IHSA BOYS BASKETBALL
3A-4A STATE FINALS
Teams from around Illinois duke it out in the IHSA Boys Basketball 3A-4A State Finals - the original March Madness! Four teams travel to Peoria - only two go home as State Champions!
Location: Peoria Civic Center
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Along with the basketball games, the March Madness Experience returns to the Peoria Civic Center! Enjoy the family-oriented extravaganza of fun, interactive games, historical exhibits and good times!
March 16-18
Location: Peoria Civic Center
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PEORIA PLAYERS PRESENTS
"AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY"
Bursting with humor, vivacity and intelligence, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.
March 16-19
Location: Peoria Players Theatre
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HEARTLAND FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA: SYMPHONY IDOL
Finalists from the television phenomenon American Idol join the HFO performing songs from the world of Jazz, Rock, Broadway, Country and Pop. This spectacularly entertaining evening features a number of great orchestra hits!
March 18
Location: Five Points Washington
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SPRING FLING CRAFT AND VENDOR FAIR
The 7th Annual Spring Fling Craft & Vendor Fair is a fundraising event for Totes for Ta-Tas/Illinois CancerCare Foundation's Breast Cancer Research Fund. Shop over 50 tables full of goodies from area crafters & vendors. There is something for everyone, including a great bake sale!
Location: Park Inn by Radisson Morton
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"AMERICAN ENGLISH"
"Liverpool Mania, The History of The Beatles" brings the most complete Beatles Tribute Show to life, beginning with the early years of Ed Sullivan, grooving through the psychedelic era, and landing on the wonderfully bittersweet final era of The Beatles.
Location: Peoria Civic Center
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ICC MUSIC PRESENTS JAZZ TRAIN
Enjoy a free night of jazz brought to you by the Illinois Central Jazz Train!
Every performance is filled with both jazz standards from the likes of Sammy Nestico and Duke Ellington, as well as contemporary works by Gordon Goodwin and Tom Fatten.
March 21
Location: ICC Performing Arts Center
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INTERPLANETARY 5K
Walk or run through portions of the Central Illinois Community Solar System, the world's most complete large scale model of the solar system. Participants will run from the Sun to Mars and back along the Riverfront Trail. It's athletic, it's educational and it's fun for the whole family!
Location: Peoria Riverfront
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MARCHTOBERFEST
Why wait until the fall to enjoy a German Oktoberfest? Marchtoberfest heralds the end of Winter and the start of Spring, much like Oktoberfest signals the end of Summer and the beginning of Fall. Enjoy a special buffet for consisting of four German type meats and assorted sides!
March 26
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THE WRECK OF THE COLUMBIA
Ken Zurski, author of "The Wreck of the Columbia," discusses the wreck of the Columbia steamboat, that collapsed and sank in the middle of the Illinois River. Eighty-seven people lost their lives in the disaster. The rest were left to tell their stories of fortitude and survival.
Location: Pekin Public Library
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Peoria, IL 61602
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