Mount Prospect Public Library
125 S Emerson St. Story times, teen programs, and free museum passes.
🏠 Indoor🧒 Kid-friendly💵 Free
Updated automatically — last checked Sunday, November 1.
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Things to Do
Mount Prospect Park District
Rec programs, pools, and parks across the village.
🌳 Outdoor🧒 Kid-friendly
Village of Mount Prospect
Village board meetings, permits, and community announcements.
Prospect High School Athletics
Prospect Knights varsity & JV schedules, rosters, and ticket info. This site doesn't have a licensed schedule feed for game dates - Illinois HS schedules run mostly through MaxPreps, a commercial aggregator this site doesn't republish from - so this links to the school's own athletics page instead.
Official trick-or-treat hours — all five towns
Trick-or-treat hours for Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Palatine, and Wheeling in one place, each linked to the village page it came from.
🧒 Kid-friendly💵 Free
Local party venues, entertainers & tutoring centers
Private businesses appear here as they join the local directory — see what's currently listed.
🧒 Kid-friendly
Downtown Mount Prospect Oktoberfest & Fall Festival
Downtown Mount Prospect's annual fall festival, hosted by the Downtown Merchants — dates and details are announced on their own site each year.
🌳 Outdoor
Village-run seasonal events & farmers market
The Village's calendar posts each year's seasonal community events, including the downtown farmers market when it's in season — check for the current schedule.
🌳 Outdoor💵 Free
Village services, utilities, refuse & recycling
Water is billed by the Village; refuse and recycling go out in the green and blue wheeled carts every home gets (35/65/95-gallon sizes), billed with your water bill or quarterly without Village water service. The vehicle sticker program was eliminated in the 2024 budget, so that's one less errand than older guides mention. Questions: Public Works, (847) 870-5640.
Get a Mount Prospect Public Library card
Free to anyone living within Village limits — bring ID showing your current name and address to the Main Library or South Branch. A card for anyone under 18 needs a parent or guardian's signature. Circulation desk: (847) 590-3624.
🏠 Indoor🧒 Kid-friendly💵 Free
Mount Prospect School District 57 (elementary & middle school)
Most of the village's elementary and middle schools are part of District 57 — confirm your specific address, since school boundaries don't always follow village lines.
Township High School District 214 (high school)
Prospect High School, Mount Prospect's own, is part of District 214, which also serves several neighboring towns — again, confirm by address rather than assuming.
Experience Mount Prospect — the Village's visitor site
The Village's own tourism site rounds out things to do and see nearby, beyond downtown.
Frequently asked questions
How current is this guide?
It's regenerated automatically from the village, library, and park district's own listings, typically several times a week - not a one-time write-up that goes stale.
Is this every event or business, or just what's listed here?
Only what the linked public sources publish. For full details, hours, or anything not listed here, check the official page each item links to.
How do I see what's happening in Mount Prospect this specific weekend?
See the weekend view, which only shows items with a known date in the coming Friday-Sunday.
Can I add an event, or suggest a business for the directory?
Yes - submit an event and a person reviews it before it goes live, or a business owner can inquire about a listing.