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Royal Oak will host its first LGBTQ pride festival in 20 years this weekend, with a Grammy-nominated R&B singer headlining Saturday night.

What do Anime Magic!, Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con, Naperville Irish Fest, Long Grove Vintage Days, Wheaton Art Walk, and Art & Soul on the Fox all have in common? Theyre all fun options happening this weekend in the suburbs.

North Aurora Days is returning on Aug. 5-6 with two days full of music, food, and activities. Favorite activities, including Touch-A-Truck, the softball tournament, and the community garage sale, will be running throughout the weekend all over the community.

Plan out a full slate of fun this weekend -- from Swedish Days to Wauconda Fest to Taste of Highland Park and more.

So many suburban festivals and so little time. Plan out a full slate of fun this weekend -- from Swedish Days to Naperville Fine Art Fair to Wauconda Fest to Taste of Highland Park to Palatine Jaycees Hometown Fest to Arlington Heights Frontier Days and more.

Taste of Des Plaines offers food, live entertainment, games and activites for people of all ages.

The festival season feels like its really getting back to normal with the return of Napervilles Ribfest, Taste of Des Plaines, Blues on the Fox in Aurora, Swedish Days in Geneva and the many concerts in the park, art fairs and cruise nights.

A mix of over 140 local and national artists will showcase their work at the Wells Street Art Festival in Old Town this weekend. 

Spend some time exploring Chicago Blues Fest, the Rolling Meadows Block Party, the Global Arts Festival in Bartlett, the Mundelein Craft Beer Festival and many more fests this weekend. Plus, there are tons of summer concerts happening all over the suburbs, too.

From Naperville Soulfest to Do Division Street Fest to the Lincolnshire Art Festival to the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade, there are a lot of options to stay busy this weekend.