Annual Events in Randolph County

Date Event Location Third Sunday in May St. Patrick's Strawberry Festival Ruma May 22 Coffee House Event Cohen Home, Chester Last Sunday in May Trinity Lutheran Church Picnic in Prairie Red Bid April 24 and 25 L'Ecole de Soldat Ste. Gen School of the Soldier First weekend in June Summer Rendezvous Fort de Chartres First Weekend in June Lions Club Picnic Coulterville First weekend in June Fireman's Picnic Percy First Saturday evening in June Summer Rendezvous Parade Prairie du Rocher Creole House Candlelight Tour after Parade Second Weekend in June Village Homecoming Baldwin Second Weekend in June Lions Club Picnic Tilden Third Weekend in June Community Picnic Evansville Last Saturday in June Wade Ray Fiddle Contest & Bluegrass show Sparta Last Weekend in June Fireman's Picnic- Ruma July 4th Independence Day Patriotic Kaskaskia Island 4th of July River Road Car Show Red Bud 4th of July 4th of July Celebration Steelville Second weekend in July St. John the Baptist Parish Picnic Red Bud Last Saturday in July St. Josephs Parish Picnic Prairie du Rocher Last weekend in July Spartafest Sparta First Saturday in August Corn Fest Charter Oak School Schuline First Saturday in August St. Leo Parish Picnic in Modoc Ruma Second full weekend in August Jour de Fete Ste. Genevieve, MO Second Saturday in August Ruma Community Picnic Ruma Third Friday in August Town and Country Fest Red Bud Fourth Saturday in August Shiloh Hill Community Picnic Steelville Last Saturday in August Fr. Colonial Promenaders Volksmarch Prairie du Rocher Sunday before Labor Day Monday in Kaskaskia Picnic & Homecoming. Kaskaskia Island September Mid-September Weekend Jaycees Fall Festival Coulterville Weekend after Labor Day Popeye Picnic Chester Second Sunday in September St. Patrick's Fall Festival Ruma Third Saturday after Labor Day Eden Community Homecoming Sparta Third Sunday in September Creole House Open house Prairie du Rocher and Apple Festival Third Sunday in September Ruma Convent Open House Ruma 4th weekend in September Traditional Music Festival Fort Kaskaskia Last Saturday in September Rockwood Day Rockwood Second Weekend in October Oktoberfest Steelville Before Halloween Mardi Gras Parade Sparta First Sunday in November St. Patrick Fall Wurstmart Ruma Third Weekend in November Deerfest and Christmas Open House- Red Bud First full weekend in December Christmas on the River Chester Saturday closest to December 8 Kaskaskia French/Indian Celebration Immaculate Conception Church Kaskaskia Island Second Sunday in December French Village Christmas Tour Prairie du Rocher December 31st La Guianese Singers Fort de Chartres & Creole House Prairie du Rocher