Kane County Shops Among 400 Participating In Vintage Shop Hop

BATAVIA, IL — More than 400 vintage shops, antique stores, women's boutiques and home decor shops from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin are participating in the upcoming Vintage Shop Hop.

The event, taking place March 4 and March 5, is described as a "road trip on steroids" because of how many businesses are participating.

A master list of participating shops, organized by location, is available on the event's website. Multiple shops from Kane County, including several in Batavia, Geneva, Aurora, Elgin and North Aurora, are taking part in the weekend-long event.

To take part in the event, people can choose which shops they want to go to, get in the car and go. To make the self-guided road trip easy, organizers have put together a Google map of all participating shops.

Here is an overview of local shops taking part in the Vintage Shop Hop.

• Thrift & Dollar Vintage, 950 N. Lake St. in Aurora
• Warehouse 55, 55 S. Lake St. in Aurora
• 715 Vintage, 715 Main St. in Batavia
• Barnwood & Beeswax, 14 N. Island Ave. in Batavia
• Red Hive Market, 6 W. Wilson St. in Batavia
• Meraki Market Hub, 66 S. Grove Ave. in Elgin
• State Street Market Shop, 701 N. State St. in Elgin
• Bell Jar Vintage, 313 W. State St. in Geneva
• Cali & Chance, 228 S. Third St. in Geneva
• Cocoon, 212 S. Third St. in Geneva
• Country Naturals, 316 Campbell St. in Geneva
• Geneva Antique Market, 227 S. Third St. in Geneva
• GROW Geneva, 220 S. Third St. in Geneva
• Liz & Kate Boutique, 407 S. Third St. in Geneva
• The Gathering, 227 S. Third St. in Geneva
• The Little Traveler, 404 S. Third St. in Geneva
• Past and Present Shoppes, 22 E. State St. in North Aurora
• The Rustic Fox, 1790 Towne Center Drive in North Aurora
• The Vintage Marketplace, 211S Lincolnway St. in North Aurora