Pana /ˈpeɪnə/ is a small town in Christian County, Illinois, United States.

In April 1899 what is known as the Pana riot broke out after a violent confrontation between black and white miners.

Rather than return to Alabama and the Jim Crow South, from where they had been recruited, 211 of the nearly 300 African Americans remaining in town moved west to Weir, Kansas, to work at another mine.

[6] It came to be known as the City of Roses, a nickname coined by local newsmen, the Jordan Brothers.

Kitchell Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

The Louis Jehle House, added to the National Register in 1995, is also located in Pana.

The Pana Heritage Days are an annual festival that takes place during the last weekend in May.

Streets are blocked off and are filled with multiple vendors and fair rides.

The annual Pana Labor Day Parade is attended by up to 15,000 people, the largest such event in all of Illinois.