Our Featured Events:

• English High Teas
• 6-Course Gourmet Dinners
• Photography Weekend
• Mother-Daughter Memories Weekends
• Little Theatre on the Square
  02/12/10 - 08/15/10
• Arcola Architectural Tours
  04/15/10 - 10/15/10
• Arthur Quilt Show
  04/21/10 - 04/24/10
• Eastern Illinois University Graduation
  05/07/10 - 05/08/10
• 20th Annual May Day Faerie Celebration
  05/11/10 - 05/11/10
• Abraham Lincoln Events
  06/01/10 - 12/06/10
• Raggedy Ann & Andy Friendship Gathering
  06/03/10 - 06/05/10
• Arthur Strawberry Jam
  06/04/10 - 06/05/10
• Arthur Fireworks
  06/26/10 - 06/26/10
• Arthur Mennonite Relief Sale
  08/27/10 - 08/28/10
• Casey Popcorn Festival
  09/03/10 - 09/05/10
• University of Illinois Activities
  09/04/10 - 03/29/10
• Arthur Cheese Festival
  09/04/10 - 09/06/10
• Annual Arcola Broom Corn Festival
  09/10/10 - 09/12/10
• The Great Pumpkin Patch
  09/15/10 - 10/31/10
• Corvette FunFest
  09/24/10 - 09/26/10
• Eastern Illinois University Family Weekend
  09/24/10 - 09/26/10
• Arthur BarBeQue Competition
  10/08/10 - 10/09/10

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The Arcola Flower Patch and Arcola Diamond House are located at exit 203 on I-57, the most convenient access to all of the area’s major attractions and events.

In addition to being just blocks away from the area’s best collections of ANTIQUES and AMISH FURNITURE, both bed-and-breakfasts are only minutes away from of the major events.

ROCKOME GARDENS is a nationally advertised theme park with a long tourist connection that holds many special events during its season. Be aware that it is closed MONDAYS and TUESDAYS. Starting on May 1 and running through October they host an antique auto show, cowboy shoot outs, a World War II Exhib and Event, a fall art show, a pumpkin festival, a Halloween event, and others.

Other events include:

• Arcola is the historic birth place of Johnny Gruelle, the creator of the Raggedy Ann stories and the doll. In June, the town celebrates with a gathering of Raggedy-Ann & Andy Friends
• Arcola s famous the Broom Corn Festival in September
• The Strawberry Jam Festival, in Arthur
• The Arthur Cheese Festival
• Arthur s Bar-B-Q competition
• Arthur s 3rd Saturday craft shows
• The summer Farmer s Market
• University of Illinois Dad s and Mom s Days
• Eastern Illinois University s Dad s and Mom s Days
• Less than 20 minutes from Sullivan, the Arcola headquarters gives guests an opportunity to attend their famous Little Theatre On the Square that produces well-known, Broadway plays throughout the spring, summer, and fall
• Quilters love the Annual East Central Illinois Shop Hop, A 3-day event featuring 13 shops located around the B&B, 2nd weekend in July
• For those interested in Lincoln Lore, the bed and breakfasts are located just 30 minutes from the Lincoln Log Cabin State Park with its interesting Lincoln Museum and the replica of Lincoln’s Parent’s home. For the historians, the owners can point them to the burial site of Lincoln’s parents and the location of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Il.
• Also, the bed-and-breakfasts are located an easy 1 and ½ hour from the renown Lincoln Museum at Springfield

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