Prairie du Rocher Chamber of Commerce

10/19/2023

Still looking for Trunk or Treat participants…. Who wants to join in on the fun!?!? 🎃🎃 Contact Keni to sign up… details below…

10/07/2023

Save the date!!! 🙌🙌

La Fete de Noel - Sunday, December 3 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄

Always a great place to mark stuff off your Christmas shopping list… something for everyone!!!

Vendors & crafter spaces available…contact Dawn Walker 618-317-5104 (text preferred) or email at [email protected]

10/04/2023

Join us for Trunk or Treat!!! Contact Keni ASAP if you are interested in participating!!!

07/08/2023

COME VISIT PRAIRIE DU ROCHER TODAY!!!

Phantom Festival at the Creole House 2-9pm

Lots of vendors, kids games, entertainment, wedding dress display, food and more!!!

Leather working, chainsaw carving, jewelry making, fire poi, book signing and so much more!!!

5K at 6pm - entries still welcomed

Phantom Funeral Reenactment at 8:45pm

FREE HORSE & TROLLEY RIDES!!

Come enjoy!!! ⚜️⚜️⚜️

06/03/2023

Selling PDR Merchandise by the PDR Park today until 7:30!!!

FREE Reusable PDR Bag with $100 purchase!!!

SHIRT PRICES REDUCED!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

300th event T-shirts $10
Prairie du Rocher Shirts $12
ALL Youth Sizes $5

PDR Notecards!!! 3 sets to choose from.
$8 each or 3 sets for $20

PDR 300th Story Book & Cook Books

PDR Flags, Hats and more!!!

06/03/2023

The Community Foundation will be selling PRAIRIE DU ROCHER Merchandise TODAY!!! from 4:00 - 7:30pm. At the PDR PARK. ⚜️⚜️⚜️ Before & after the parade!!!

T-Shirts, Hats, Reusable Bags, Cookbooks, Keychains, Flags… and more!!! Limited sizes and inventory, come early.

The PDR 300th Storybook & 300th Cookbook will be available ALL WEEKEND at Lisa’s Market Street Grille & Myers Korner Market.

Also throughout the weekend Gerry Franklin will be selling the PDR 300th Storybook & Margret Brown’s book in front of his shop.

PARADE STARTS AT 6:00PM!!! 🙌🙌

The Bud Light Brigade will be performing after the parade at the park. BVNB chip drawing will be held at 7:30pm at the park… look for them in the parade for your chance to get a chip.

12/29/2022

We have received another shipment of cookbooks!!!

They will be available at the following places starting today during their regular business hours:

Myers Korner Market
PDR Library
Lisa’s Market Street Grille
2nd Chance Consignment, Red Bud

When these run out…there ARE more are coming and will be available at the same 4 locations when received.

Cookbooks can also be purchased online at thebookpatch.com

Cookbooks are $20 each

Thank you!!

Order your on-demand book printing or self-publishing at TheBookPatch.com. TheBookPatch offers all the resources needed to self publish a book.

12/09/2022

300 Years 300 Stories books are now available at Lisa’s Market Street Grille. They are still available at the PDR Library, Myers Korner Market & Second Chance Consigment.

12/07/2022

300 Years 300 Stories Books are available at:
Prairie du Rocher Library
Second Chance Consignment & Boutique, Red Bud

They will be at Myers sometime tonight.

More locations will be added later.

Or you can purchase online at www.villagepublishers.com

The cook books will be available soon, to those who did pre-sale at La Fete de Noel. You will be notified when they are in and asked which pick up location you prefer.

Another batch of cookbooks will be available in approx 2 - 2 1/2 weeks. When they arrive they will be distributed to the above locations as well.

The cookbook can be purchased online at www.thebookpatch.com

⚜️PDR300⚜️

This captivating narrative, together with its many photos, maps, and illustrations, celebrates the tricentennial of the village of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois—French in origin, independent in spirit. The editors have rummaged beneath the official history to uncover slice-of-life accounts of ...

12/02/2022

If you reserved a copy of 300 Years-300 Stories on our earlier post. It will be ready for you to pick up at La Fete de Noel this Sunday, from 12-4. The Creole House will also have a supply of books on Sunday.

Books will be for sale at the following locations as of Tuesday, December 6:
Prairie du Rocher Library
Myers Korner Market
Second Chance Consignment & Boutique

If you are unable to pick up at one of the listed locations, you can purchase online at www.villagepublishers.com (shipping charges apply)

All locations will also have the 300th Anniversary Cookbooks.

Credit card will be accepted at La Fete de Noel (processing fees apply)

Thank you!! Look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!!

11/28/2022

The Prairie du Rocher 300th Anniversary Cookbook will be available for purchase next Sunday at La Fete de Noel. They will be $20 each. Additional ways of ordering will be announced after the festival.

11/25/2022

Due to the forcast of rain tomorrow night and other circumstances out of our control we have decided to cancel the lighted parade. All of the parade entries have been notified.

Thank you for your understanding of this decision we hope everyone has a blessed holiday season, and we hope to see you on December 4 for La Fete dd Noel.

Thank you!

11/23/2022

It's Official!!!

The 300 Years 300 Stories book will be available for purchase during La Fete de Noel on Sunday, December 4.

To reserve your copy for pick up at La Fete de Noel, please comment how many copies you would like on this post.

The book will cost $40.

The book will be available at other locations after December 4, those details will be decided on and shared later. There will also be a shipping option available, that information will be provided closer to December 4.

We would like to THANK everyone involved with creating this book, there were so many hours invested, by so many people....everyone's hard work is so appreciated. And thank you to everyone that submitted stories!!!

This book has a story that will interest everyone!!! Get your copy before they are gone. These will be the perfect Christmas gift this holiday season!!

11/09/2022

10/27/2022

We are looking for more “trunks” to set up at trunk or treat on Monday night. Please let us know if you are interested!!

10/27/2022

Prairie du Rocher Lighted Parade… Saturday, November 26 🎄🤶🎅

We are looking for folks interested in participating in this year’s lighted Christmas Parade. Please let me know if your interested by Nov 3, by sending me a PM via FB messenger and I will provide you the details. Here’s a few of the 1st place winners over the years. Each entry no matter how simple or elaborate always brought lots of smiles.

We NEED people to confirm participation BY November 3rd, or the event may get cancelled.

Red Bud Chamber of Commerce is hosting a lighted parade the Friday night before ours… consider participating in both… so much hard work goes into the floats, show them off at BOTH Parades!!!