Lupe Fiasco, JoJo, Elvis Crespo to headline 2025 Taste of Chicago | What to know
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Organizers released the full lineup for the 2025 Taste of Chicago festival.
Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco, pop-R&B singer JoJo and international Latin superstar Elvis Crespo are the main stage performers during the Sept. 5-7 festival.
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It will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day in Grant Park, featuring over 50 food vendors and food trucks.
There will also be a Ferris wheel and drone and fireworks show at 8:15 p.m. Saturday.
"This is one of the most iconic Chicago traditions still on the books," Taste of Chicago Program Director Neal Heitz said.
Food vendors include Billy Goat Tavern, Connie's Pizza, Harold's Chicken, Josephine's Southern Cooking and more.
"I am eating Puerto Rican rice. It is really good," Nya Haywood said.
"I have tacos, and now I'm having the fried Oreos," Klaudia Lukaszczyk said.
This is Dominique Leach's first Taste of Chicago as a vendor.
"I was born and raised in Chicago. I have had a restaurant for six years now. I knew that eventually I want to be part of it," said Leach, who owns Lexington Betty Smokehouse on the Far South Side. "We have brisket, a taste of mac. We have a brisket sandwich, a taste of slider, and we have a half slab of spare ribs."
Anthony Solis, owns Prime Tacos.
On the menu is his popular Hot Cheeto burger.
"The Hot Cheeto burger is a Hot Cheeto lightly and crusted bun toasted to perfection, nacho cheese, grilled onions, sharp cheddar, all beef patty," Solis said.
For the full list of restaurants and event schedule, visit Chicago.gov/Taste.
Admission is free, and the event is cashless.
