"GIANTS OF ROUTE 66"
SCHEDULE -- OCT. 31-NOV. 3, 2024
FOUR FULL DAYS THIS YEAR!!!
SPEAKERS, ENTERTAINMENT, NETWORKING, EXHIBITS, AUTHOR BOOK SIGNINGS, HALLOWEEN PARADE, COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT THE FABULOUS RESTORED WEST END SERVICE STATION, PLUS SUNDAY DINNER AND PROGRAM!!!
MAIN VENUE -- WILDEY THEATRE, 252 N. MAIN ST., EDWARDSVILLE, IL
THURSDAY, OCT. 31
MORNING
Trolley tour of Edwardsville, Downtown, Route 66, historic Leclaire
(meet in front of Wildey Theatre to board) (SEPARATE TICKET REQUIRED MUST BE PREPAID -- SEATING IS LIMITED TO 25)
AFTERNOON
Registration & check-in all afternoon
Conference sessions
DINNER ON OWN
EVENING
Halloween Parade passes by Wildey Theatre
Hospitality/Warming room inside Wildey Theatre
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
MORNING
Registration & check-in
Keynote speaker
Conference sessions
LUNCH ON OWN
AFTERNOON
Conference Sessions
LATE AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING
Reception at West End Service Station
hosted by Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau
EVENING
Band Concert (WOW, TBA VERY SOON) in Wildey Auditorium (SEPARATE TICKET REQUIRED -- PURCHASE ON WILDEY WEBSITE POSTED SOON)
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
MORNING
Registration & check-in
Conference sessions
LUNCH ON OWN
AFTERNOON
Conference sessions
Special Exhibit and author group book-signing
DINNER ON OWN
EVENING
Downtown Edwardsville pub crawl
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
MORNING
Gather for breakfast (on own) at PLAID COFFEE ROASTERS on Route 66
Outdoor tour at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, weather permitting
(TICKET NOT REQUIRED, DONATION TO CMSHS, MEET AT CAHOKIA MOUNDS, DIRECTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED)
AFTERNOON
DINING IN HISTORY at Crystal Garden Banquet & Event Center on Route 66, presented by MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (SEPARATE TICKET REQUIRED, MUST BE PREPAID) Social hour, dinner, followed by program by Joe Sonderman & Cheryl Eichar Jett, Route 66 authors/historians