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ABC7 Chicago has compiled a Chicago Summer Festival Guide for prospective patrons to stay up-to-date on admission costs, dates, times and locations.
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Various summer dates
Grant Park Music Festival
Various dates June 15 to Aug. 20
Various times
Starting at $26
Grant Park
337 E. Randolph St.
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Chicago, IL
Millennium Park Summer Music Series
Various dates June 20 to Aug. 18
Various times
Free admission
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
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Chicago, IL
Chicago SummerDance
Various dates July 6 to Sept. 17
Various times
Free admission
Grant Park and other various parks
Chicago, IL
July
Rhythm World 32: Chicago's International Festival of American Tap
Various dates July 8-24
Various times
Free admission (except $15 admission at Jazz Showcase, July 13)
Various venues
Chicago, IL
Square Roots Craft Brew and Music Festival
July 8-10
Friday 5 to 10 p.m, Saturday Noon to 10 p.m., Sunday Noon to 9 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
Lincoln Square
Between Montrose and Wilson avenues
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
Taste of Chicago Grant Park
July 8-10
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Free admission
Grant Park, Buckingham Fountain
Jackson and Columbus drives
Chicago, IL
West Fest Chicago
July 8-10
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday Noon to 10 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
Between Wood Street and Damen Avenue
1800-2000 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL
Barrio Arts Fest
July 9-10
Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free admission
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL
Southport Art Fest
July 9-10
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission
Wrigleyville
West Waveland and North Southport avenues
Chicago, IL
West Loop Summer Fest
July 9-10
Noon to 10 p.m.
Free admission, $25 Taste the Tropics Seltzer Tasting
West Loop
120 N. Sangamon St.
Chicago, IL
Bastille Day Chicago
July 13
Starts at 5:30 p.m.
Free admission
Navy Pier
Polk Bros Park Lake Stage
Chicago, IL
Millennium Art Festival
July 15-17
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free admission
Michigan Avenue and East Lake Street
Chicago, IL
Pitchfork Music Festival
July 15-17
Opens noon each day
$99 one-day general admission, $200 three-day general admission
Union Park
1501 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
Roscoe Village Burger Fest
July 15-17
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
Roscoe Village
2000 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL
Dearborn Garden Walk
July 17
Noon to 5 p.m.
$30 general admission
Latin Middle School
45 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL
Taste of Lincoln Avenue
July 22-24
Friday 3 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday Noon to 10 p.m.
Free admission
Between Fullerton and Wrightwood avenues
2500 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
Chicago Margarita Festival
July 23-24
$20 general admission
Navy Pier, Miller Lite Beer Garden
600 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL
Pizza City Fest Chicago
July 23-24
Starting at $59 one-day general admission
Plumber's Union Hall, West Loop
1340 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Fiesta Del Sol
July 28-31
Thursday 5 to 10 p.m., Friday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Free admission
Between Ashland Avenue and Morgan Street
1400 W. Cermak Road
Chicago, IL
Lollapalooza
July 28-31
Starting at $125 one-day general admission
Grant Park, nine stages
Chicago, IL
Lincolnwood Fest
July 28-31
Thursday 5 to 10 p.m., Friday 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Free admission
Henry A. Proesel Park
6915 Kostner Ave.
Lincolnwood, IL
Jeff Fest: Jefferson Park Arts & Music Festival
July 29-31
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday 2 to 10 p.m.
Free admission
Jefferson Memorial Park
4822 N. Long Ave.
Chicago, IL
Summer Wine Fest at Lincoln Park Zoo
July 29
6 to 9 p.m.
Starting at $55 general admission
Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL
Chinatown Summer Fair
July 30-31
Saturday Noon to 10 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission
Chinatown
2200 S. Wentworth Ave.
Chicago, IL
Randolph Street Market
July 30-31
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$10 general admission
1341 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Festival
July 31
1 to 9 p.m.
Free admission
Downtown Parking Lot B
65 S. Water St.
Aurora, IL
August
Windy City Smokeout
Aug. 4-7
Opens 2 p.m. Thursday/Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday/Sunday
$64.95 one-day general admission, $184.95 four-day general admission
United Center
1901 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL
Northalsted Market Days
Aug. 6-7
11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Free admission
Between Belmont Avenue and Addison Street
3400 N. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL
Edison Park Fest
Aug. 12-14
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday Noon to 10 p.m.
$5 suggested donation
Edison Park
6730 N. Olmsted Ave.
Chicago, IL
Retro on Roscoe
Aug. 12-14
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday Noon to 10 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
Roscoe Village
2000 W. Roscoe St.
Chicago, IL
Bud Billiken Parade
Aug. 13
Two-mile parade begins at 10 a.m.
Bronzeville to Washington Park
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, IL
Chicago Fried Chicken Fest
Aug. 13-14
Cannon Drive and Fullerton Parkway
2600 N. Cannon Dr.
Chicago, IL
My House Music Festival
Aug. 13-14
3 to 10 p.m.
$30 one-day general admission
Harrison Park
1824 S. Wood St.
Chicago, IL
Clark After Dark: USO of Illinois
Aug. 18
4 o 10 p.m.
$10 general admission
River North
420 N. Clark St. on Hubbard Street
Chicago, IL
Glenwood Ave Arts Fest
Aug. 19-21
Free admission
Rogers Park
Glenwood Avenue Arts District
Chicago, IL
Ribfest Chicago
Aug. 19-21
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Free admission
Lincoln Avenue and Irving Park Road
Park/Damen
4000 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
Ruido Fest
Aug. 19-21
Opens 3 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday/Sunday
$100 single day, $200 three-day
Union Park
1501 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
Oak Park Microbrew Review
Aug. 20
2 to 6 p.m.
Various admission costs
Between Lake Street and Pleasant Avenue
Marion Street
Oak Park, IL
Chicago Air and Water Show
Aug. 20-21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free admission
Viewable along lakefront from Fullerton Avenue to Oak Street
North Avenue Beach
1600 N. Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL
Sangria Festival
Aug. 20-21
Noon to 10 p.m.
Starting at $15 general admission
Humboldt Park
3021 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL
Taste of Greektown
Aug. 26-28
Friday 4 to 10 p.m., Saturday/Sunday moon to 10 p.m.
Free admission
Between Van Buren and Adams streets
315 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL
Chalk Howard Street
Aug. 27
11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Free admission
Between Pauline Street and Ashland Avenue
Howard Street
Chicago, IL
Life Time Chicago Triathlon
Aug. 27-28
Foster Beach
5200 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL
Pilsen Fest
Aug. 27-28
Noon to 10 p.m.
Free admission
18th Street and Blue Island Avenue
Chicago, IL
September
Chicago Jazz Festival
Sept. 1-4
Free admission
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
African Festival of the Arts
Sept. 2-5
Africa International House
6200 S. Drexel Ave.
Chicago, IL
Lincoln Square Greek Fest
Sept. 2-5
Friday 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday to 10 p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Free admission
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
2727 W. Winona St.
Chicago, IL
North Coast Music Festival
Sept. 2-4
Opens 2 p.m. each day
Starting at $78.57 one-day general admission
SeatGeek Stadium
7000 S. Harlem Ave.
Bridgeview, IL
Taste of Polonia
Sept. 2-5
Friday 5 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday/Sunday noon to 10:30 p.m., Monday noon to 9 p.m.
$15 general admission
Copernicus Center
5216 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, IL
The Great American Lobster Fest
Sept. 2-4
Noon to 9 p.m.
Starting at $69 one-day general admission and lobster meal
Navy Pier
600 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL
Lincoln Park Gyros Fest
Sept. 9-11
Free admission
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
2701 N. Sheffield Ave.
Chicago, IL
Naper Pride Fest
Sept. 10
Noon to 10 p.m.
$15 general admission
Naper Settlement
523 S. Webster St.
Naperville, IL
Chicago House Music Festival
Sept. 16
Free admission
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL
Riot Fest
Sept. 16-18
Opens 11 a.m. each day
Starting at $99.98 one-day general admission
Douglass Park
1401 S. Sacramento Dr.
Chicago, IL
Sam Adams Lakeview Taco Fest
Sept. 17-18
11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
Between Addison and Roscoe streets
3500 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, IL
Oktoberfest Chicago
Sept. 23-25
Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday noon to 10 p.m., Sunday noon to 7 p.m.
$10 Friday and Saturday
St. Alphonsus
Southport Avenue and Wellington Street and Lincoln Avenue
1429 W. Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL
Randolph Street Market
Sept. 24-25
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$10 general admission
1341 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL