Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer—trust us, this weekend's lineup of event in Rockford is going to keep you very busy!

My hope is for you to have a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend. You should know that if you live in Missouri or Illinois that weather over the holiday weekend could become dangerous with conditions right for explosive storm development.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol wants you to have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend. Ahead of that holiday though, they've issued some warnings and a reminder of the dire situation they faced last year with many unnecessary accidents and fatalities.

The Kickoff To Summer carnival in Byron, Illinois is this weekend.

It's been almost two years now since Illinoisans and the rest of the country looked at Memorial Day Weekend as an opportunity to take a long weekend trip, but with COVID-19 numbers going the right way for the most part, plans to hit the road are being made.

Prairie Street Brewing Co. just shared their Memorial Day menu and we're drooling.

The last time the national gas price average leading into the holiday was under $2/gallon was 17 years ago in 2003. That year motorists paid, on average, $1.50 to fill-up.

Be careful of your speed on a popular Rockford road this holiday weekend

Obviously this isn't everything you can do, but if you don't have plans yet, it's a good place to start.

Not able to get out of town for the holiday weekend? No worries. There is so much going on in Rockford that I don't even know where to start.