Peoria, IL

D-Day For Democracy - Saturday the 7th

Juneteenth Fest - Saturday the 14th

Peoria, IL Events

Updated Monday June 2nd, 2025

June 1st - 7th

• Sun 1st
  • 10:30 am - Worship Service and Coffee Hour at the UU church - Bring flowers to add to the common bouquet!
  • 11 am - LGBTQ+ CookOUT with Peoria Proud - Please RSVP
  • Noon - Congregational Meeting at the UU church
• Mon 2nd - 🎵 Box office opens for Illinois State Fair concerts
• Tue 3rd
  • 10a - Tornado siren test
  • 5:30 pm - Kickapoo Creek Water Survey (Registration required, wear shoes that you can get wet)
  • 5:30 pm - Harmonize Peoria's Garage Band Open Stage
• Wed 4th
  • 10 am and 5:30 pm - Estate Planning, Wills, and Living Trusts at Fondulac Library, register ahead
  • 6:30 pm - Pride Month Black Light Paint Night at McClure Branch library (Registration required)
  • 7p to 11p - Mastodon at the Civic Center
  • 7p - Trivia at Pour Brothers
• Thu 5th
  • 5:30 pm - Hobby Night at Zeek's Comics and Games
  • 6 pm to 8 pm - Peoria Area Queer Climbers Meetup, First Ascent
  • 8 pm to 10 pm - Whisper & Shout Open Mic
• Fri 6th
  • Anniversary of the Normandy landings on D-Day
  • 5 pm to 9 pm - First Friday at Contemporary Art Center, and lit. on fire
• Sat 7th
  • 9 am to 3 pm - Spring craft show at Detweiler Park
  • 10a to 6p - Pride Flash Day at Mixed Personalities Tattoo Studio
  • 10 am - Pride Rocks - Paint affirmations onto rocks for Pride Month
  • 1 pm - D-day for Democracy Demonstration
  • 1 pm - Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park, Alpha Park, Bartonville
  • Sunset to midnight - Northmoor Observatory may be open, weather permitting

June 8th - 14th ¶

• Sun 8th
  • 9:30 am - Church Picnic at Herm Farm OpenStreetMap location
  • Noon - Parking Lot Party at Tartan Inn with Peoria Proud
  • 6 pm - RC2 Collective Congress
• Tue 10th @ 7 pm - PAARC Radio Club monthly meeting
• Thu 12th
  • 5:30 pm - 🎾 Free group tennis lesson at Bradley Park
  • 5:30 pm - Hobby Night at Zeek's Comics and Games
  • 5:30 pm - 🏎️ Late Models at Peoria Speedway
• Sat 14th
  • 10 am to 2 pm - Water Procurement Survival Skills Class at Wildlife Prairie Park
  • 11 am - Peoria Juneteenth Celebration
  • 11:30 am - Peoria Poetry Club
  • Noon to 4 pm - Blacksmithing demonstration at Wheels O' Time
  • Time TBD - Sapphic Social at Lit. on Fire Books
  • 7p to 11p - River Rave 2025

June 15th and later

Safe Spaces 🏳️‍🌈

Recurring Events

• Sundays, 10:30 am - Service at the UU church
• Sundays, 11:30 am - Coffee hour at the UU church
• 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1 pm - Mah Jongg at the UU church
• 2nd Mondays @ 6:30 pm, Lakeview Branch Library - Science Fiction / Fantasy Book Club
• 1st Thursdays, 6 pm - Peoria Area Queer Climbers Meetup at First Ascent
• Last Saturday of the month, Film Club at the Main Library
• Last Saturday of the month, trans night at The Bistro
• Cloudless Saturdays from May to October, sunset to midnight - Northmoor Observatory
• Most Saturdays from April through September - Dirt races at Peoria Speedway

General

News

• Illinois Eagle
• WCBU (NPR affiliate station)
• WMBD (Local CBS station)

Politics

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IF STOPPED BY ICE

• City Council archive of agendas and minutes
• Elections
• Government
• Vote by mail
• 2025 Candidates (⚠️ GOP website)

Links

• 🚌 Bus routes - Most stop around 10 pm
• 👥 Lemmy community (Like Reddit)
• LocalWiki
• 🗺️ OpenStreetMap (like Google Maps)
• 💰 Illinois Unclaimed Property
• 🌦️ Weather forecast
• Wikipedia

Things to do

• 💃 Body of Bloomington bodyofbloomington.com
  • 1 hour east of Peoria
  • Monthly pole dancing classes
• 🏎️ Peoria Speedway peoriaspeedway.com - Small dirt racetrack

Groups

• 👥 Fat Friends of Peoria facebook.com/groups/1947939802350428/
• 🔭 Peoria Astronomical Society astronomical.org
• ⚙️ River City Labs rivercitylabs.space - Makerspace
• 🏳️‍🌈 River City Rainbow Collective rivercityrainbowcollective.org
• ⛪ Peoria UU Church peoriauuchurch.org

Places

• 🕹️ 8-bit Beercade
• 💃 Diesel (⚠️ Facebook) - LGBTQ+-friendly nightclub
• 🧗 First Ascent - Downtown Peoria, rock climbing and bouldering (First Ascent Parking)
• The Bistro
  • 1 hour east of Peoria
  • LGBTQ+-friendly bar
  • Open Wednesday through Saturday
• 📖 Lit on Fire - Open Tuesday through Saturday, LGBTQ+-friendly bookstore
• 🏌️ Putt Club - East Peoria mini golf
• Riverfront Museum peoriariverfrontmuseum.org
• Peoria UU Church
• 🚂 Wheels O' Time museum
• 🦅 Wildlife Prairie Park

Shopping

• 👗 Clothes Mentor - Used clothing store
• 🎮 Mega Replay - Used game store

Outdoors

• Detweiler Park peoriaparks.org - Trails, soccer fields, picnic shelters
• Jubilee College State Park en.wikipedia.org
  • 20 minutes west of Peoria
  • I think it's open until 10 pm
  • Stargazing at Jubilee is a little better than in town
• Laura Bradley Park en.wikipedia.org
• Riverfront Park peoriaparks.org
• Rock Island Trail dnr.illinois.gov - Runs through town and 20+ miles northwest. Open til sunset for walking, biking, and running. It's gravel from the Alta trailhead westward but I believe it's paved further into town.

Food

• Chipotle - The sofritas is vegan
• Golden Kitchen - The vegetable lo mein was vegan last time I asked
• Noodles & Company - The Japanese pan noodles (udon) are vegan
• One World - Vegan / gluten-sensitive menu (Retrieved Marrch 2025)
• Taco Bell - veggl.com vegan Taco Bell cheatsheet

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