Doesn’t she deserve a day off, too? Take mom on a relaxing 2 hour lunch cruise this year! Ticket includes cruise, hot lunch buffet, live music from a live Dixieland Band, taxes and gratuities.

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Cruise from Peoria, IL to St. Louis, MO on this relaxing three-day, two-night trip. Trip includes all-you-can-eat buffet meals—including the chef’s prime rib dinner—and live entertainment, such as live singing, guitar, banjo, and ragtime piano, storytelling, calliope playing, historical information, and wildlife sightings. Lodging is provided at various points along the river. Experience the slower pace of life with three peaceful days of cruising the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers!

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With a career spanning over five decades with more than 100 million albums sold, Olivia’s successes include four Grammys, numerous Country Music, American Music, Billboard and People’s Choice Awards, an Emmy Award, ten #1 hits and more than 15 top 10 singles. She recently scored another #1 hit, this time on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart with “You Have to Believe,” a duet with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi – becoming the first mother/daughter duo to top this Billboard chart. In 1978, her co-starring role with John Travolta in Grease catapulted Olivia into super-stardom and to date remains the most successful movie musical of all time.

For tickets and more info: https://www.peoriaciviccenter.com/events/upcoming-events/event/2017/05/18/an-evening-with-olivia-newton-john

Skillet lets their music speak the loudest. That's how the quartet has cemented its place as one of the 21st century's most successful rock bands. Selling over 11 million units worldwide, the Wisconsin quartet—John Cooper [lead vocals/bass], Korey Cooper [guitar/keys], Jen Ledger [drums/vocals], and Seth Morrison [lead guitars]—have received two GRAMMY® Award nominations and won a Billboard Music Award for the platinum-certified Awake. Their double-platinum single "Monster" is "the eighth most- streamed rock song of 2015" with a total of 57 million plays (and counting) on Spotify and would earn the distinction of becoming "the best-selling digital single in the history of Christian Music." 2013's Rise bowed at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 upon release and received resounding and eclectic acclaim from the likes of USA Today, New York Times, Revolver Loudwire, and more.
The group's ninth full-length album, UNLEASHED [Atlantic Records/Word], sees them turn everything up louder, amplifying all aspects of their signature hypnotic sound. Channeling an intense muse, John immediately commenced writing just months after Rise hit shelves.

Peoria Riverfront - Festival Lawn

200 NE Water Street
Peoria, IL, 61602

Doors 5:00 PM / Show 6:30 PM

This event is all ages

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Enjoy live music from local and regional bands every Friday at the Contemporary Art Center.  Tonight features Robin Crowe Band. For a complete schedule, visit www.peoriacac.org

Admission is $8 for members ($12 for nonmembers), $7 for student & senior members ($11 for student & senior nonmembers).  Students with valid school ID & seniors age 65 & older.

Live at the Five Spot followed by Salsa lessons and dancing on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month ~  8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.  Visit www.peoriacac.org for more details.

The World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships, sponsored by BREAKTHROUGH magazine, a taxidermy trade publication, will be held at the downtown Peoria Civic Center May 16–20, 2017. The competition is a display of the finest mounted wildlife and detailed fish carvings you will ever see in one venue. The competition includes a variety of native U.S. wildlife and many more species from around the world. Approximately 1,000 taxidermists and fish carvers are going to be in attendance at this year’s show. Past shows in the Midwest area have attracted 600 to 700 entries, representing all 50 states and over 20 countries.

 

The five-day convention will be open for public viewing at the Peoria Civic Center on Friday, May 19 from 6 - 10 p.m. and Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. This renowned exhibition is held every two years and allows a rare glimpse into this fascinating world of taxidermy and fish carving. Admission for the public viewing is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children 15 years of age or younger. Benefits from this admission go to the World Show Award Fund, and 25 percent goes to a selected Peoria charity.

 

On Saturday during the public viewing times, there will be a huge exhibition area featuring the major suppliers of taxidermy services, supplies, and technology. This is a closed trade show, but a special registration fee of $20.00 has been established for anyone interested in taxidermy to access both the trade show and competition. For a detailed schedule of events and more information, visit www.taxidermy.net/wtc.

The Waterhouse, in the MAXAM Building on the 1st floor in the BROADWAY LOUNGE : 316 SW Washington Street, Peoria, IL - 

Howlin' on Water! Cost for dinner and show is $40pp plus tax! Doors open at 6p, with the dinner buffet available at 6:45p, Dessert/Coffee service follows, and the Show is from 8p-11p. Seats go on sale beginning 12/13! Call 309-494-9100 or go HERE to buy your seats online!

Buffet menu is Kahlua Pulled Pork, Waterhouse Chicken (boneless breast in a creamy white wine sauce with mushrooms), Tossed Mixed Greens, Smashed Potatoes, Two Vegetable Choices, Dinner Rolls, and Texas Sheetcake. *Vegetarian Pasta Primavera in a light alfredo available with prior notice.

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Tonight Features: The Brazilionaires

Enjoy live music every weekend!  For a complete listing, visit, www.rhythmkitchenmusiccafe.biz

This cruise features local beer, wine, and whiskey samples along with some light appetizers.The cruise is for adults 21 and over only!

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Tonight Features: Wes Duffy and Friends

You never know who will show up at the Kenny's Westside Pub Front Room Concert Series. The Front Room Concert Series brings you stripped down intimate shows with some of your favorite artists. This show brings you Wes Duffy from Still Shine along with Mike and Aaron Miller from Easy Riders.

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Featuring local produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, fresh flowers and more!
Local art, live music and demonstrations each week.
Open every Saturday morning, May 20 - September 30
8 am - Noon in the 200 Block of Water Street

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Sat, May 20 I 10 am - 2 pm 

Museum Lobby 

Butterflies, bees, beetles, bats and all types of pollinators are vital to our food system and a maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Many of these pollinators are facing a decline in population. Learn what you can do to help in a fun-filled family day! Learn about pollinators from community groups including the Heart of Illinois Sierra Club, the Peoria Academy of Science, the Heart of Illinois Beekeepers, and more! Discuss the importance of native plants with experts, and purchase some for your yard. Visit the Mari Posa Bus traveling classroom on monarch butterflies, parked just outside the museum on Water Street. Pollinator Day activities are free. Regular admission applies to museum galleries and Giant Screen Theater films. 

Conservation Conversations - a free class on native plants and their benefits by Simply Native Nursery - will be available to all at 12:30 PM 

This event is put on in partnership with the HOI Sierra Club and the Peoria RiverFront Market. May 20 is opening day for the RiverFront Farmer's Market - stop by the market for your local vegetables, baked goods, and art, and then join us at the museum for Pollinator Day! 

The RiverFront Market is Open every Saturday May 20 – September 30 8 a.m. – Noon
200 Block of Water Street
Featuring local produce, meats, cheeses, baked good, flowers and more!
Local art, live music and demonstrations each week.
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These cruises are an hour and a quarter-long and run 2 to 5 times a week. They begin and end at the riverfront dock in downtown Peoria, with the Spirit cruising up and down the Illinois River. 

Kids and adults alike will be fascinated by the boat’s tall fluted stacks and gigantic candy-apple red paddlewheel churning through the water. It’s great entertainment for all ages. Trip includes Captain’s Commentary. Gift shop and concessions are available.

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The Waterhouse, in the MAXAM Building on the 1st floor in the BROADWAY LOUNGE : 316 SW Washington Street, Peoria, IL - 

Howlin' on Water! Cost for dinner and show is $40pp plus tax! Doors open at 6p, with the dinner buffet available at 6:45p, Dessert/Coffee service follows, and the Show is from 8p-11p. Seats go on sale beginning 12/13! Call 309-494-9100 or go HERE to buy your seats online!

Buffet menu is Kahlua Pulled Pork, Waterhouse Chicken (boneless breast in a creamy white wine sauce with mushrooms), Tossed Mixed Greens, Smashed Potatoes, Two Vegetable Choices, Dinner Rolls, and Texas Sheetcake. *Vegetarian Pasta Primavera in a light alfredo available with prior notice.

For more info: http://howlinonwater.com

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Tonight Features: Written Warning

Enjoy live music every weekend!  For a complete listing, visit, www.rhythmkitchenmusiccafe.biz

Festival Park on Peoria's RiverFront

Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name, Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, investor, and occasional actor from St. Louis, Missouri. Nelly embarked on his music career with Midwest hip hop group St. Lunatics, in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the title-track was a top ten hit. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at number one. Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States.[2] His following album Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland). Other singles included "Work It" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics), "Pimp Juice" and "#1".

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