• Editor’s Note: This is Kane County Connects’ first-ever Fall Events Guide. The guide will be regularly updated, so please bookmark and check back often. If your community has an event that we’ve missed, e-mail a link, text and image to kanecountyconnects@gmail.com!

This week’s big event is St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade and Holiday Homecoming.

Holiday Homecoming is one of the Midwest’s most spectacular holiday events and is the official kick-off to the holiday season in St. Charles.

The festive event has been making holiday memories for area families for years.The two-day Holiday Homecoming event kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with Lighting of the Lights on the First Street Plaza. The annual Electric Christmas Parade takes place AT 5:30 P.M. Saturday at on Main Street in St. Charles.

There also is seasonal music, holiday movies, sleigh rides  and visits with Santa. All Holiday Homecoming events and activities are free of charge AND Presented by the Downtown St. Charles Partnership.

For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit https://www.downtownstcharles.org/dscp_events/holiday-homecoming

Another biggie is the Batavia Celebration of Lights Festival, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Batavia Riverwalk.

The holiday lights will be shining brightly in downtown Batavia, where you can start your holiday gift-giving with making some fun kids crafts, take a tractor-pulled wagon ride around the Riverwalk or take your kids to visit with Santa and receive a free gift.

As always, if we’ve missed any big events that are of interest to a Kane County audience, please email your event information to kanecountyconnects@gmail.com.

NOVEMBER

Nov. 23-Dec. 31 — Holiday Lights at Mooseheart

Nov. 23-24 — Holiday Homecoming (ST. CHARLES)

Holiday Homecoming is one of the Midwest’s most spectacular holiday events and is the official kick-off to the holiday season in St. Charles.

Nov. 24 — Electric Christmas Parade (ST. CHARLES)

The annual Electric Christmas Parade takes place Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on Main Street in St. Charles.

Nov. 25 — Celebration of Lights Festival (BATAVIA)

Nov. 30 — Dickens In Dundee (EAST DUNDEE AND WEST DUNDEE)

This year’s Dickens in Dundee will take place Friday, Nov. 30, in East Dundee, with a parade to follow on Saturday, Dec. 1. Stay tuned for more details as the event approaches!