🌱 Grayslake Spring 2026 Farmers Market and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns! at Lake County Fairgrounds
• Grayslake Spring 2026 Farmers Market
• Kray Van Kirk Concert at Grayslake Heritage Center

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm; fog in the morning, with a high of 82 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 34.
• Sunday: A few afternoon showers, with a high of 51 and low of 28 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hainesville

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 26

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E Peterson Rd, Grayslake
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Grayslake Spring 2026 Farmers Market
  201 Center St , Grayslake
  10:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Kray Van Kirk Concert
  Grayslake Heritage Center , 10 Seymour Ave , Grayslake
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds , 1060 E Peterson Rd , Grayslake
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Drop-in Game Center
  Lakefront Park , 10 Riverview Avenue , Fox Lake
  1:00 pm
• Tennis: Boys Varsity vs. Johnsburg High School (Away)
  Johnsburg High School
  4:30 pm
• Baseball: Varsity vs. Grayslake North (Home)
  Lakes Community High School Baseball Field #1 Lakes Community High School Baseball Field #1
  4:45 pm
• Track & Field: Girls Varsity vs. Bartlett Conant Grant Hoffman Es
  Barrington High School
  4:45 pm
• Lacrosse: Boys Varsity vs. Mundelein (H.S.) (Away)
  Mundelein High School
  6:00 pm
• Karaoke Night — Grayslake Village Center
  Beer Bazaar , 107 Center St , Grayslake
  6:30 pm
• Play Performance
  Big Hollow SD 38 Ingleside, IL 60041
  7:00 pm
• Karaoke @Kristofs
  Kristof's Entertainment Center , 421 W Rollins Rd , Round Lake Beach
  8:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Math Team ICTM State Series
  Illinois State University , 100 N University St , Normal
  7:30 am

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Grayslake

• Lake County's HUGE, FREE Home Show Returns at over 60,000 sq ft! (patch.com)
• Legislation to support Mothers with newborns passes House (thetimesweekly.com)
• What was most represented ethnicity in Lake County school districts in 2024-25? (lakecountygazette.com)

Round Lake

• Round Lake Vineyards hosts murder mystery on April 18 (nwestiowa.com)
• Sue Ann Coleman, 80, formerly of Morris (1430wcmy.com)
• Improper disposal of smoking materials caused townhouse fire in Hainesville that displaced 2 families (lakemchenryscanner.com)

Buffalo Grove

• Remorseful Thief Returns Stolen $2 Cigarillo To Store: Buffalo Grove Police Blotter (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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