Dec 12 Friday
On December 12th & 13th, the production features a festive blend of holiday and popular music, comedy sketches, and storytelling, performed by a talented ensemble of regional and local musicians and actors. It’s a joyful celebration of the season and the spirit of community.
Jim Sullivan, Artistic Director of Rockford's New American Theater from 1972 to 1994, originally launched Hometown Holiday in 1994 and continued the tradition for 25 years before announcing its final curtain in 2019. However, overwhelming public demand led to a triumphant return in 2022. The community looks forward to Sullivan's return each year with this holiday event.
Dec 13 Saturday
The production features a festive blend of holiday and popular music, comedy sketches, and storytelling, performed by a talented ensemble of regional and local musicians and actors. It’s a joyful celebration of the season and the spirit of community.
Featuring Artisan Crafts, Lunch Soup & Baked Goods, Used Book Sale, & Live Music.A fun and festive event for the whole community!Over 30 vendors selling: Humanely-raised, hormone-free pork, poultry, lamb, and grass-fed beef; organic eggs, sausage, and cheese from the Hasselmann Family Farm. Also honey products from additional local farms.Delicious organic French pastries from the nuns of St. Roger's Abbey; baked goods, beverages, and hearty lunch soup prepared by our UUCD cooks, including a seating area for eating and conversing with friends and familyA large variety of artisan crafts from 25+ local vendors.Our ever-popular Used Book Sale, with new inventory, located in our church Library, with paperbacks priced at 50 cents or under, andmost hardbacks priced at $1.Live music all day, by local musicians, with a seating area for relaxed listening
Dec 14 Sunday
Christmas O’Carolan
Imagine an Irish winter evening filled with music, laughter, and stories passed down through generations. This concert celebrates the spirit of Turlough O’Carolan, the blind Celtic harper whose gift for melody made him one of Ireland’s most beloved composers. His joyful planxties—written as tributes to patrons and friends—are filled with warmth and wit, the kind of tunes that once held up weddings and funerals until he could arrive to play.
Joining us for this holiday celebration are Katie Grennan on fiddle, John Williams on accordion, harpist Lauren Hayes, and guitarist-fiddler Liam Kantor. Together, they’ll share Carolan’s music alongside festive melodies of the season, blending toe-tapping dance rhythms with moments of quiet reflection. It’s the sound of Ireland at Christmastime: full of heart, tradition, and joy.
Mary FosterVisual Artist
Artist Mary Foster completes the evening with her striking paintings and woodcuts, inspired by the hidden geometry and bold colors of the natural world. Her art, like Carolan’s music, captures fleeting moments and transforms them into something timeless.
Irish tunes, holiday spirit, and the glow of nature’s beauty. “Christmas O’Carolan” promises to leave you smiling well into the season.
Feb 07 Saturday
Stockholm Inn is the home for our potpourri of music from 5pm to 7pm on 1st Saturday and 5:30pm to 7:30pm on 3rd Friday of each month. The Trinadora musical mixture includes vintage and contemporary pop, folk, country, jazz, blues, Latin, Celtic, and variety music - everything except the proverbial kitchen sink 🙂 Janel Nelson and Ron Holm accompany their vocals with keyboard, ocarina, guitar, ukulele, fiddle, harmonica, jSax, bass, steel guitar, concertina, and more. The room can fill up, so please phone 815.397.3534 for reservations, and mention that you need seating in the music area.
Mar 07 Saturday
Apr 04 Saturday
May 02 Saturday
Jun 06 Saturday
Jul 04 Saturday
Aug 01 Saturday
Sep 05 Saturday