To find out about other
activities in nearby areas
check out the following calendars:
Jefferson County, Missouri
Calendar
Randolph County, Illinois
Calendar
Monroe County, Illinois Calendar
St. Clair County, Illinois
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CHOCOLATE WALK
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
10 am - 4 pm
Historic downtown Ste. Genevieve
Sample a luscious chocolate treat at over two dozen participating
downtown shops in the Historic District displaying red balloons. Ask for special discounts
and/or drawings. Ticket
proceeds go to support Ste Genevieve High Schools' hard working
Student Organizations: Skills USA and FCCLA.
Tickets are $5
For
more information call
1-800-373-7007 or
573-883-3078 |
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FELIX
VALLÉ
OPEN HOUSE
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
12 pm - 4 pm
Felix Vallé House
This afternoon open house celebrates the birthday of Felix
Vallé,
a prominent resident of early Ste. Genevieve. Children and adults
will enjoy parlor games, entertainment, and refreshments of the
19th century.
Free
For
more information call 573-883-7102 |
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FOURTH FRIDAY
ART WALK
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Friday, February 24, 2012
6 pm - 9 pm
Historic downtown Ste. Genevieve
Several galleries in Ste. Genevieve are offering the opportunity to
view the art works of Ste. Genevieve area and regional artists with
a variety of art forms that will offer something for everyone.
Other retail businesses will also participate in the
event by being open during the same hours. Refreshments will be
served at various locations and maps are available at each location
designating which galleries and studios are open.
Free
For
more information visit
http://stegenartwalk.blogspot.com |
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FOURTH FRIDAY
ART WALK
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Friday, March 23, 2012
6 pm - 9 pm
Historic downtown Ste. Genevieve
Several galleries in Ste. Genevieve are offering the opportunity to
view the art works of Ste. Genevieve area and regional artists with
a variety of art forms that will offer something for everyone.
Other retail businesses will also participate in the
event by being open during the same hours. Refreshments will be
served at various locations and maps are available at each location
designating which galleries and studios are open. Held on the
third Friday during November because of the holidays.
Free
For
more information visit
http://stegenartwalk.blogspot.com |
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SCHOOL
OF THE SOLDIER
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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April 28 - April 29, 2012
Jour de Fete Grounds,
St.
Marys Road & Seraphin Street
This educational weekend event includes demonstrations, workshops,
seminars, and lectures
to help reenactors with their personae.
For
more information visit
www.milice.org |
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ANNUAL
SPRING
GARDEN WALK
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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May 19 - May 20, 2012
10 am - 4 pm each day
Downtown Historic District
Experience Ste. Genevieve on tours of its gardens. Throughout the
weekend there will also be a Plant Sale by the Master Gardeners, an
Herb and Plant Sale at the Bolduc House Museum, a Farmer's Market on
Saturday morning, and a raffle drawing.
A
walking tour of the historic district will be conducted at 1:30 pm
each day.
Small Fee
For more information call
1-800-373-7007 |
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CLASSIC CRUISERS
CAR SHOW
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
8 am
Knights of Columbus Hall, 6th and Market Streets
30 classes of vehicles, including 2 tractor classes are on
display. Prizes will be awarded at 3:30 pm. Food, beer, and
other refreshments will be sold and dinner is available in the
air conditioned hall.
Free
For
more information call
573-883-5841 |
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FRENCH
FESTIVAL
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
This French Heritage Festival celebrates the 300 years of French
culture in America from Quebec to New Orleans and recognizes the
greatest concentration of French Colonial architecture in North
America that exists in Ste. Genevieve. There will be music, dance, French cuisine and other refreshments, wine
tasting, reenactments, promenades, lectures, and French Colonial
architecture tours.
Free
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 |
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FELIX
VALLÉ
OPEN HOUSE
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
7 pm - 9 pm
Felix Vallé House
Enjoy an evening in the garden at this recreation of a veillee, a
traditional French Colonial summer social gathering. Featured will
be French folk dancing, folk
tales, candlelight tours of the home, and refreshments.
Free
For
more information call 573-883-7102 |
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LE TOUR DE SAINTE GENEVIEVE
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Registration begins at 8 am
Sainte Genevieve County Community Center, 21390 Highway 32
First run in 2007, riders raved about the challenging and
selective course on quiet, scenic roads. Today Le Tour de Sainte
Genevieve has earned a reputation as Missouri's finest road
race. The 2012 Le Tour de Ste. Genevieve will once again be the
Missouri State Championship Road Race.
Registration fee
For
more visit http://tdstg.com/home |
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4TH
OF JULY
FESTIVITIES
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Wednesday July 4, 2012
Pere
Marquette Park, North Main Street
Fireworks sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce of Ste. Genevieve in the
city park overlooking the Mississippi River.
Pops Musical concert before fireworks with Live Band & Beer
Garden after the fireworks.
Free
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 |
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STE.
GENEVIEVE
COUNTY
FAIR
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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July 13 - July 15, 2012
9 am - 9 pm
County Fairgrounds
The Ste. Genevieve County Fair includes a parade,
livestock shows, demolition derby, horse show, truck pulls,
tractor pulls, queen contest, 4H and FFA exhibits and a band on
Friday night. There is a lot to see and do for adults and children
all weekend with plenty of good food and entertainment.
Free
For
more information call 573-883-3548 or 1-800-373-7007 |
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TIGER APPRECIATION DAY
Ste. Genevieve County, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
July, 2012
11 am - 3 pm
Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary, 19620 State Route B
The
Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary is thanking all of our supporters
and donors over the years by invite everyone to a free day at
the sanctuary. The new education classroom and observation deck
will be open and there will be scheduled tours. The Sanctuary
will be having a silent auction, selling pictures, tiger prints,
and various other items. This is a great day to bring the whole
family for a day of fun and activities with games and crafts for
all age levels.
Free.
Donations are encouraged.
For
more information call
573-330-7334
or visit the Crown Ridge Tiger
Sanctuary website |
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JOUR
DE FETE
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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August 11 - August 12, 2012
Saturday 10 am - 8 pm
Sunday 9 am - 4 pm
Held annually in the middle of August, this
French cultural heritage event features and Arts & Crafts Show
with nearly 200 booths of artists and colonial crafters.
Special features include historical house tours, colonial crafts,
antiques window displays, birds of prey, and antique farm equipment
exhibit.
The will be food, drink and entertainment both days.
Admission and parking free
Shuttle bus service, $3 for adults and $1 for children 3 to 10, leaves every 15 minutes from parking area
at the industrial park, US 61 and M Road.
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 or 573-883-7097 |
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STE. GENEVIEVE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
PICNIC
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
September, 2012
Knights of Columbus Hall,
6th & Market Streets
11 am - 6:30 pm
Attractions include chicken and roast beef
dinners, sandwiches, a Quilt Bingo, Quilt Auction, children’s
games, live music, and the usual picnic attractions. The prizes for the wonderful raffle
to be announced.
Free, Donations appreciated
For
more information call 573-883-2731 |
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TIGERS' BIRTHDAY BASH
Ste. Genevieve County, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
September, 2012
9 am - 3 pm
Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary, 19620 State Route B
This
global event, being held to raise awareness for tiger
conservation, is celebrated around the world on the last weekend
in September. Join the staff at Crown Ridge for a day to
celebrate and help raise awareness of the plight of the tiger in
the wild. This event features a day of family fun with the
tigers creating crafts, playing games, visiting various vendor
booths, taking tiger tours, and snacking on food.
$5
for everyone; FREE if you bring items needed by the sanctuary.
For
more information call
573-330-7334
or visit the Crown Ridge Tiger
Sanctuary website |
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RURAL HERITAGE DAY
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
At locations in and around Ste. Genevieve
All Day
This
event is a day of history, reverie and reminiscence dedicated to the
hard working forefathers and foremothers of Ste. Genevieve. Come see
how it used to be done, whether its farming, cooking, spinning, lace
making, leather working, soap making, wood carving, gardening, or
good old-fashioned games. Watch demonstrations of handicrafts of
yesteryear. Try the Lions Club’s vittles or bring a picnic. Stay
the day and have a blast from the past!
Free
For
more information call 573-883-5687 or 1-800-373-7007 |
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PLEIN
AIR EVENT
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012
Following the European tradition of capturing the
atmosphere of the outdoors, artists are invited to join the realms
of the famous regionalist artists of the 1930's by painting
outdoors in scenic Ste. Genevieve with an opportunity to display
and sell their work on the streets of Ste. Genevieve Saturday and
Sunday, October 10th & 11th during the Autumn Daze Art /
Artisan / Fine Craft event. Two
pieces of work produced during the week will be juried on Saturday
with monetary prizes being awarded at Noon.
Fee for participating artists
For
more information call
573-883-9199 |
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PROMENADE DES ART
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012
Various locations throughout Ste. Genevieve
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
There will be related exhibits at
various locations throughout historic downtown Ste. Genevieve as well as other
exhibits at the local art galleries and the showing of this year’s Plein Air art
event.
Free
For
more information call
573-883-9199 |
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DÉJÀ VU SPIRIT REUNION
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
October, 2012
Memorial Cemetery at Fifth and Merchant Streets
6
pm-8 pm
Experience more than twenty of Ste. Genevieve's notable and
notorious of spirits in Missouri's oldest cemetery, the restored
1787 Memorial Cemetery. Costumed spirits will present Ste.
Genevieve's past through stories and tales of mystery and amusement.
This living history program of stories, traditions and nostalgia
highlights the lives and personalities of notables such as U.S.
Senator Lewis F. Linn, Felix and Odile Vallé, Marie LaPorte, Joseph
Bogy, Ferdinand Rozier (local business partner of John James
Audubon) and Col. St. Gemme. All proceeds benefit the Foundation for
Restoration of Ste. Genevieve's Memorial Cemetery Restoration
project.
$5
tickets Children ages 6-18 are $2.50, and children under 5 are free.
For
more information call
573-883-7097 |
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ANNUAL HOLIDAY
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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December 1 -
December 2, 2012
Saturday:
11 am - dusk
Sunday 10 am - 5
pm
Kick-off the Christmas season by welcoming Mr. & Mrs. Santa
Claus, listening to Christmas carolers, lighting the city's
Christmas tree, late shopping, and enjoying a live nativity scene. The parade on
Saturday starts at 11 am. On Saturday the
Felix Vallé House State Historic Site will be serving
old-fashioned French doughnuts.
Free
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 |
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FRENCH
CHRISTMAS
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
1 pm - 6 pm
Felix
Vallé
House State Historic Site
This annual celebration highlights the music, customs, and
decorations of an early French Colonial Christmas celebration
known as "Le Reveillon." Costumed guides will explain
the early 1800's customs and the dining room will be filled with
traditional foods. Refreshments and period music will be
provided.
Free
For
more information call 573-883-7102 |
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LA GUIANNEE
Prairie du Rocher, IL |
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Ste. Genevieve's Historic District
The
old tradition of La Guiannée still survives in Sainte Genevieve.
This ancient tradition, analogous to the English custom of
Wassailing that harkens back to Europe's Middle Ages, is
celebrated by descendants of those French settlers. Dressed in
bizarre and somewhat archaic costumes, the revelers wander from
place to place singing a beggars song for favors. You can see
and participate with these singers and musicians as they
celebrate this 250 year old tradition each New Year's Eve in the
streets, cafes and pubs of old Ste. Genevieve's Historic
District.
Free
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 |
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CHRISTMAS
ART SHOW & SALE
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
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PROBABLE
EVENT - DETAILS TBA
December, 2012
Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm
Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
Patke Room, 255 Market Street
The Ste. Genevieve Art Guild sponsors this art show featuring
area artists showing and selling their work. Cookies and Spiced
Apple Cider are served throughout the weekend. A painting is
raffled each year and there is a silent auction with the
proceeds used to fund an art scholarship for a graduating
senior. A Meet the Artists Reception will be held on Saturday
evening, December 1st from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Free
For
more information call 1-800-373-7007 |
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