Events

The Colonial Trade Faire is a JURIED living history event for participants depicting the Illinois Country ca. 1750-1790.

Visitors to Fort de Chartres State Historic Site on April 11 & 12 are welcomed to experience a part of the Village of Fort de  Chartres, in ‘Le Pays des Illinois’ (The Land of Illinois) 1750 – 1790.

The weekend promises a bustling community of shops and craftspeople, along with demonstrations and a shooting competition. The public can stroll down sutler’s row to shop and visit merchants and blanket traders selling their reproduction period goods.

NEW THIS YEAR!

• Billiard Hall & 18th century Game Room.
• Daytime battle re-enactment
• Nighttime battle re-enactment

Shootings competitions both days. Vendors, Blanket traders, and Peddlers. Stickball Game and Cooking Demonstrations.

@ Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, at 1350 IL Route 155, 4 miles west of Prairie du Rocher. The event is open and free to general public.

For more information contact the site at (618) 284-7230 or email  lesamisdufortdechartres@gmail.com.

The annual Colonial Trade Faire is sponsored by Les Amis du Fort de Chartres.