Bloomington-Normal Airport is served by several airlines and rental car services. During the two-day, homecoming weekend festival you will be treated to theatre, music, and the work of artists and craftsmen selling everything from prints to graphics to glasswork and lapidary. Illinois Shakespeare Festival - held at Ewing Manor, features three Elizabethan classics each summer. Gamma Phi Circus - in Redbird Arena in April features the nation's oldest and largest collegiate circus. The David Davis Mansion - was the home during the late 1800s of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Davis, the man who convinced Abraham Lincoln to run for the presidency.
Free samples are available in the company's retail store.
Visitors may view the candy -making process and receive free samples. Illinois State University's farm - features dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, and sheep operations, where animals are fed by computers. Illinois State's Aquaculture Research and Demonstration Facility - is the only prototype fish farm in the Midwest. Sugar Creek Arts Festival - in July in downtown Normal features entertainment, food, and all types of art. The Prairie Air Show - in late august features aerial flyovers and military displays.