Established in 1854, the city of Elgin, Illinois is a historic, culturally and economically diverse, rapidly-growing community located 35 miles from the city of Chicago in Kane and Cook counties. Over 112,000 people are proud to call Elgin their home beca...
Elgin has exceptional transportation access to all points throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Elgin is connected to O’Hare International Airport, Midway Airport, the city of Chicago and all western suburbs via the Interstate-90 and the Elgin-O’Hare ...
Elgin offers world-class arts and entertainment options for all ages as well as the nationally acclaimed Gail Borden Public Library that draws more than one million visitors to downtown Elgin each year. The Grand Victoria Casino, vibrant art galleries and...
Free bagged leaf collection begins October 1 and the City's on-street collection program in designated areas will begin on Monday, October 28. Both leaf collection programs run through the first week of December. These programs help residents remove seaso...
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Nightmare on Chicago Street returns on October 19, from 6-11 p.m. Survivors eat, drink and dance while bands play at multiple stages, and citizens with possible infection are treated. Some have managed to create art out of the madness, and display it alon...
Join the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission for the fourth annual Art Harvest in downtown Elgin on Saturday, October 26 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. This event has several family-friendly components including a hay maze, decorate your own pumpkin, face painting, an up...
Art Harvest
Join the ECAC for the fourth-annual Art Harvest to be held in Downtown Elgin. This event has several components that including a hay maze, decorate your own pumpkin, arts and crafts and more, all of which can be found at “Art Central&...