This outdoor festival around Rice Park downtown features ice carving, parades, scavenger hunts, pop-up outdoor concerts, ice-fishing and softball and puzzle tournaments.
On Barker's Island, there's a snow slide, ice carving, disc golf, ice racing, kids' activities and fireworks on Saturday.
Time to pack on the calories: More than 470 restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe menus for $30 at brunch or lunch and $45 or $60 at dinner.
In this lake town, there's music, magic shows, a human sled-dog race, a cocoa crawl, ice bars and an ice castle, plus the U.S. snow-sculpting championship.
The 1993 movie "Groundhog Day'' was filmed in this town an hour northwest of Chicago, and it celebrates with trivia, a bags tourney, bingo, pub crawl and walking tours of movie sites, including the 1889 Opera House, where actor Bill Murray jumped from the belfry. At 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 2, Woodstock Willie will look for his shadow.
The Surf Ballroom marks the anniversary of the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, with concerts, luncheons, dance lessons and crash-site tours.
There's an ice-carving competition in this Lake Michigan town, plus a chili cook-off. curling lessons, frozen-fish fling, cardboard-sled race and pub slide.
This celebration of snow includes classical and free-style races, ski games for children, orienteering, a fat-bike tour, snowshoeing and skijoring races and a Kubb tournament, plus a beer garden and vendor village. The beloved Luminary Loppet will be held the second Saturday.
See some of the nation's best jumpers compete in this northwest Chicago suburb, which has produced several Olympians.
There's nothing better than skiing (or snowshoeing or hiking) through a twinkling forest or across a luminary-lined lake. There's usually a bonfire and hot chocolate to enjoy afterward.
Two Mississippi River towns host this event, with eagle-viewing at Lock & Dam 13 in Fulton, Ill., and live raptor and other programs in Clinton.
Frozen Lake Harriet hosts two dozen artist-designed ice houses and lots of fun art antics for kids and adults alike. Check ahead for scheduled events and ice conditions.
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