STL Weekend Events: August 4-7

Jessica
2795 days ago.

Your St. Louis Weekend Events Guide for Thursday, August 4th through Sunday, August 7th, 2016.

Downtown & Lafayette Square

Louis C.K.: Comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director who has written for several comedy shows in the 1990s and early 2000s for comedians including David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and Chris Rock. He has won a Peabody Award, six Emmy awards, A Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Awards, and numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show, Louie, and his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater and Oh My God. He’s the first comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden three times in a single tour in 2015. This is a comedy show you do not want to miss!

Date: Thursday, August 4
Time: 8pm
Place: Scottrade Center

The Big Fake Wedding St. Louis: A bridal show alternative complete with an emotional ceremony, light bites and a dance-party reception. “Wedding guests” are brides-and-grooms-to-be who get to truly experience the wedding vendors in action. The event will include dinner and drinks, an emotional vow-renewal ceremony and a dance-party reception. Hand-selected vendors will perform their services as they would at a real wedding, and the “wedding guests” will hear the music, taste the cakes, and smell the flowers while enjoying a night of great food, dancing and surprises. Tickets are $25.

Date: Thursday, August 4
Time: 7pm
Place: Moulin Events – 2017 Chouteau Ave

Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas Future Now The Tour: Pop singers, Demi and Nick, are co-headlining the Future Now Tour. This is Lovato’s fifth headlining tour. She is promoting her fifth studio album, Confident. It’s Jonas’ third concert tour and he is promoting his third studio album, Last Year Was Complicated. Between them, hits include: “Jealous,” “Skyscraper,” “Chains,” “Confident,” “Cool For The Summer,” and more. Tickets start at $26.95.

Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 7pm
Place: Scottrade Center

St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals take on the Atlanta Braves at home this weekend. The first 30,000 fans ages 16 and over will receive a Cardinals red adult-sized fedora at Friday night’s game. It’s also autograph night where 2 current players and 2 former players will be signing autographs in Ford Plaza. Saturday night’s giveaway is a vintage Cardinal bobblehead. Sunday’s giveaway is a kids replica Matt Carpenter batting practice jersey.

Date: August 5-7
Time: Fri: 7:15pm, Sat: 6:15pm, Sun: 1:15pm
Place: Busch Stadium

BBQ, Bourbon & Blues: A Blues music and BBQ event with Bourbon cocktail specials, bbq, and live music from The Original Godfather DJ, Larry Shepherd, Skeets Rogers & The Inner City Band…flat out one of the two or three best male blues vocalists in town…a stone cold powerhouse vocalist. Tom “Papa” Ray will be stopping by also to run a set or two. We are donating net proceeds to help Provident to help bring awareness to their cause.

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 4pm
Place: Balentine’s – 1801 Park Ave

The Wedding Show: A face-to-face sampling of virtually everything you’ll need to make your wedding day perfect with over 200 wedding exhibits, a main stage fashion show featuring bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, tuxedos, and beautiful mother-of-the-bride gowns, special prizes and giveaways, live music from the area’s top wedding entertainment, transportation displays, DIY Bride Stage, free food and drink samples, and more. Registration is $6 online in advance or $8 at the door.

Date: Sunday, August 7
Time: 11am-4pm
Place: America’s Center – 701 Convention Center

Central

Cirque de Soleil: OVO: A unique experience capturing insects work, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy in motion. Their home is filled with biodiversity, beauty, action and moments of quiet emotion. Amazing ants, flexible fleas, silky spiders, crazy crickets flying, leaping, bounding, and crawling with the movement of life await you. Tickets starting at $38.

Date: August 3-7
Time: Times Vary
Place: Chafeitz Arena

Slipknot with Marilyn Manson: One of 105.7’s Big Summer Shows features the successful metal band, Slipknot, along with shock rock band Marilyn Manson, and metalcore band, Of Mice & Men at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. Tickets start at $17.

Date: Thursday, August 4
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Hollywood Casino Amphitheater

battle

Battle of the Bands & Art Competition: The first annual Battle of the Bands and Art Competition will feature 6 local bands competing for the top spot and prize money pots. Help support the cause and have a fun night with good music, art, food, drinks, trivia, games, prizes and more. 50% of all profits goes towards buying instruments for local underfunded grade schools! The winning band wins the $500+ cash prize and will have the opportunity to be hired for our future events over the next year, as well as a spot in next year’s event. Artists get 50% of their silent auction sale with the winning artist winning the $100+ cash prize with the opportunity for hire to design some of our custom graphics! Bands include: Bethany Caudill, The Facts O’Life, The Matt McCallie Orchestra, LLC, The Immortal Soul Era, and The Promised Generation. Event is open to the public for all ages. Tickets are $7 online in advance or $20 day of.

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 4:15pm
Place: Kirkwood Station Brewing Co – 105 E Jefferson Ave

Shawn Mendes World Tour: With his #1 debut album, #1 single Stitches, & now second Pop Radio hit “I Know What You Did Last Summer” extending his momentum into the new year, Island Shawn Mendes decided to go on a World Tour. With a double platinum album, Handwritten, a run of consecutive hit singles including “Life of The Party,” “Something Big,” and “Stitches,” an MTV EMA Award for Best New Artist, and the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Artist now under his belt, Shawn is hitting the road and making a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Tickets are $40.

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 7:30pm
Place: The Fox – 527 N Grand Blvd

Family Fun Day at the Ballpark: The day of family fun and sports starts at 6:30pm with activities including Knockerball (a fun game where kids wear an inflatable sphere while they play soccer), a Home Run Derby, Wiffleball, and Kickball. There will also be baseball related arts and crafts. At dusk, grab a chair or blanket and watch the baseball classic, “The Sandlot.” The event is free to attend.

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex

Carondelet Concerts in the Park: A longstanding annual celebration of diverse music, hosting local musicians at various parks in the Carondelet neighborhood. These concerts have been a staple in the community for more than 25 years, attracting thousands of attendees. Each week features a different variety of music and other activities including craft fairs, childrens book-reading with the St. Louis Public Library during concert intermission and more. This week’s live music is from Memories of Elvis.

Date: Sunday, August 7
Time: 6-8pm
Place: Carondelet Park – 3900 Holly Hills

St. Charles

Happy Together 2016: The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark Lindsay (former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders), The Cowsills and The Spencer Davis Group.elebrating the music of the 60’s for thousands of “Happy” fans to enjoy across North America. In all, the five artists on this year’s tour have over sixty Top 40 hits to choose from, including six number one songs. Tickets start at $43.

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 7:30pm
Place: St. Charles Family Arena

Illinois

90th Annual Mascoutah Homecoming & Augustfest: This annual festival features live music, a parade, tractor pulls, a car show, carnival rides, poultry, swine, beef, dairy, sheep, and goat shows, a livestock auction, a bike ride, and more. This year’s parade theme is: Service to the Community. There will be floats and marchers celebrating making Mascoutah a great place to live. There will be a Homecoming Queen Coronation on Sunday with big cash prizes. Love music includes: The Rough Ryders, The Jorrells, and F-150. The car show will be Sunday from 11am-4pm. Sunday morning there will be a bike ride and breakfast.

Date: August 5-7
Time: Fri: 9:30am-11pm, Sat: 7:30am-11:30pm, Sun: 7am-10pm
Place: Scheve Park – 6th & Harnett

Peach Festival: It’s peach season and the annual festival celebrates the season with peach lovers from all over the region. The Festival offers a chance to enjoy a free family outing and sample some of the most delicious peaches in the country. Local peach growers from all over the area will be presenting their carefully tended peaches for visitors to sample and purchase. Festival goers can also pick up a variety of other fresh produce, shop craft vendors, try their hand at Peach Pit-Pitching, enjoy live music, sample peach wine and even grab some lunch in the Lodge Restaurant which is known for its perfectly prepared fried chicken. Kids can participate in special activities while others can learn about the history of peach farming from a documentary that will be playing during the festival.

Date: Sunday, August 7
Time:11am-3pm
Place: Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton, IL

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Jessica

Doesn’t know how to cook and survives pretty much on macaroni and cheese and pizza, so naturally, loves to eat out at restaurants. However, one day when she is married and has a family to cook for, she would love to take cooking classes and learn awesome skills like the chefs on Iron Chef America...as long as she doesn't have to clean the dishes afterwards.

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