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Groundhog Days 2025 will be better than ever. Visit Woodstock, Illinois, the home of everything Groundhog Days (the movie). This year, we’re celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the filming, with events for everyone. Woodstock, Illinois, home site of filming for the 1993 classic “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Stephen Tobolowski, is hosting a Groundhog Days celebration with a The Brief. Woodstock, Illinois, became the filming location for "Groundhog Day" (1993), and the town now celebrates the movie with an annual festival that attracts visitors from around the world. Woodstock, Illinois celebrates Groundhog Day 2025 where Bill Murray filmed 1993 movie. Chairman of Woodstock Groundhog Days, Rick Bellairs, joined ABC7 on Sunday to talk about some of the many Welcoming of the Groundhog @ Old Courthouse Center; 📅 Jan 31, 2025. Groundhog Day Movie Memorabilia Open House; Groundhog Day Dinner Dance “Groundhog Day” the Movie; Groundhog Day the Musical @ Woodstock Opera House; 📅 Feb 1, 2025. Groundhog 5K @ Woodstock Metra Station; Groundhog Tales: Storytelling with Jim May The main event for Groundhog Day is the annual prognostication at 7:00 on February 2nd. Woodstock, IL 60098 Phone: 815-338-4300. Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Come for all the festivities with our own Groundhog Day polka band. It’s all free but don’t forget your booties ‘cuz it’s cold out there. The main event for Groundhog Day is the annual prognostication at 7 am, February 2nd.Hundreds will brave the weather and gather on the Woodstock Square to see Woodstock Willie emerge from his tree Theatre 121, the Woodstock Opera House resident production company is proud to present ‘Groundhog Day the Musical' in the Woodstock Opera House. 7 Tony Award nominations and winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical this production is based on the iconic film. Newsday called it “an ingenious, witty, joyously offbeat musical.” The day before Willie’s weather report, you can also catch Groundhog Storytime at Makety Make in the Old Courthouse Center at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, and a free Welcoming of the Groundhog, with a performance by the Woodstock Community Choir, at a new location this year, the Event Center at the Courthouse Center on the Square. Woodstock, Illinois - Home of Annual Groundhog Days Groundhog Days FestivalThis quirky annual festival celebrates the iconic filming locations of the cult classic Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. In 1992, Woodstock, Illinois, was chosen as the backdrop for the film, and ever since, thousands of visitors from around the world have descended upon the historic Woodstock Downtown Square for Everybody’s favorite insurance agent from Groundhog Day - Stephen Tobolowsky, aka Ned Ryerson, will be back again for the Groundhog Day festivities in Woodstock, IL. You have seen Stephen on TV in Deadwood, Californication, Glee, One Day at a Time, Goldbergs and many others. Woodstock Willie is the official weather-predicting groundhog of Woodstock, Illinois. Woodstock is the filming location of the Bill Murray 1993 classic movie, “Groundhog Day”. Woodstock’s Groundhog Day ceremony is well attended, attracting with hundreds of spectators and featuring a Groundhog Polka Band. “Official” Groundhog Day Breakfast 02 February 2024 7:30 am - 9:30 am Immediately following the ceremony on the town square the official Groundhog Day breakfast will be held at the Woodstock Moose Lodge on Clay Street. A Brief History of Woodstock’s Groundhog Days. 1992 Filming of the movie; 1993 Groundhog Day movie released; Feb.2, 1994 Cheryl Wormley and Mike Palmquist cross paths, and decide that Woodstock needs to celebrate Groundhog Day in honor of the movie’s filming in Woodstock. Theatre 121, the Woodstock Opera House resident production company is proud to present ‘Groundhog Day the Musical' in the Woodstock Opera House. 7 Tony Award nominations and winner of the [] January 31 @ 7:30 pm Join Woodstock Willie for a walk around town and a little fun with locals and visitors to celebrate Groundhog Day. Join Woodstock Willie for the Annual Groundhog Days Pub Crawl on Saturday, February 1, at 6 PM on the Historic Woodstock Square. Quality Inn & Suites Woodstock, 1785 South Eastwood Drive, Woodstock – 815-527-7390 This celebration could not take place each year without the generous contributions of our sponsors. Food Shed Co-op Woodstock Square/Gobbler’s Knob. 121 W Van Buren St “Woodstock Square” AKA “Gobbler’s Knob”, is the scene of the main event: where crowds gathered to see if the world’s most famous weatherman, the great prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil, would see his shadow or not (spoiler alert: he sees his shadow, inciting many jeers for the six more weeks of winter to come) in the “Weather The main event for Groundhog Day is the annual prognostication at 7:00 on February 2nd. Woodstock, IL 60098 Phone: 815-338-4300. Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM The main event for Groundhog Day is the annual prognostication at 7 am, February 2nd.Hundreds will brave the weather and gather on the Woodstock Square to see Woodstock Willie emerge from his tree trunk home.
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