Randolph Street Market

• 5, 19: Free! Cruise Nites  |  Berwyn
• 7-10: Chicago In-Water Boat Show  |  31st Street Beach
• 8-9: Free! Art and Garden Street Fair  |  Homewood
• 8-10: Free! Chicago Blues Festival  |  Grant Park
• 8-9: Free! Forest Park Summer Fest  |  Forest Park
• 8-10: Ribfest Chicago  |  North Center
• 8-10: Free! Rockin’ in the Park  |  Rosemont
• 9-10: Andersonville Midsommarfest  |  Andersonville
• 9-10: Free! Printers Row Lit Fest  |  South Loop
• 9-10: Wells Street Art Festival  |  Old Town
• 11: Free! Movies in the Parks kicks off  |  Various parks
• 13: Free! Grant Park Music Festival kicks off  |  Millennium Park
• 15-16: Scottish Festival and Highland Games  |  Itasca
• 15-17: Festa Pasta Vino  |  Heart of Chicago
• 15-17: Taste of Randolph Street  |  West Loop
• 16-17: 6 Corners BBQ Fest  |  Portage Park
• 16-17: Custer’s Last Stand Festival of the Arts  |  Evanston
• 16-17: Pizza Fest Chicago  |  Uptown
• 16-17: Spring Awakening Music Festival  |  Soldier Field
• 21: Free! Chicago Gospel Music Festival  |  Millennium Park
• 22: Free! Gospel Music Festival  |  Chicago Cultural Center
• 22-23: Chicago Pride Fest  |  Boystown
• 22-24: Long Grove Strawberry Festival  |  Long Grove
• 23-24: Chicago Gospel Music Festival  |  Ellis Park
• 23-24: Chicago Summerfest  |  Lincoln Park
• 23-24: Fountain Square Art Festival  |  Evanston
• 23-24: Green Music Fest  |  Wicker Park
• 23-24: Randolph Street Market Festival  |  Near West Side
• 24: Free! Chicago Pride Parade  |  Boystown
• 27-July 1: Eyes to the Skies Festival  |  Lisle
• 29-July 1: Craft Beer Festival  |  Old Town
• 29-July 3: Naperville Ribfest  |  Naperville
• 29-30: Old St. Pat’s World’s Largest Block Party  |  West Loop
• 30-July 1: Free! Gold Coast Art Fair  |  Butler Field, Grant Park
• 30-July 1: L.A.T.E. Ride  |  Buckingham Fountain
• 30-July 1: Wavefront Music Festival  |  Montrose Beach

JULY

• 4-8: International Festival of Life  |  Washington Park
• 4: Lake Forest Festival and Fireworks  |  Lake Forest
• 6-8: Free! Chicago Tribune North Michigan Avenue Art Festival  |  Mag Mile
• 7: The Chosen Few Picnic  |  Jackson Park
• 7-8: Lincoln Park Arts and Music Festival  |  Lincoln Park
• 7-8: Rock Around the Block  |  Lake View
• 7-8: West Fest  |  West Town
• 11-15: Free! Taste of Chicago  |  Grant Park
• 12: Bastille Day 5K Run, Walk and Block Party  |  Lincoln park
• 13-15: Des Plaines Summer Fling  |  Des Plaines
• 13-15: Irish American Heritage Festival  |  Mayfair
• 13-15: Pitchfork Music Festival  |  West Town
• 13-15: Windy City Ribfest  |  Uptown
• 14-15: Free! DuSable Museum Arts and Crafts Festival  |  Washington Park
• 15: Free! Chinatown Summer Fair  |  Chinatown
• 18-22: Kane County Fair  |  St. Charles
• 19-Sept. 16: Free! Chicago SummerDance  |  Grant Park
• 20-22: Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival  |  Logan Square
• 20-22: Square Roots  |  Lincoln Square
• 20-22: Taste of River North  |  River North
• 21: Tour de Fat  |  Palmer Square
• 21-22: Free! Ethnic Arts Festival  |  Evanston
• 21-22: Roscoe Village Burger Fest  |  Roscoe Village
• 21-22: Sheffield Garden Walk and Festival  |  Lincoln Park
• 21-22: Summer on Southport  |  Lake View
• 22: Free! Music in the Street  |  Berwyn
• 25-29: Lake County Fair  |  Grayslake
• 26-29: Free! Fiesta del Sol  |  Pilsen
• 28: Free! IgboFest  |  West Rogers Park
• 28-29: Irish Fest  |  Arlington Heights
• 28-29: Taste of Lincoln Avenue  |  Lincoln Park
• 28-29: Wicker Park Fest  |  Wicker Park

AUGUST:

• 3-5: Lollapalooza  |  Grant Park
• 4-5: Edge Fest  |  Edgewater
• 4-5: Free! Lakeshore Arts Festival  |  Evanston
• 4-5: Wrigleyville Summerfest  |  Wrigleyville
• 9-12: Free! Wood Dale Prairie Fest  |  Wood Dale
• 10-12: Ginza Holiday  |  Old Town
• 11-12; Northalsted Market Days  |  Boystown
• 11-12: Retro on Roscoe  |  Roscoe Village
• 17-19: Free! Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest  |  Rogers Park
• 17-19: North Side Summerfest  |  North Center
• 18-19: Free! Chicago Air & Water Show  |  North Avenue Beach
• 18-19: Free! Long Grove Art Fest  |  Long Grove
• 22-26: Will County Fair  |  Peotone
• 23: Clark After Dark  |  River North
• 24-26: The Boulevard  |  Logan Square
• 24-26: St. Helen School Carnival  |  Ukrainian Village
• 24-26: Free! Taste of Latin America  |  Logan Square
• 30: Free! Chicago Jazz Festival  |  Chicago Cultural Center
• 30-31: Free! Chicago Jazz Festival  |  Millennium Park
• 31-Sept. 2: North Coast Music Festival  |  West Town
• 31-Sept. 2: Taste of Melrose Park  |  Melrose Park
• 31-Sept. 3: Taste of Polonia  |  Jefferson Park
• 31-Sept. 3: The Last Fling  |  Naperville

September

• 30-31: Free! Chicago Jazz Festival  |  Grant Park
• 1-2: Ravenswood Remix  |  Ravenswood
• 1-3: Free! Schaumburg Septemberfest  |  Schaumburg
• 2-3: Free! Art Fair on the Square  |  Lake Forest
• 7-9: Free! Festival de la Villita  |  Little Village
• 7-9: Free! German-American Fest  |  Lincoln Square
• 8: Free! 79th Street Renaissance Festival  |  Gresham
• 8-9: Ukrainian Village Fest  |  Ukrainian Village
• 14: Riot Fest  |  Congress Theater
• 15-16: Guinness Oyster Fest  |  Roscoe Village
• 15-16: Riot Fest  |  Humboldt Park
• 21-23: Oktoberfest Chicago  |  Lake View
• 28-30: Long Grove Apple Festival  |  Long Grove
• 29-30: Chicago Gourmet  |  Millennium Park
• 29-30: Hyde Park Jazz Festival  |  Hyde Park

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