Chicago Festivals
Chicago is city that loves to celebrate and have fun, offering a year-round calendar of neighborhood festivals, parades, fireworks, and musical, cultural, and sports events.From the famous Chicago Blues Festival and the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival to the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place, the city offers excitement and entertainment for the entire family. Other popular festivals include: State Street Thanksgiving Parade, Winter Wonderfest on Navy Pier, World Music Festival: Chicago, and the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. Every November, Chicago's Magnificent Mile is transformed into a winter wonderland for the Annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, the nation's kick-off to the holiday season. All weekend the sights, sounds and tastes of The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival will arouse your senses and holiday spirit with special entertainment. Join Mickey Mouse and Disney characters, American Girl, Lego, and more for a fun festival of family activity and holiday cheer. Mickey Mouse, in his 11th year as MC, will illuminate over a million lights on 200 trees along Chicago’s Magnificent Mile from Oak Street to the Chicago River. Visit www.themagnificentmile.com/seasonalevents/fall/default.cfm.
Gold Coast River North Art Fair. Heralded as the “Grand Daddy” of American art festivals, the Gold Coast River North Art Fair embarks this summer on its 50th year of wowing Chicago. One of the most attended art fairs in the city, Gold Coast River North Art Fair annually attracts over 400 juried artists and 600,000 visitors from around the world. A world-class creative and cultural experience filled with fine art, live music and food, the free festival is set along city streets and sidewalks in the gallery-filled River North neighborhood. Visit www.amdurproductions.com/gold-coast.html.
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