“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain

Monday, April 4, 2011

Why We Love Chicago Summers (aka Festival Schedule)

MAY
  • Chicago Craft Beer Week 5/19-27 www.chibeerweek.com
  • Wine Riot 5/20-21 210 S. Canal St.
  • Lakeview Mayfest 5/20-21 Ashland & Barry
  • Belmont Sheffield Music Fest 5/27-29 Sheffield- Belmont to School

JUNE
  • Maifest 6/2-5 Lincoln Square
  • Hyde Park Art Fair 6/4-5 57th & Dorchester
  • June Jam 6/4-5 3500 N. Hoyne
  • Do-Division Fest 6/4-5 Division & Damen
  • Sausage Fest (formerly Lakeview Music Fest) 6/4-5 Sheffield & Addison
  • Bluesfest 6/10-12 Grant Park
  • North Center Rib Fest 6/10-12 Lincoln & Irving Park
  • St. Mike’s Celebration 6/10-12 St. Michaels
  • Old Town/Wells St. Art Fair 6/11-12 Old Town & Wells St
  • Andersonville Midsommarfest 6/11-12 Clark & Foster
  • Taste of Randolph 6/17-19 Randolph & Halsted
  • 6 Corners BBQ Fest 6/18-19 Milwaukee & Irving
  • Chicago Summerfest 6/25-26 Lincoln Park West & Clark
  • Green Music Fest 6/25-26 Damen & North Ave.
  • Gay Pride Parade 6/26 Halsted & Belmont
  • Jeff Fest TBD Higgins & Milwaukee

JUNE/JULY
  • Summerfest 6/29-7/3 & 7/5 Milwaukee’s Lakefront Festival Grounds
  • Taste of Chicago 6/24-7/3 Grant Park

JULY
  • Rock Around the Block 7/9-10 Lincoln & Belmont
  • Roscoe Village Burger Fest 7/9-10 Belmont & Damen
  • Old St. Pat’s Block Party 7/8-9 Madison & Des Plaines
  • West Fest 7/9-10 Chicago & Damen
  • Chicago Folk & Roots Festival 7/9-10 Welles Park (Lincoln & Montrose)
  • Bastille Day Run, Walk & Block Party 7/14 Cannon Dr & Fullerton Pkwy
  • Pitchfork Music Festival 7/15-17 Union Park
  • Windy City Rib Fest Uptown 7/15-17 Broadway & Lawrence
  • Lincoln Park Arts & Music Festival 7/16-17 Racine & Webster
  • Wicker Park Fest 7/23-24 Damen & North
  • Sheffield Garden Walk 7/23-24 Sheffield & Webster
  • Taste of Lincoln Ave 7/30-31 Lincoln -Fullerton to Wrightwood
  • Summer on Southport 7/30-31 Southport-Waveland to Byron

AUGUST
  • Lollapalooza 8/5-7 Grant Park
  • Taylor Street Festa Italiana 8/5-7 Taylor & Loomis St.
  • Retro on Roscoe 8/6-7 Roscoe & Damen
  • North Halsted Market Days 8/13-14 Halsted -Belmont & Addison
  • Wrigleyville Summerfest 8/13-14 3300 N. Seminary
  • Air & Water Show 8/20-21 Lakefront
  • Ukranian Festival 8/20-21 Smith Park
  • Northside Summerfest 8/20-21 Lincoln Ave & Belle Plaine
  • Edison Park Fest 8/19-21 Olsted Ave. – Oliphant to Overhill
  • Boulevard Bash 8/26-28 Logan Square Blvd & Milwaukee Ave
  • Bucktown Arts Fest 8/27-28 Oakley Ave. & Lyndale

SEPTEMBER
  • North Coast Music Festival 9/2-4 Union Park
  • Ravenswood Remix 9/3-4 4000 N. Ravenswood
  • German-American Fest 9/9-11 Lincoln Square
  • Ukranian Village Festival 9/10-11 Superior & Leavitt
  • Wells Street Fall Festival 9/10-11 Wells & North
  • Oyster Fest 9/16-17 Damen & Roscoe
  • Musky Fest 9/17 Will’s – 3030 N. Racine
  • Oktoberfest Chicago 9/23-25 Southport & Lincoln
  • Hideout Block Party TBD Elston & Wabansia