Joey McLaughlin talks with the Illinois Times’ Michelle Ownbey about things to do this weekend in the Springfield area.

Gen X Prom
FRIDAY: 7-11 p.m.
Break out your best 80s or 90s duds for a reinvented version of this high school rite of passage.
Illinois State Museum

St. Patrick’s Day Parade
SATURDAY: 12 p.m.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party
FRIDAY, SATURDAY: 8 p.m., SUNDAY: 2 p.m.
Loud and bawdy, ridiculous and naughty, join Dixie for an old fashioned Tupperware Party.
Legacy Theatre

Willy Wonka Jr.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY: 7 p.m.; SUNDAY: 2 p.m.
Featuring the songs from the 1971 film, in addition to new, fun songs.
Hoogland Center for the Arts

Million Dollar Time Machine
SATURDAY: 7:30 p.m.
24 of the greatest musical artists that have ever lived will emerge one by one from a time machine and share the stage.
UIS Performing Arts Cente