Need some destination ideas? Here are some of the events happening this week in Chicagoland. (Please send your festival listings three weeks in advance to Friday Festivals, c/o Jodie Jacobs, 590 Longwood Dr., Lake Forest, IL 60045.)
CITY
HEINEKEN CLAMBAKE: 5-10:30 p.m. Friday, noon-10:30 p.m. Saturday. Donation $5. State and Walton Streets. 773-868-3010 or www.chicagoevents.com
BEACH SWEEP 2001 — INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP: 9 a.m.-midafternoon Saturday. Free. Clean up and participate in activities on the lakefront at 12th Street, North Avenue and Oak Street Beaches. Meet first at 9 a.m., North Avenue Beach. Just come, call 312-939-2438 or sign up at www.sheddaquarium.org
MOON FESTIVAL 2001: Noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Free. Chinatown Square, 2130 S. Archer Ave. 312-225-0088 and 312-326-5363
TASTE OF ROMANIA: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $5. 3100 N. Ashland Ave. 773-929-8640
LITTLE VILLAGE FESTIVAL: 1-7:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. 26th Street between Christiana and Kedzie Avenues. 773-929-1200
JAZZ CREPUSCULE: 4-7 p.m. Sunday. Free. Seven Hills area of Washington Park near 57th Street and Payne Drive. 312-427-1676
UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Wednesday-Oct. 7. Performances 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, noon, 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and noon, 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $10-$25. Washington Park, 55th Street and Martin Luther King Drive. 312-747-7661
SUBURBS
AN OLD FASHIONED CIRCUS: 8:30-11 a.m. Friday. Free activities, 7:30-10 p.m. Friday, BBQ dinner, pony rides, circus performance $25. Circus performances also 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Advance tickets $10 adults, $9 seniors, $8 age 17 and under. Add $1 at the gate. Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. 630-305-5555 or www.napersettlement.org
FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY BOOK SALE: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. West Park, Green Bay and Woodland Roads, Lake Forest. 847-615-4377
SEPTEMBER STROLL: 5-8 p.m. (Old-Time Radio Show 7-8 p.m.) Friday and noon-8 p.m. Saturday (noon-3 p.m. Kids’ Flea Market, noon and 2 p.m. architectural walk, 1-4 p.m. Classic Car Cruise, entertainment until 8 p.m.) Free. Madison Street between Harlem and Des Plaines Avenues, downtown Forest Park. Reservations needed for Radio Show and walking tour. 708-771-4777 or www.forestparkmainstreet.org
ART ON HARRISON: 6-10 p.m. Friday, noon-8 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Free entertainment, demonstrations, gallery walk. Harrison Street between Austin and Ridgeland, Oak Park. 708-358-1750 and www.shopoakpark.com
FESTIVAL OF THE VINE: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. 4th and State (Illinois Highway 38) Streets, downtown Geneva. For event schedule, fees and locations call 630-232-6060 or go to genevachamber.com
HERITAGE FEST ON THE FOX: 5:30-10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Free entertainment, craft-antique-car show. Food booths. 98 Oregon Ave., downtown West Dundee. 847-695-7540
ARTS AND CRAFTS ADVENTURE: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Free exhibits and demonstrations. Park Ridge Library grounds, 20 S. Prospect Ave., at Touhy Avenue, Park Ridge. 312-751-2500
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FALL FESTIVAL: 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday. Free admission, food booth and carnival charges. Jackman Park, Lehigh Avenue one block north of Glenview Road, Glenview. 847-657-7066
TOUCH-A-TRUCK: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free opportunity to climb aboard dump trucks, a Bobcat and other vehicles. Sunset Woods Park, Sunset Road between Central and Park Avenues, Highland Park. 847-831-3810
ILLINOIS ARCHAEOLOGY DAY: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Free Native American displays, games, storytelling, Sand Ridge Nature Center, 15891 Paxton Ave., South Holland. 708-868-0606
WORKIN’ DOGS: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Shepherding demonstrations (leave pets at home). Free. No reservations necessary. Kline Creek Farm, County Farm Road a half-mile south of North Avenue, Winfield. 630-876-5900
GARDEN HARVEST FESTIVAL AND GREAT AMERICAN SCARECROW FESTIVAL: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free cooking demonstrations, tastings, crafts at Harvest Festival. Scarecrows scattered throughout the garden through Oct. 28. $7.75 per car. Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake-Cook Road a half-mile east of the Edens Expressway, Glencoe. 847-835-5440 or www.chicagobotanic.org
DUNELAND HARVEST FESTIVAL: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free admission to voyageur encampments, old-time entertainment, antique farm equipment and crafts. Parking $5 per vehicle. Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm, Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore, Mineral Springs Road between U.S. Highway 12 and Indiana Highway 20, Porter, Ind. 219-926-7561
BROOKFIELD ZOO’S FIESTA PARA TODOS: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Sept. 22 and 23. Free Latin American music and dance with zoo admission $7 ages 12-64, $3.50 ages 3-11 and 65 and older, free to age 2 and under. Parking $6.75 a car. Brookfield Zoo, 1st Avenue and 31st Street, Brookfield. 708-485-0263 or www.brookfieldzoo.org
FESTIVAL LATINOAMERICANO: Noon-8 p.m. (parade 1-2 p.m.) Sunday. Free. Parade on GennesseeStreet, festival one block west on County Street between Grand Avenue and Clayton Street, downtown Waukegan. 847-599-2511
OLD FASHIONED HARVESTFEST & FIDDLERS CONTEST: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. (Bring or buy lunch, bring blanket or chair for fiddling contest.) Town Square, Dean, Main and Jackson Streets, Woodstock. 815-338-2436
SHERMERFEST: noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Free classic car show, games. Food charges. Village Green, Shermer Road and Meadow Lane, Northbrook. 847-272-1963
FIESTA CELEBRATION: 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Free entertainment, some booth charges. Lake Park Band Shell, Lee Street between Touhy Avenue and Howard Street, Des Plaines. 847-391-5700
CORNY AFTERNOONS: 1-4 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 23 and 30. $1 person or $3 per family museum admission includes corn use demonstrations and corn craft activities. Durant House Museum, LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, Dean Street a half-mile west of Randall Road, near St. Charles. 630-377-6424