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Celebrate spring at our Bluebell Festival on May 2-4! This festive community event will feature our visitor-favorite Plant Sale Fundraiser (May 2-4), Spring Market (May 3), live music, workshops, food (food trucks + Greenhouse Café), drinks and more! Learn more: https://allerton.illinois.edu/events/bluebellfestival2025/Come for a day or make a weekend of it and stay overnight for a discounted rate! (Learn more and make your lodging reservation here: https://allerton.illinois.edu/lodging/)
Friday, May 2 will feature the opening of the annual Plant Sale from 5 to 8 p.m., along with live music, food trucks and a bar. For a special treat, make reservations for Supper Club* in the Mansion Friday evening!
The fun continues Saturday, May 3 with the Plant Sale (9 a.m.-5 p.m.), food trucks (9 a.m.-5 p.m.), and the Spring Market (11 a.m.-5 p.m.) in the Mansion – featuring goods for sale, demonstrations from our fabulous Folk School instructors, live music and a cash bar!
Wrap up your weekend Sunday, May 4 with brunch in the Mansion, yoga* (10-11 a.m.), the Plant Sale (10 a.m.-4 p.m.), or learn to crochet* (10 a.m.-4 p.m.)!
No registration is required to attend the Bluebell Festival. Some activities, noted with an asterisk, require separate registration and space is limited.
Bluebell Festival Schedule (subject to change)
Friday, May 2
5:00-8:00 p.m. Plant Sale (Gatehouse Lawn)
5:00-8:00 p.m. Bar & Food Trucks (Gatehouse Lawn)
6:00-9:00 p.m. Live Music by The Sweet Nothings (Gatehouse Lawn)
6:00-9:00 p.m. Supper Club* (Mansion)
Saturday, May 3
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Barn Quilt Workshop* (Greenhouse Auditorium)
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Plant Sale (Gatehouse Lawn)
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Spring Market (Mansion)
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Live Music by Rex Parvin (Mansion)
11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Bar (Mansion)
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Live Music by Bossy Novas (Library Terrace; enter through Mansion)
Sunday, May 4
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Stretch ‘n Sip Yoga* (Meadow)
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Plant Sale (Gatehouse Lawn)
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Granny Squares: Beginning Crochet* (The Studio)
9:00-10:30 a.m. Blooming Brunch*
*Requires separate registration. Space is limited. Learn more and register: https://allerton.illinois.edu/events/bluebellfestival2025/
If you need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at [email protected].
Consider making a weekend out of it and stay overnight with our Weekend Wind Down. View discounted rooms ($110/night + tax) here and book online or by calling 217-333-3287. Find out more about our weekend Wind Down series here.
By attending, you consent to your image being used in Allerton marketing, social media and publications. Please alert the photographer or videographer if you do not want your image taken.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
515 Old Timber Rd, Monticello, IL, United States, Illinois 61856, 515 Old Timber Rd, Monticello, IL 61856-8279, United States,Cisco, Illinois
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