Kids Free at Taste of Polonia Festival in Chicago – Sept 3-6
[ September 3, 2010; September 4, 2010; September 5, 2010; September 6, 2010; ] Since 1979, the Copernicus Foundation has sponsored the annual “TASTE OF POLONIA” outdoor festival – the largest Polish festival in the City. The “TASTE OF POLONIA” offers a wide variety of live entertainment on 5 stages, food vendors serving the best of Polish cuisine, games of skill and chance, performances by ethnic dancers [...]
Free Chicago Jazz Festival – Sept. 2-5
[ September 2, 2010 to September 6, 2010. ] With funding provided by the Chicago Jazz Partnership, the Chicago Jazz Festival presented by CareFusion will feature free music events on Thursday, September 2, at Millennium Park and Friday, September 3, at Cultural Center and Millennium Park, before moving to festival grounds in Grant Park, Saturday and Sunday, September 4 [...]
Free Labor Day Jazz Concert in Chicago to Celebrate Ramsey Lewis – Sep 3
[ September 3, 2010; 10:00 pm; ] Celebrate jazz great Ramsey Lewis and his 75th birthday at a free concert in Millennium Park this Friday Sep 3. This event is part of the free admission 32nd Annual Chicago Jazz Festival which opens on Thursday, September 2. This year’s festival runs four days in three different venues, including Grant Park, [...]
Free Chicago Dog Day on the Green – August 29
[ August 29, 2010; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Bring your dog out to celebrate all things dog on Sunday, August 29 from 10-4pm to the city’s second annual canine free festival, Dog Day on the Green. Dog Day on the Green is a free family festival for dog owners, dog lovers, canine companions, and advocates. This exciting and unique free [...]
Free Taste of Greece in Chicago – August 28-29
[ August 28, 2010; August 29, 2010; ] Opaa! It’s time again for the annual FREE Taste of Greece Celebration hosted by the Greektown SSA. Saturday August 28th from 12:00pm to 11:00pm and Sunday August 29th from 12:00pm to 11:00pm. Everyone is invited to celebrate all things Greek. For two days Halsted Street will be bursting with food, music and fun from Monroe [...]
Free Bucktown Arts Fest – August 28-29
[ August 28, 2010; 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. August 29, 2010; 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Come out to the FREE Bucktown Arts Fest on August 28-29. Celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2010, this free festival in Chicago has grown to become a neighborhood tradition and one of the city’s – and the country’s – premier arts festivals showcasing close to 200 participating artists featuring paintings, [...]
Free Yanga Fest at DuSable Museum – August 28-29
[ August 28, 2010; August 29, 2010; ] Come out and enjoy DuSable Museum’s Yanga Fest – its annual celebration of art, music, words and dance which was formerly known as “The Arts & Crafts Festival” Make your way to the beautiful southside of Chicago and the country’s first African American History Museum for “YANGA FEST.” The event which was [...]
Free Tango Dance Lessons at SummerDance in Chicago – August 26
[ August 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come out for free Argentine tango dance lessons with the American Tango Institute and a night of dancing the Tango with music by Argentina Tango On Stage Ensemble on August 26 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m at Chicago SummerDance. Each night of the eleven-week festival the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park [...]
Free “Chicago Sister Cities International” Festival Downtown – August 23-27
[ August 24, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 25, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 26, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 27, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Come out and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program at the 5th Annual FREE Chicago Sister Cities International Festival at Millennium Park’s Chase Promenade South from August 23 – 27, 2010. With all 28 of Chicago’s international sister cities represented (see list below), this free [...]
Free Chicago Carifete Festival – August 21-22
[ August 21, 2010; August 22, 2010; ] The Caribbean..Divided by Water…but Connected by Culture!!! The 15th annual free Carribean Carifete festival features Caribbean food, and arts and crafts so come out and celebrate the culture and people. The 2010 Chicago Carifete begins with the August 21st Caribbean Carnival Parade (parade kicks off at 1 pm). The park opens at 10 [...]
Free Gold Coast Art Fair in New Chicago Location – August 20-22
[ August 20, 2010 to August 22, 2010. ] Heralded as the “Grand Daddy” of American art festivals, the free Gold Coast Art Fair embarks this summer on its 53rd year of wowing Chicago on August 20-22 in Downtown Chicago. As one of the most highly attended free art fairs in the city, The Chicago Gold Coast Art Fair annually attracts approximately 450 juried [...]
Free Things to Do in Chicago This Weekend
[ August 14, 2010; August 15, 2010; ] This is a good weekend for free things to do in Chicago. If you would like to see a daily summary of the weekends events, check out these links to our calendar (on the right):
(You can see these too by clicking on a date on the calendar on the right side of this website):
FRIDAY [...]
Free Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic – August 14
[ August 14, 2010; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Robert S. Abbott, Chicago Defender’s newspaper founder, began the first FREE Bud Billiken® Parade and Picnic in 1929 as a way to show his appreciation to the newspaper’s paper boys. The festivity is annually held on the second Saturday of August, and has developed into one the City’s premier Back-to-School event. 2010 [...]
Free Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest in Chicago – August 20-22
[ August 20, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. August 21, 2010; 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm. August 22, 2010; 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Bring your friends to the FREE Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF), a free, weekend-long event, usually drawing over 10,000 visitors, featuring artists, live entertainment on three outdoor stages, and (new this year!) “ARTery” — artwork displayed in storefront windows throughout the fest route. Experience art, theater, music, as well as [...]
Free South Shore Annual JazzFest – August 7-8
[ August 7, 2010; August 8, 2010; ] Four time Grammy ® award winner and music legend Dianne Reeves will bring her sultry voice as headliner of the South Shore Annual JazzFest weekend event on Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8 at the South Shore Cultural Center, 71st and South Shore Drive from 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m each day. [...]
