckhannon Brothers with traditional Christmas music, Contemporary Christmas music and traditional old time music. A meet & greet reception will be held after the concert.
$7. Reservations are needed
For more information call 636-940-3322
ST. CHARLES HISTORY
1820'S STYLE

St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
December, 2012

5 pm - 8 pm
First Missouri Capitol State Historic Site, 200-216 S. Main Street
Experience St. Charles history 1820's style, stop by and rest from your busy shopping and talk to costumed interpreters doing period crafts and cooking.
Free
For more information call 636-940-3322
FETE DE GLACE
St. Charles, MO
  PROBABLE EVENT - DETAILS TBA
January, 2013

Historic St. Charles Downtown District
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Fete de Glace (The Festival of Ice) is an outdoor ice-carving competition where skilled carvers from around the region turn blocks of ice into amazing creations while spectators watch the ice chips fly. Coffee, hot chocolate, and fire pits are available to keep everybody warm.

Free
For more information call 636-946-1898
   

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