4th annual Best of Springfield Party

Celebrate the 2024 Best of Springfield and Illinois Times’ 50th anniversary with a party at the BOS Center in downtown Springfield from 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, sponsored by Springfield Junk Away. Enjoy food samplings from the area’s best restaurants along with beer, wine and spirit tastings from area distributors (You must be wearing a Lincoln Land Credit Union wristband to consume alcohol). Illinois Times is a small, locally owned business, and we encourage our readers to shop locally. Stop by vendor booths featuring area retailers. Get free photos at the photo experience booth, sponsored by United Community Bank. Move and groove to the sounds of UNCHAiNED – voted Springfield’s Best Band in 2023. Enter the costume contest and compete for $900 in prizes. Sign up by 7 p.m. to enter, contest begins at 7:30 p.m.