🍦South Suburbs Scoop

September 5th, 2025

John Sintich
September 05, 2025

Happy September! That’s it, it’s done. I hope you’re happy. We wished away the hot weather and now Fall is here. At least we have football. As we mourn the death of summer, don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!

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

New Business Openings & Developments In Our Area
New $550K Buyers Looking in Tinley Park
Upcoming Fall Events Including Best Fall Trips Throughout Illinois
New Lenox Restaurant Week Promotions - Ends 9/9
Local Events, Sports & Kids Activities
Live Music, Adoption Pet of the Week & Real Estate Round-Up

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Let’s Get Into It!

-John

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SOUTH ‘BURBS

📍Pete’s Fresh Market Now Open in Tinley Park - Details

📍$18M+ Phase II Vacant Land Clean Up Continues in Tinley Park - Details

📍Full Review on the New Beem Light Sauna in Frankfort - Video | Website

$18M Phase II Starts

New Pete’s Opens

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

📍Old Plank Trail Closed from New Lenox to Joliet for $1.3M Upgrade - Video | Article

📍New Lenox’s Arrowhead Ales Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldier Aaron Toppen - Details

📍New Lenox Restaurant Week Promotions Released- Details

📍Wendy’s to Move Forward in Frankfort’s Chappel Commons - Video | Article

📍New Sushi Restaurant Coming to Frankfort - Video | Article

📍Check Out the South Suburbs Coffee Shop Boom - Video

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

📍ROCK BOTTOM DUO LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Fri, Sept 5 | 6:30PM

📍90s ROCK NIGHT - The Forge (Lemont) 🎟 Details
💲$15-20 | 📅Fri, Sept 5 | 6:30PM

📍JAMES GEDDA - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Sept 5 | 7:30PM

📍VEGAS-STYLE SINGER VITO ZATTO - North + Maple (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Sept 5 | 7PM

📍OKTOBERFEST WITH PROST - Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Sept 5 | 6:30PM

📍LADIES OF ROCK! - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$9.35 | 📅Fri, Sept 5 | 8:30PM

📍MIKE & JESS LIVE - Banging Gavel Brews (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Sept 6 | 6:30PM

📍BRIAN KLIEDON LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Sept 6 | 6:30PM

📍MATT ZACH & TOM - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Sept 6 | 7:30PM

📍OPEN MIC NIGHT - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Tues, Sept 9 | 6:30PM

📍BRASS TRACKS JAZZ ORCHESTRA - North + Maple (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Weds, Sept 10 | 6:30PM

GREATER CHICAGOLAND LIVE MUSIC & MORE

📍 Sept 6	Zach Bryan	Notre Dame, IN - Details
📍 Sept 7	The Who Farewell Tour	Chicago - Details
📍 Sept 10	The Doobie Brothers	Tinley Park - Details
📍 Sept 13	Jason Aldean	Tinley Park - Details
📍 Sept 19	Luke Bryan	Prairie Grove - Details
📍 Sept 20	Lee Brice	Rosemont - Details
📍 Oct 2	Bob Seger Tribute	Joliet - Details
📍 October 10	Jordan Davis	Rosemont - Details
📍 October 17	Lainey Wilson	Rosemont - Details
📍 October 17 - 19	Disney’s Descendants	Elkhart, IN - Details
📍 October 18	Brett Michaels	Joliet - Details
📍 October 20	Adam Sandler	Chicago - Details
📍 October 23	Nate Bargatze	Chicago - Details

Cheapest Gas in the South Burbs!

PRICES AS OF 9/4 - Website

📍 Manhattan - $3.45 - ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 New Lenox - $3.42 ⬇️ From Last Week

📍 Mokena - $3.52 ⬇️ From Last Week

📍 Frankfort - $3.52 ⬇️ From Last Week

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

📍 Mokena’s Leap Behavior Therapy Hiring BCBAs & Behavior Technicians - Details

📍 (2) Opportunities at New Lenox’s Crossroads Sports Complex - Details

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL EVENTS & OFFERINGS

📍 Restaurant Week Continues until Sept 9 (New Lenox) - Details

📍 12 Best Places in Illinois to View Fall Colors (Statewide) - Details

📍 Opening Weekend of Bengtston’s Pumpkin Farm (Homer Glen) - Details

📍 Celebrate 100 Years of Historic Route 66! (Joliet) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Fridays After Five at the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Family Fridays in the Park (Lockport) - Details

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

📍 Sept 5 - Coffeecake and Crime Book Event (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Alsip Fall Container Workshop (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Silent Roller Disco Event at the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

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

📍 Sept 6 - Pinball Tournament at Hickory Creek Brewing (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Harmony Square Farmer’s Market (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Free Beer For National Beer Day at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Motivational Speaker: “Anchor Your Life Through The Storm” (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Uncorked Wine Festival at the Forge (Lemont) - Details

📍 Sept 8 - Seniors Movie Matinee Event at Emagine Theater (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 9 - $500 Jackpot Bingo at North + Maple (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 9 - Sip & String Event at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details.

📍 Sept 10 - Trivia Night at Hickory Creek Brewing (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 11 - Grand Opening of Yunker Barn (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 11 - 9/11 Ceremony at American Legion Post 1977 (New Lenox) - Details

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

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

📍 Kozy Knits Upcoming Events (Multiple Locations) - Details

THE KIDDOS

📍 Parks Fall Programs: Mokena | New Lenox | Frankfort

📍 New Schedule Released for The Jolly Giraffe (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Registration Open for Creative Artists Studio (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Take Care with Peanuts: The Exhibit at the Children’s Museum (Chicago) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Movie Night “Encanto” at Harmony Square (Tinley Park) - Details

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

📍 Sept 7 - Back to School Event in Harmony Park (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Rehearsals Start for “Elf the Musical” Grades 2-12 (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Starting Sept 9 - Weekly Kids Yoga at KidsWorks Museum (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - SASPPALOOZA ‘25 Family Event at the Forge (Lemont) - Tickets

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

📍 Sept 20 - Konow’s Corn Maze (Homer Glen) - Details

📍 Sept 21 to Oct 4 - Creepy Crawly Critter Classes (Frankfort) - Details

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS

📍 Sept 12 - NAWS Annual Gala at CD&ME (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 12 - Viva la Vino Wine Tasting Event (Orland Park) - Details

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

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

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

📍 Sept 13 - Soundgrowler Brewing Oktoberfest (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Country Market & Rock & Roll Show (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Fall Craft & Vendor Fair (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Hermoine’s Potion Class at Book Bar (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 13 to Oct 25 - Farmer’s Market Turns Into Fall Market (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 14 - Sweets & Savory Crawl (Lockport) - Details

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

📍 Sept 17 - Food Trucks on Front Street (Mokena) - Details

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

📍 Sept 17 - Wine Down Wednesday at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

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

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

📍 Sept 20 - Art & Wine Paint and Sip (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - Oktoberfest 2025 at the Forge (Lemont) - Tickets

📍 Sept 26 to 28 - District-Wide Student Performances of “Guys and Dolls” (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 27 - 2nd Annual Glow Ride with Police Department (Manhattan) - 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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AREA SPORTS & MORE

📍Bears Start Week 1 Monday Against Vikings, White Sox Take on Tigers; Cubs Host Nationals; Sky at Indiana, and Fire Faces New England. Bulls Start Preseason Oct 7 Against Cavs!

📍 This Weekend’s College Football: Illinois Hosts Western Michigan, Northwestern Hosts Western Illinois & Notre Dame takes a week off to prepare for Texas A&M on Sept 13. Check out the full college football schedule here!

📍HS Football: East Hosts Kankakee, West Heads to Lockport & Central Hosts Providence

📍 Sept 6 - Premiere Fitness Yoga Classes (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Yoga & Beer at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 15 - Bring Your Pup Out To The Ballpark (Chicago) - Details

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

ADOPTION PET OF THE WEEK! Meet Lollipop!

Check out Lollipop 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 10,669 available homes for sale. That is a slight increase from last week's total of 10,470 homes available for sale.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate as of today is: 6.45%.

Mokena - Just Listed: 3 ⎸ Closed: 5
New Lenox - Just Listed: 9 ⎸ Closed: 15
Tinley Park- Just Listed: 18 ⎸ Closed: 18
Frankfort - Just Listed: 10 ⎸ Closed: 7