A young girl holds hands with her dance partner May 3, 2025, as part of a Morris Dance at the Stellwagen Farm. The farm, a historic site in Orland Park, hosted a maypole dance and celebration.

Alas, another May is slipping away, and I haven't followed up with a long-ago maypole dance I once thought to conduct for the little local boys and girls. There were plenty of them around then ...

People gather around a flower-covered maypole, dancing under a clear blue sky in a grassy field with trees in the background.© Vince Reichardt/Getty Images ...

LeClaire School kindergartners tried their hand at a Maypole dance in the early 1900s. The LeClaire community was founded by N.O. Nelson, who located his plumbing goods factories in the ...

Right, a member of Schuhplattler und Gebirgstrachten Verein "Washingtonia," a local Bavarian dance club, plays a song on the cowbells.Charles Volkman, left, and Schuhplattler und Gebirgstrachten ...

A program of Scandinavian Folk music and dance will be featured at 10 a.m. with the raising of the decorated maypole in celebration of Midsommar, traditionally held on the weekend falling between June ...

Local Trending News The Reading Liederkranz hosts the celebration each year, complete with German food, music, and the Maypole dance. Admission is free for Liederkranz members, and $20 for nonmembers.

This franken-fest includes a Renn Faire, a Free Comic Book Day celebration and a spin around the maypole. South Street Live! will run between 8th and Front streets on Saturday, May 3.