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Explore the vast history of Southern Illinois with tours of historic homes and museums. Local cemeteries are also listed here.

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Apple Festival

APPLE FESTIVAL

Events include carnival, entertainment, arts & crafts, parade, band competition, car show, queen pageant, walk/run race, and much more. For more information and a complete schedule of Murphysboro Apple Festival events visit www.murphysboro.com.

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CHEERS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Jackson County is the the proud home of a local distillery and a number of fine craft breweries. It is also home to the famous Shawnee Wine Trail. The state’s original five wineries have blossomed to nearly ten times that number, with nearly fifty wineries producing their own special craft. Find wineries throughout Southern Illinois and two different wine trails.

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Jackson County, IL

The best and most diverse attractions in Illinois. Make Jackson County in Southern Illinois the destination for your next getaway.

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Jackson County, Illinois is your stop for fun and relaxation, from our beautiful bluffs of the Shawnee National Forest and our Shawnee Wine trail, to festivals and concerts. Join in on the fun! In Southern Illinois we know how to have a great time!

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A Bike Rally and a Depot
A Bike Rally and a Depot
Lindsay + Tim Stockhecke www.delicouslyordinary.com Located along Historic Mainstreet in downtown Murphysboro, there is no doubt the Old Depot has endured. Built in 1888 and surviving the tornado of 1925, the depot was the Mobile and Ohio Railroad station and the largest line on the Mobile and Ohio line between St. Louis, Missouri, and Cairo.
Summer 48 | A Film Race at The Liberty Theatre
Summer 48 | A Film Race at The Liberty Theatre
Lindsay + Tim Stockhecke www.deliciouslyordinary.com There’s something about a ‘film festival’ that has felt wildly intimidating to me. An event reserved for those who can readily recall factoids about cult classics, know the names of obsure directors and reference lesser known award shows. But when a friend of mine described the experience she had making
Festival Lights on September Nights | The 2023 Murphysboro Apple Festival
Festival Lights on September Nights | The 2023 Murphysboro Apple Festival
Lindsay + Tim Stockhecke www.deliciouslyordinary.com With attendance exceeding 45,000 the Murphysboro Apple Festival is anything but small, but somehow organizers have preserved the small-town feeling in spite of the impressive visitor count. When we stopped at their headquarters organizers attributed some of this to the choice to not sell wristbands, describing not wanting guests to
Sunset and A Concert | A Series
Sunset and A Concert | A Series
Lindsay + Tim Stockhecke www.deliciouslyordinary.com It’s both easy and hard to miss Carl Lee Park Pavilion and Bandshell as you drive down Murphysboro Mainstreet. The hustle and bustle of a busy downtown street can make the featured sculpture, completed in 2010, go overlooked but, once seated in the cut grass listening to the acoustics provided
Picnic in a shell | The Riverside Bandshell
Picnic in a shell | The Riverside Bandshell
Lindsay + Tim Stockhecke www.deliciouslyordinary.com I recall the belief as a child that parks were only parks if they had a playground. The idea of a grassy stroll, picnic on a blanket, fishing in a nearby pond wasn’t something I had equated with a park but as I have now had children of my own

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