🍦South Suburbs Scoop

August 22nd, 2025

John Sintich
August 22, 2025

Happy Friday! Let’s have a fantastic weekend!

Here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods:

New Business Openings & Developments In Our Area
All Lincoln Way Football Schedules Included
New Lenox Restaurant Week Decided
Mokena, New Lenox & Frankfort Fall Parks Program Guides Below
New Lenox’s Pizza Di Farfalla in Chicago’s Pizza City Fest
Live Music, Adoption Pets of the Week & Real Estate Round-Up

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Let’s Get Into It!

-John

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SOUTH ‘BURBS

📍Hollywood Casino Now Open; Brett Michaels To Kick Off Major Events - Details

📍NASCAR Returning to Joliet’s Chicagoland Raceway in 2026 - Details

📍Frankfort’s $77K Plans for Multi-Use Paths in Progress - Details

📍New Lenox Resident to Run for Will County Sheriff - Details

📍Frankfort Fall Fest Guide Released - Details

📍Tinley Park’s Annual Oktoberfest Cancelled Due to High Costs - Details

📍$7.85M Secured for Frankfort’s Park District - Details

📍Enrollment Open for Tinley Park’s Citizens Police Academy - Details

📍Orland Park Receives High Clean Audit Rating - Details

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

📍 IRISH FEST LIVE MUSIC - Chicago Gaelic Park (Oak Forest) 🎟 Details
💲Tickets | 📅 Aug 22-24 | Multiple Times

📍MITCH ALVAREZ LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Fri, Aug 22 | 6:30PM

📍METALLICA TRIBUTE - The Forge (Lemont) 🎟 Details
💲$18.25 | 📅Fri, Aug 22 | 6:30PM

📍MEL & TOM - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Aug 22 | 7:30PM

📍EMO POP PUNK BAND - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$7.25 | 📅Fri, Aug 22 | 9PM

📍WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL - The Forge (Lemont) 🎟 Details
💲$18.40 | 📅Sat, Aug 23 | 6:30PM

📍80s COVER BAND - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$7.25 | 📅Sat, Aug 23 | 9PM

📍THE FEDORAS LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Aug 23 | 6:30PM

📍LOADED BAKED POTOTOES - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Aug 23 | 7:30PM

📍CONCERTS ON THE GREEN - Outcast Jazz (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sun, Aug 24 | 6:30PM

📍GRATEFUL DEAD TRIBUTE - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sun, Aug 24 | 2PM

📍COUNTRY SUNDAY W/ PIG ROAST & LINE DANCING - The Chill House (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲$10-$15 | 📅Sun, Aug 24 | 1-6PM

📍 OPEN MIC NIGHT - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Tues, Aug 26 | 6:30PM

GREATER CHICAGOLAND LIVE MUSIC & MORE

📍 August 30	Trace Adkins	Orland Park - Details
📍 Sept 6	Zach Bryan	Notre Dame, IN - Details
📍 Sept 13	Jason Aldean	Tinley Park - Details
📍 Sept 19	Luke Bryan	Prairie Grove - Details
📍 October 17	Lainey Wilson	Rosemont - Details
📍 October 18	Brett Michaels	Joliet - Details
📍 October 20	Adam Sandler	Chicago - Details
📍 October 23	Nate Bargatze	Chicago - Details

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PRICES AS OF 8/21 - Website

📍 Manhattan - $3.30 - ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 New Lenox - $3.28 ⬇️ From Last Week

📍 Mokena - $3.39 ⬇️ From Last Week

📍 Frankfort - $3.39 ⬇️ From Last Week

RETAIL JOB OPPORTUNITY

Parker James Pink Slip Hiring Retail Associates (Frankfort & More) - Details

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL EVENTS & OFFERINGS

📍 Until Aug 24 - Will County Fair (Peotone) - Details

📍 Registration Open for Citizen’s Academy (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Registration Open for Scary at the Prairie (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Scarecrow Contest Begins - Due Oct 9 (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Kozy Knits Upcoming Events (Multiple Locations) - Details

📍 Fridays 8/15 to 9/26 - $50 Projects at Board and Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Six Flags Announces Annual Fright Fest Line Up (Gurnee) - Details

📍 Aug 22 - Friday’s After Five @ The Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 22 - Huge Rummage Sale at Children’s Farm (Palos Park) - Details

📍 Aug 22 to 24 - Pizza City Fest Featuring NL’s Pizza Di Farfalla - Details

📍 Aug 22 to 24 - Irish Fest (Oak Forest) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Forest Preserve’s Festival of Arts Through Nature (Crete) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Makers Market at Nik & Ivy’s Brewery (Homer Glen) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Jeepin’ For Paws Fundraiser Event (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - 4th Annual Wine, Jazz & Art Fest (Joliet) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Candle Making Workshop at Soundgrowler (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Clear the Shelters Event at Conrad’s Harley-Davidson (Shorewood) - Details

📍 Aug 23 - Recycling Extravaganza (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Aug 24 - Bike Ride for Special Olympics (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Aug 24 - Fall Blanket Workshop at Hickory Creek Brewing (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 26 - Free Poker Night at Jamo’s Live (Mokena) - Details

📍 Aug 27 - Bus Trip: New Lenox to Four Winds Casino (New Buffalo, MI) - Details

📍 Aug 27 - Paint Night “Deer In The Woods” at The Stray Bar (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Aug 28 - Your Light Still Shines Memorial Event (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 28 - Brain Buster’s Trivia at Rosati’s (New Lenox) - Details

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS

📍 Aug 29 - Alsip Garden Club (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Aug 30 - Cops & Bobbers Fishing Derby (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Aug 30 to Sept 1 - 57th Annual Fall Fest (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 2 to 9 - Restaurant Week (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Bosco’s Marketplace Witchy Night Out (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Lincoln-Way High School 1975 Class Reunion (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 12 - Banquet for Warriors Walk (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 12-13 - Local Garage Sale (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Warriors Walk (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - First Aid Certification Class (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 16 - Cruise the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 17 - Annual Senior Breakfast Scheduled (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - 46th Annual Old Campground Fest (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - Free Community Event w/ Pony Rides (Joliet) - Details

📍 Sept 28 - 13th Annual Wine & Ale Walk (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Oct 5 - Fall Adoptapalooza 2025 & Fire Zone 5K Run (Lockport) - Details

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FOR THE KIDDOS

📍 August Events at The Jolly Giraffe (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Art Classes for Kids Ages 7-15 at Creative Artist’s Studio (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Multiple Workshops at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Parks Fall Program (Mokena) - Details

📍 Parks Fall Program (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Parks Fall Program (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Library Announces Storytime Lineup (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Aug 28 - Girls Scouts Registration Info Night (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Street of Dreams to Hold Kid’s First-Timers Musical Auditions (Mokena) - Details

📍 Aug 29 - Learn About the Cubs Scouts at Pack 101’s Open House (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 5/6 - Family Overnight Camp Out (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 16 to Oct 7 - After School Art Camp (Frankfort) - Details

AREA SPORTS & MORE

📍Bears vs. Chiefs Friday @ 7:20P - Details

📍 LW East Football Schedule (Frankfort) - Details

📍 LW Central Football Schedule (New Lenox) - Details

📍 LW West Football Schedule (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - White Sox Half Way to St. Patty’s Day Party (Chicago) - Details

ADOPTION PETS OF THE WEEK! Meet Dorothy, Toto & Miss Belle!

Check out Dorothy, Toto, Miss Belle and other adoptable pets! Visit the NAWS website for more information!

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Real Estate Roundup

This week, the Chicagoland area including Cook and Will county have 10,505 available homes for sale. That is a slight increase from last week's total of 10,492 homes available for sale.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate as of today is: 6.62%.

Mokena - Just Listed: 6 ⎸ Closed: 6
New Lenox - Just Listed: 11 ⎸ Closed: 13
Tinley Park- Just Listed: 31 ⎸ Closed: 30
Frankfort - Just Listed: 9 ⎸ Closed: 10