A celebration of Amboy’s railroad heritage. Thursday the activities begin with the Miss Amboy contest, live entertainment, a teen dance and the opening of the carnival attractions and food stands. Downtown Amboy bustles Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a craft show, a beer garden, pancake and sausage breakfasts, a pork chop dinner, outstanding live entertainment, bean bag tournament, tractor show, parade, and the Amboy Depot Days Car Show. The Depot Museum, Illinois Central Freight House and the one-room schoolhouse are the center of the celebration and are open for visitors.

Amboy Depot Days Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show, grand finale to Amboy Depot Days weekend. This is a judged show.

Ashton comes alive with food, fun and frivolity. Crafts, horseshoe contest, kiddie rides, bean bag tournament, bessy bingo and more. Car show. Farm Toy Show features exhibits, buying, selling and trading of toy tractors. Weekend ends with a vintage "base ball" game and fireworks.

Chaplin Creek Village, 1715 Whitney Rd. (S. State St. in town becomes Whitney Rd.), Franklin Grove.  A Civil War Reenactment and Living History  weekend, is a family friendly event sponsored by the Franklin Grove Area  Historical Society in conjunction with Battery G, Civil War Artillery Reenactment Unit.  The battlefield and field hospital utilize the grounds and 1800s period buildings  and other historical artifacts. Join us at 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday  as we portray the daily life struggles of pioneer days.