O'Fallon, Illinois · Every Wednesday
O'Fallon has a lot going on — parks & rec festivals, library clubs, OTHS events, church and club nights, and a Cider Shed’s worth of live music out at Eckert’s — scattered across dozens of calendars nobody has time to check. This Week in O'Fallon reads all of them and sends you the good stuff: one email, every Wednesday, written for the people who actually live here.
Free to read. One email a week — the week’s top picks, family stuff, live music, free events, an Around the Metro East section, and the long tail the big calendars miss.
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Preview · Thu Nov 5 – Wed Nov 11, 2026
Our launch census counted 23 verified events across O'Fallon and the Metro East cluster this week — and it ends with Veterans Day, which this town does properly. Here are five worth planning around:
The week’s anchor — O'Fallon’s official Veterans Day ceremony, 11 AM at First Baptist Church, with the community’s parade tradition the same day. In a Scott AFB town, this one matters.
Parks & Rec’s fall party: games, live music, s’mores, hot chocolate, and wagon rides, 2–6 PM.
OTHS turns into a craft fair all weekend — Santa, madrigal singers, and a bake sale. Admission $2–5.
Kids ages 5–14 trade squishies at the Katy Cavins Community Center, Friday 6–7:30 PM. $10.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer plays the Beatles at Eckert’s — a Belle-Clair Rotary fundraiser, $25.
Library clubs, farm music, bar bingo, workshops and a tree lighting. See the full preview issue →
Inside every issue
Not a calendar dump. Every issue is organized the same way, so you can scan it in two minutes:
The handful of things actually worth planning your week around — the festival, the ceremony, the one-off.
Parks & Rec programs, library clubs, school events. O'Fallon’s family calendar is deep — it just never had a home. Now it does.
Cider Shed sets at Eckert’s, tribute nights, bar bingo — who’s playing where, all week.
The no-ticket stops: ceremonies, library programs, open-air markets, community days.
Life here doesn’t stop at the city limits — Belleville, Shiloh, Fairview Heights, Swansea and Mascoutah get a section in every issue, from day one.
Church gatherings, club meetings, school arts, rescue-ranch days — the stuff that never makes the big calendars. That’s the good stuff.
Why this exists
O'Fallon has city newsletters and a hometown paper. What it doesn’t have is a free weekly roundup written for the people who live here — one that treats a library stitchers’ circle and a rescue-ranch open day as seriously as a tribute night at Eckert’s. That’s the whole idea. More about who runs this →
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