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Chicago Summer Festival & Events Agenda 2017

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Show Me Chicago'due south almanac agenda of Chicago'southward biggest and best festivals and events is up and running for its sixth year, 2017.  Brand sure to put your favorites on your calendar and cheque back for more every bit the calendar will be updated throughout the season as more events are added and dates announced.

MAY 2017

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• James Beard Foundation Awards, May 1, Civic Opera House, twenty Due north. Wacker
  
• Polish Constitution Twenty-four hours Parade – Saturday, May six, 11.30 am., Columbus Drive from Balbo Street to Monroe Street
  
• Chicago Zine Fest (minor secret publications), May five – 6, various locations near West side
• Viva Cinco De Mayo Festival, May five-7, Toyota Park
• Chicago Beer Classic, May 6, 2017, Soldier Field
• Polish Constitution Day Parade, eleven:xxx am. May 6, S. Columbus Bulldoze (from Balbo Street to Monroe Street)
• Kids and Kites Festival, May 6, 2017, Montrose Park
• Lilac Time, May 6 – 21, 2017, Lombard, IL.
• Manifest Urban Arts Festival, Friday May 12 2017, Columbia College, inside and outside
• Lincoln Park Zoo Nutrient Truck Social, Sat, May 13, 6:30–10:thirty pm. 2001 Due north. Clark, Lincoln Park Zoo
• Encompass Your Bases Pub Clamber, May xiii, Wrigleyville
• Beer Nether Glass, May 18, Garfield Park Conservatory
• Chicago Craft Beer Week, May 18 to 25, various locations
• Mayfest, May 19 – 21, 3100 Northward. Ashland Ave.
• Long Grove Chocolate Fest, May 19 to 21, 208 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove, IL.
• Wright Plus Housewalk, May 20, Oak Park & River Forest, IL.
• Lincoln Park Wine Festival, May 20 & 21, Lincoln Park
• Bark in the Park, May 21, Soldier Field (new location)
  
• Andersonville Wine Walk, May 21, Andersonville neighborhood
• Mole de Mayo, May 26 to 28, Pilsen, Ashland and 18^th Street
• Navy Pier Summer Fireworks, Memorial Day through Labor Day, Wednesdays and Saturdays, Navy Pier
• Chicago Memorial Twenty-four hour period Parade, noon, May 27, 2017, State St. from Lake to Van Buren
• Fireworks, Saturday, May 27, Navy Pier
• Greektown Mediterranean Vino Fest, Saturday/Lord's day, May 27 & 28, South. Halsted in the W Loop between Jackson and Van Buren (300-400 Southward)
• Randolph Street Market Festival, May 27-28, 1350 block Westward. Randolph betwixt Ada and Ogden
• Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, Saturday & Dominicus, May 27-28, North Sheffield from Belmont to Roscoe
• Wheel the Drive, May 28, Lake Shore Drive
• Mayfestiversary, Dovetail brews, food trucks, Sunday, May 28, 11am-10pm 1800 W. Belle Plaine Ave.

JUNE 2017

• Maifest Chicago, June 1 – June 4, Lincoln Square at Lincoln Ave. and Leland Ave.
• 32nd Chicago Gospel Music Festival, June ii–3, 2017, Millennium Park
• Lincoln Park Greek Fest, June 2 – iv, St. George Greek Orthodox Church
• Harvard Milk Days, June ii – 4, 2017, Harvard, IL.
• Wingout Chicago, June 3 and 4, ii to 6 pm. St. Michael's parking lot in Old Boondocks
• Gustation of Trivial Hamlet: Flavors of Mexico, Fri-Sunday, June 2 to 4, noon to 10 pm., 26th & Sacramento (Little Hamlet)
• LaGrange Pet Parade, June 3, line-up, 8:30 am., Cossitt Ave. & LaGrange Rd.
• Hyde Park Brew Fest, June 3 & four, 1 to seven pm., 53rd and Harper
• Millennium Park Summer Workouts, Wednesdays & Saturdays, June three–September ii, 2017, Millennium Park
• Do Division, Friday June two 2017 – Sunday June 4 2017, Partition St. between Damen Ave and Wood St.
• Ravinia Festival, June 3 through September 17, Highland Park (northern suburbs), Summer 2017 schedule, TBA, March xv
• 57th Street Art Fair, June iii – 4, Hyde Park
• Wicker Park's Green Music Fest, June 10 – 11, 2017, Damen between North and Schiller
• Andersonville Midsommarfest, June 9 to 11, Andersonville on Clark
• Ribfest Chicago, June 9 to11, Lincoln Ave. north of Irving Park Rd.
• Chicago Blues Festival, June 9 to 11, Millennium Park
• Spring Awakening Music Festival, June 9 to 11, Addams/Medill Park
• Vegan Drink Fest, Grant Park, Butler Field, June x
• Naked bicycle ride, June ten, 2017, 6-8 pm. cheque in at an undisclosed location
• Printers Row Lit Fest, June 10 & 11, S. Dearborn and Polk
• Pilsen Nutrient Truck Social, Sat & Sunday, June 10 & 11, 18th Street at Allport
• Quondam Town Fine art Off-white, June 10 & 11, Onetime Town Triangle Commune
• Wells Street Art Festival, June 10 & 11, Wells St. betwixt North Ave. & Division
  
• Movies in the Parks, June 12 – Aug. 28, 2017, over 250 movies in diverse Chicago locations
• Millennium Park Summer Music Serial, June 12 – Aug. 17, 2017, (Select Mondays & Thursdays, half-dozen:30 pm.), Millennium Park
• Fiestas Puertorriqueñas and Puerto Rican Parade, June 17, Division Street from Western Avenue to Sacramento Avenue, Humboldt Park
• Oakley Festa Pasta Wine, June 16 to 18, 24th street & Oakley
• 6 Corners BBQ Fest, June ten & eleven, 2017, Portage Park, 4000 N. Milwaukee Ave. (at Irving Park Rd./Cicero Ave. to Belle Plaine)
  Millennium Park Summer Film Series, Millennium Park movies, Tuesdays, June 13–Baronial 29, 2017, Millennium Park
• Grant Park Music Festival, June 14 – Aug. xix, 2017, Wednesdays, Fridays, half-dozen:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, free
• Taste of Randolph, June sixteen-eighteen, 2017, Randolph and Peoria St., West Loop
• Arts and crafts Brews at the Zoo (formerly Brew to Be Wild), June sixteen – 17, 2017 (six to 10:thirty p.m.), Lincoln Park Zoo
• Custer Fair, June 17 & 18, Chief St. & Chicago Ave., Evanston
• Chicago Pride Fest, June 17 & 18, N Halsted, Boystown
• Gold Coast Art Fair, June 17 & 18, Butler Field on E Monroe Street
• Male parent'due south Day BBQ, June 18, 2017, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, IL.
• Swedish Days, June 20 – 25, 2017, Downtown Geneva, IL.
• Make Music Chicago, June 21, various locations
• Chicago Ale Fest, June 23 – 24, Butler Field, Grant Park
• Greek festival on Gold Declension, June 23 – 25, 2017, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
• Strawberry Festival, June 23, 24 & 25, downtown Long Grove, IL.
• Country LakeShake Music Festival, June 23 – 25, Northerly Island, Huntington Banking concern Pavilion
• Elkhart Jazz Festival, June 23 to 25, 2017, downtown Elkhart, IN.
• Chicago SummerDance, June 23 – September 10, Friday and Sabbatum evenings from 6 to ix:30 pm, and Sunday afternoon from iv to 7 pm. Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden (601 S. Michigan Ave.)
• Logan Square Arts Festival, June 23, 24 & 25, Milwaukee, Logan & Kedzie
• Chicago Nutrient Truck Fest, June 24 & 25, 2400 S. Dearborn Street
• Evanston Chamber Artisan SummerFest (formerly Fountain Square Art Festival) will comprise recycled art/works from "Remix Chicago" artists that will no longer exist a separate issue. Saturday/Sun, June 24 & 25, Evanston (Sherman and Church building Streets)
• Highland Park Festival of Fine Arts, June 24 & 25, downtown Highland Park
• Ravenswood on Tap Beer Festival, June 24 & 25, 1801 Due west. Foster, in front of Empirical Brewery
• Randolph Street Market Festival, June 24 – 25, 1340 Westward. Washington
• Mamby on the Embankment, Saturday June 24 2017 – Sunday June 25 2017, Oakwood Embankment, Bronzeville/Oakland
• Taco & Tequila Fest (new), June 24-25, Jackson Park, 6300 S. Lake Shore Drive
• Pride Parade, Sunday June 25, Due north Broadway, Boystown
• Colour in Motion 5K, June 25, Montrose Embankment
• Eyes to the Skies Festival (35th almanac), June 28-July 2, Lisle Community Park, Lisle, IL (1825 Curt St.)
• 50th annual Milwaukee Summerfest, June 28 – July two, July 4 – July 9, Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, WI.
• Frontier Days Festival, June xxx to July 4, Recreation Park, Arlington Heights
• Naperville RibFest, June thirty – July iii, 2017, Knoch Park, Naperville
• FitzGerald'south American Music Festival, June xxx to July 3, 2017, FitzGerald'south, Berwyn, IL.
• Chicago Botanic Garden Fine art Festival, June 30 – July 2, 2017, Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake-Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL.
• Windy Metropolis RibFest, June 30 – July two, 2017, Uptown, Broadway & Lawrence
• Oak Fest, June 29 – July 4, 2017, 159th & Central Artery, Oak Woods, IL.
• Worlds Largest Cake political party at St. Pat'southward, June 2017, date, TBA
• Dragon boat races, June 2017, date TBA, Ping Tom Memorial Park, 300 Due west 19th Street
• America'southward Cup World Serial, June 2017, appointment TBA, Navy Pier
• L.A.T.E. Ride, cancelled for 2017
• Navy Pier Summer Fireworks, Wednesdays & Saturdays, all month

JULY 2017v

• Eyes to the Skies Festival (35th annual), (started June 28), July 1 & 2, Lisle Customs Park, Lisle, IL (1825 Curt St.)
• Called Few House Festival, July 1-2, Jackson Park
• 50th annual Milwaukee Summerfest, (started June 28) July ane, July two, July 4 – July ix, Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, WI.
• Frontier Days Festival, (started June 30) July 1 to July 4, Recreation Park, Arlington Heights
• Naperville RibFest, (started June 30) July 1 – July 3, 2017, Knoch Park, Naperville
• FitzGerald'southward American Music Festival, (started June 30), July ane to July iii, 2017, FitzGerald'southward, Berwyn, IL.
• Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival, (started June xxx) July one & July 2, 2017, Lake-Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL.
• Windy Urban center RibFest, (started June 30) July 1 & July two, 2017, Uptown, Broadway & Lawrence
• Oak Fest, (started June 29), July 1 – July 4, 2017, 159th & Central Artery, Oak Woods, IL.
• African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, July ane to 4, Union Park
• Quaternary of July Fireworks, July 3, Navy Pier
• Lake Forest Festival & Fireworks (11th annual), Tuesday, July 4, Deerpath Park, Deerpath and Hastings Rd., Lake Forest, IL
• Jazzin' at the Shedd, July 5-26 (Wednesdays) Shedd Aquarium
• 37th Annual Taste of Chicago, July five–9, 2017, Grant Park
• Square Roots Festival, Friday July vii 2017 – Sunday July nine 2017, Lincoln Square
• Millennium Art Festival, July 7 – ix, Lake Street & Michigan Avenue
  
• Ruido Fest, July 7 to July 9, Addams/Medill Park, Footling Italy, UIC
  
• West Fest, July vii to July 9, Chicago Ave betwixt Forest St and Damen Avenue
• Irish American Heritage Festival, July 7 – 9, Irish American Heritage Center
• Bristol Renaissance Faire, July 8 to September four, Kenosha, WI.
• Chicago Margarita Festival, July 8 & ix, South Shore Cultural Center
• Roscoe Village Burger Fest, July eight & 9, Belmont Avenue from Damen to Oakley
• Arts & Crafts Festival, July 8 & 9, DuSable Museum
• North Shore Festival of Arts, July viii & 9, Quondam Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie, IL.
• Inferno Fest, Wednesday, July 12, Everts Park, Highwood
• Bastille Twenty-four hour period five/8K Run & Walk (36th almanac), Th, July xiii, Cannon Drive & Fullerton
• Pitchfork Music Festival, July fourteen to July xvi, Spousal relationship Park
• Windy City Smokeout – BBQ & Country Music Festival, July 14 to 16, 560 W. Grand Ave. on the river
• Chicago Open Air Music Festival, July 14 to July 16, Toyota Park
• Chicago Yacht Gild Race to Mackinac, Parade of Boats, July 15, East Stop of Navy Pier
• RUN! To Stop Homelessness (7th annual), Saturday, July 15, New location in 2017: Montrose Harbor (601 W. Montrose)
• The Silver Room Block Party, July 15, Harper's Court Hyde Park
• Southport Art & Music Fest, July 15 & 16, Waveland & Southport
• Colombian Fest, July 15 to 17, Kelvyn Park
• Rock 'n' Scroll Chicago Half Marathon & 10K, Dominicus, July sixteen, Grant Park, followed past an after-festival at Butler Field
• Chinatown Summer Fair, July 16, South Wentworth Ave. at Cermak Rd.
• Dearborn Garden Walk, July 16, most Northward side, Golden Coast
• Chicago Book Fair, July 16, 61st Street in betwixt King Dr & Cottage Grove
• artfest Michigan Avenue, July 21 – 23, Michigan Avenue, simply north of the Chicago River
• Taste of River N, July 21 – 23, Ward Park, Kingsbury & Erie
• Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk, July 22 & 23, North Sheffield Ave. & Webster
• Fiesta del Sol, July 27 – 30, Morgan and Ashland
• Wicker Park Fest, July 29 – 30, N Artery to Paulina Street
• Bantu Fest,July 29th, Midway Plaisance, Hyde Park, near the Academy of Chicago
• Randolph Street Market Festival, July 29 – 30, 1340 Westward Washington Blvd.
• Gustatory modality of Lincoln Artery, July 29 & 30, 2017, along Lincoln from Fullerton to Wrightwood
• Continuing Chicago SummerDance, June 23 – September 10, Fri and Saturday evenings from 6 to nine:30 pm, and Lord's day afternoon from 4 to 7 p thou.Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden (601 South. Michigan Ave.)
• Navy Pier Summertime Fireworks, Memorial Twenty-four hours through Labor Day, Wednesdays and Saturdays, Navy Pier
• Millennium Park Summer Workouts, Wednesdays & Saturdays, Started June iii continues to September ii, 2017, Millennium Park
• Ravinia Festival, June 8-September 10, Highland Park
• Movies in the Parks, June 12 – Aug. 28, 2017, over 250 movies in various Chicago locations

AUGUST 2017

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• Lollapalooza, August three to half-dozen, 2017, Grant Park
• Millennium Park Summertime Music Serial, August 3 to 17, Monday & Thursday evenings, Millennium Park
• Jeff Fest, Arts & Music Festival, August 4 to half-dozen, Jefferson Park at 4822 N Long Ave.
• Border Fest, August 6 & 7, Northward Broadway from Thorndale to Ardmore
• Ginza Holiday Festival, August 11 to xiii, Midwest Buddhist Temple, Onetime Town
• Chicago Hot Canis familiaris Fest, August xi – xiii, Lincoln Park at Clark Street and Westward LaSalle Drive by the Chicago History Museum
• Reggae Fest, Baronial 11 – 13, Addams/Medill Park
• Retro on Roscoe, Baronial 11 to 13, Roscoe Village
• Taco Crawl, August 11 (pre-political party) Baronial 12 (crawl) River North bars and restaurants
• Bud Billiken Parade, August 12, parade steps off due south downwards MLK Drive from Oakwood Blvd followed past picnic in Washington Park
• Northalsted Market place Days, August 13 & xiv, North Halsted Street from Belmont to Addison
• Clark After Nighttime, Baronial 17, River Due north
• Festa Italiana, August 18 – 20,West Taylor Street at Ashland
• Edison Park Fest, Baronial xviii – 20, 6730 N Olmsted Avenue
• Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest, Baronial 18 – twenty, Glenwood Avenue, Rogers Park
• Windy City Carnival, August 19, Midway Plaisance, University of Chicago
• 59th Annual Chicago Air and Water Bear witness, August 19 & 20 (full rehearsal, August 18), Northward Avenue Beach
• Gustatory modality of Greektown, August 25 to 27, 400 S Halsted Street
• Randolph Street Market Festival, August 26 & 27,1340 W Washington Blvd.
• Transamerica Chicago Triathlon, August 27, Grant Park to Foster Beach
• Chicago Fringe Festival, August xxx – September 10, Jefferson Park
• 39th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, Baronial 31–September iii, 2017, Grant Park, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Centre & other venues
• Millennium Park Summertime Music & Picture show Series, Through Baronial 29, Millennium Park
• Chicago SummerDance, continuing to September 10, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6 to ix:thirty pm, and Sunday afternoon from 4 to 7 p m., Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden
• Millennium Park Summertime Workouts, Wednesdays & Saturdays, Started June 3 continues to September 2, 2017, Millennium Park
• Movies in the Parks, June 12 – Aug. 28, 2017, over 250 movies in various Chicago locations

SEPTEMBER 2017

• 39th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, ( started August 31), September i to 3, 2017, Grant Park, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center & other venues
• North Coast Music Festival, September 1 to 3, 2017, Union Park
• Great American Lobster Fest, September 1st, 2nd, & third 2017, Navy Pier
• African Festival of the Arts, September ane – iv, 2017, Washington Park
• Taste of Polonia, September 1 to 4, Copernicus Cultural and Civic Center, Jefferson Park
• Fringe theater festival, September one – 10, 2017 (begins Aug. 30), Jefferson Park
• Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park, September 8, vii:30 pm. Millennium Park
• Festival de La Villita, September eight – 10, 2017, 2700 Due west 26th Street
• Throwback Music Festival (2nd almanac), Friday-Sunday, September 8-x, 6030 N. Milwaukee Ave. (at Peterson)
• 79th Street Renaissance Festival, September viii – ten, 2017, Auburn Gresham, (Racine to Loomis)
• 19th Almanac Globe Music Festival Chicago, September viii–24, 2017, various locations
• Wings over Waukegan, September nine, 2017, Waukegan, IL. airport
• Ukrainian Village Fest, September nine – 10, 2017, Superior St. & Oakley
• Bourbon and BBQ Fest in Roscoe Village–a new fest replacing Shock Oyster Fest. The dates are Sat/Sun, Sept 9-ten.
• EXPO Art Week, September thirteen – 17, Navy Pier and other locations
• Anarchism Fest music festival, September 15 to 17, 2017, Douglas Park
• 26th Street Mexican Independence Mean solar day Parade, September ten, noon, on 26th St. at Albany
• American Craft Exposition, September 15 – 17, 2017, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL.
• Lakeview Taco Fest, September 16 – 17, 2017, along Southport Avenue
• Due west Loop Fine art Fair, September 16 & 17, 2017, North Racine & West Fulton Market
• Ravenswood ArtWalk, September 16 & 17, 2017, Ravenswood Artery
• Chicago Compages Biennial, September 16 – Jan 7, 2018, various locations
• Due west Loop Art Fest, September 17 to 19, Washington Boulevard from Aberdeen to Halsted
• Hamburger Hop, September 22, 2017, rooftop Harris Theater
• Edgewater Arts Festival (formerly Edgewater Fall Art Fair), September 23 & 24, 2017, Broadway to Sheridan
• Chicago Gourmet, September 23 & 24, Millennium Park
• AAHH! Fest by Mutual, September 23 – 24, Marriage Park
• Randolph Street Marketplace Festival, September 23 – 24, 1340 W. Washington
• Chicago Half Marathon, September 24, 2017, Jackson Park & lakefront
• Celebrated Berwyn'due south Bungalow Tour, September 24, 2017, Berwyn, IL.
• Fall Dinner Crawl, September 26, 2017 (6 to 9 p.thou.), Wicker Park & Bucktown neighborhoods
  
• Oktoberfest Chicago, September 29 – October 1, North Lincoln Ave. & Southport
• Apple Fest, September 29 – Oct. 1, 2017, Lincoln Square, Lincoln & Leland Avenues
• St. Benedict's Oktoberfest, September 29 – Oct. one, 2017, nether the tents in St. Bridegroom's Courtyard
• Sense of taste Talks All-Star BBQ, September 29 – Oct. one, 2017, Palmer Foursquare Park
• Lisle Ale Fest, September xxx, 2017, Lisle, IL.
• Urban center Fabricated Fest, September (TBA), Andersonville neighborhood
• Chicago SummerDance, continuing to September 10, Friday and Saturday evenings from half-dozen to 9:30 pm, and Sunday afternoon from 4 to 7 p g., Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden
• Millennium Park Summer Workouts, Wednesdays & Saturdays, Started June 3 continues to September 2, 2017, Millennium Park

Not back for 2017

Remix Chicago
Elston Avenue Sausage & Music Fest
Albany Park Earth Fest
Taste of Latin America

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