South Shore Cultural Center

Chicago Gospel Music Festival

Jul 24 – Jul 25

Celebrating the great influence of the music genre born in this city more than 80 years ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival will present the top…

Lollapalooza

Grant Park •  Jul 30 – Aug 02

Each year at Lollapalooza, some of the top names in alternative, hip hop, punk and pop join more than 170 bands and musicians in Grant Park…

Bud Billiken® Parade

Aug 08

The Bud Billiken® Parade is more than a procession of bands and floats marching down King Drive, it’s a commemoration of our past and a celebration…

Centennial Fountain and Arc

Chicago

Washington Square Park (Bughouse Square)

Chicago

Bughouse Square, across from the Newberry Library, was Chicago’s famed free-speech park. From the 1910s–1960s, poets, preachers, and radicals drew crowds with passionate, unscripted soapbox debates.

Garfield Park Conservatory and Gardens

Chicago

Colorful tropical flowers, palm trees, and more await visitors of this indoor oasis that feels like a world away from Chicago's bustling sidewalks.