Your festival event guide for the Chicago, Illinois Area, including Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will Counties.

Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page for Chicago, Illinois and the greater area. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main Illinois Festival Guide, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.

Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events. Feel free to contact me if you have a question about your event.

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2023 Chicago Festival Schedule

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JUNE

6/1 – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market I – Evanston
6/1-6/4 – Rose Festival – Roselle
6/1-6/4 – Maifest Chicago – Chicago
6/1-6/4 – Cream of Wheaton – Wheaton
6/2 – New Orleans North – Joliet
6/2-6/3 – Homewood Artisan Street Fair – Homewood
6/2-6/4 – La Grange Carnival – La Grange
6/2-6/4 – Do Division Street Fest – Chicago
6/2-6/4 – Lincoln Park Greek Fest – Chicago
6/3 – Chicago Gospel Music Festival – Chicago
6/3 – Brothers’ Field Fairytale Festival – Long Grove
6/3 – PorchFest Lakeview – Chicago
6/3 – Highwood Pride Festival – Highwood
6/3-6/4 – Windy City Hot Dog Fest – Chicago
6/3-6/4 – 57th Street Art Fair – Chicago
6/3-6/4 – Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival – Hinsdale
6/3-6/4 – Deerfield Art Festival – Deerfield
6/4 – Festa della Repubblica – Chicago

6/7-6/10 – Genoa Days – Genoa
6/8-6/11 – Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas/Puerto Rican Festival – Chicago
6/8-6/11 – Old Canal Days – Lockport
6/8-6/11 – Chicago Blues Festival – Chicago
6/8-6/11 – Franklin Park Fest – Franklin Park
6/9 – Downtown Block Party – Rolling Meadows
6/9-6/11 – Andersonville Midsommarfest – Chicago
6/9-6/11 – Lincoln Square Greekfest – Chicago
6/10 – Riverside Folk Fest – Wheaton
6/10 – Grayslake Arts Festival – Grayslake
6/10 – Chicago Vegandale Food and Drink Fest – Chicago
6/10 – Mundelein’s Craft Beer Festival – Mundelein
6/10 – VVAC Food Truck and Art Festival – Tinley Park
6/10 – Montgomery Street Eats Festival – Montgomery
6/10-6/11 – Global Arts Festival – Bartlett
6/10-6/11 – Heatwave Music Festival – Chicago
6/10-6/11 – Old Town Art Fair – Chicago
6/10-6/11 – Wells Street Art Festival – Chicago
6/10-6/11 – Riverside Arts Weekend – Riverside
6/11 – Aurora Pride Festival and Parade – Aurora

6/16-6/18 – Taste of Randolph Street – Chicago
6/15-6/18 – Blarney Island Key West Fest – Antioch
6/15-6/18 – Libertyville Days Festival – Libertyville
6/15-6/18 – PrairieFest – Oswego
6/16 – Gathering on the Green – Western Springs
6/16-6/17 – Winnetka Music Festival – Winnetka
6/16-6/17 – The Scottish Festival and Highland Games – Itasca
6/16-6/17 – Naper Nights I – Naperville
6/16-6/17 – Minooka Summerfest – Minooka
6/16-6/17 – Clarendon Hills Daisy Days – Clarendon Hills
6/16-6/18 – Elmhurst Greek Festival – Elmhurst
6/17 – Elgin Juneteenth Festival – Elgin
6/17 – Nostalgia Days – Zion
6/17 – Homewood-Flossmoor Juneteenth Festival – Flossmoor
6/17 – Craft Brews at Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
6/17 – Solstice Hop and Vine Fest – Schaumburg
6/17 – Sacred Heart Feast Day Celebration – Lombard
6/17 – American Aid Society of German Descendants Sommer Fest – Lake Villa
6/17-6/18 – Nepal Fest – Niles
6/17-6/18 – St. Nicholas GreekFest – Oak Lawn
6/17-6/18 – Gold Coast Art Fair – Chicago
6/17-6/18 – Hyde Park Summer Fest – Chicago
6/17-6/18 – Chicago Pride Fest – Chicago

6/21-6/25 – Swedish Days – Geneva
6/22-6/25 – HomerFest – Homer Glen
6/22-6/25 – Pioneer Park Railroad Days – West Chicago
6/22-6/25 – Rotary GroveFest – Downers Grove
6/23-6/24 – Summer Solstice Indie Music and Craft Beer Festival – Yorkville
6/23-6/24 – Pride in the Park Chicago – Chicago
6/23-6/25 – Strawberry Fest – Long Grove
6/23-6/25 – St. Nectarios Greek Fest – Palatine
6/23-6/25 – Re:SET – Chicago
6/23-6/25 – Taste of Joliet – Joliet
6/23-6/25 – Logan Square Arts Festival – Chicago
6/23-6/25 – Summer Smash – Chicago
6/23-6/25 – Oneness Fest – Geneva
6/23-6/25 – Holy Cross Greek Festival – Justice
6/24 – Navy Pier Pride – Chicago
6/24 – Taste of Chicago I – Chicago
6/24 – Summer on Tap – Lisle
6/24 – Taste of Grayslake Family Picnic and Fireworks – Grayslake
6/24 – Summerfest – Villa Park
6/24 – Rock N Run The Runway – Wheeling
6/24-6/25 – Back Lot Bash – Chicago
6/24-6/25 – Chicago Food Truck Summer Festival – Chicago
6/24-6/25 – Naperville Fine Art and Artisan Fair – Naperville
6/24-6/25 – Chicago Michelada Fest – Chicago
6/25 – Hickory Hills Street Fair – Hickory Hills

6/29-7/2 – Lakeside Festival – Crystal Lake
6/29-7/3 – Northwest Fourth-Fest – Hoffman Estates
6/30-7/4 – Mount Prospect Lions Club 4th of July Festival – Mount Prospect
6/30-7/4 – Frontier Days Festival – Arlington Heights
6/30-7/4 – Beecher Fourth of July Celebration – Beecher
6/30-7/4 – Palatine Jaycees Hometown Fest – Palatine

JULY

7/1 – Celebrate Fox Lake – Fox Lake
7/1 – Lemont Food Truck Festival – Lemont
7/1-7/4 – Bartlett 4th of July Festival – Barlett
7/1-7/4 – Mundelein Community Days – Mundelein
7/1-7/4 – Kirkland 4th of July – Kirkland
7/1-7/4 – Morton Grove Days – Morton Grove
7/1-7/4 – International Festival of Life – Chicago

7/3 – Aurora 4th of July Celebration – Aurora
7/3 – Independence Day Celebration – Wilmette
7/3 – Taste of Oak Brook – Oak Brook
7/3-7/4 – Homer Freedom and Music Festival – Homer
7/3-7/4 – Deerfield Family Days – Deerfield
7/4 – Westmont Independence Day Celebration – Westmont
7/4 – Lake Zurich’s Independence/Family Day – Lake Zurich
7/4 – New Lenox Independence Day Celebration – New Lenox
7/4 – South Holland Independence Day Celebration – South Holland
7/4 – Bensenville LibertyFest – Bensenville
7/6 – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market II – Evanston
7/6-7/9 – Lake in the Hills Rotary Rockin’ Ribfest – Lake in the Hills
7/7-7/9 – St. Sophia Greek Fest – Elgin
7/7-7/9 – West Fest Chicago – Chicago
7/7-7/9 – Windmill City Festival – Batavia
7/7-7/9 – Square Roots Festival – Chicago
7/7-7/9 – Dog Days of Summer – Libertyville
7/8 – Naperville Ale Fest: Summer Edition – Naperville
7/8 – Chosen Few Picnic and Festival – Chicago
7/8-7/9 – Peruvian Festival Chicago – Chicago
7/8-7/9 – Southport Art Festival – Chicago
7/8-7/9 – Hungarian Gulyas Festival – Norridge
7/8-7/9 – Frankfort Bluegrass Festival on the Green – Frankfort

7/13-7/16 – Friendship Festival – Palos Hills
7/13-7/16 – Blarney Island Blarney Gras – Antioch
7/13-7/16 – Glendale Heights Fest – Glendale Heights
7/13-7/16 – McHenry Fiesta Days I – McHenry
7/13-7/16 – Windy City Smokeout – Chicago
7/14 – Bastille Day Chicago – Chicago
7/14-7/15 – Yorkville’s River Fest – Yorkville
7/14-7/15 – Naper Nights II – Naperville
7/14-7/16 – El Gran Festival Colombiano – Chicago
7/14-7/16 – Forge Fest – Lemont
7/14-7/16 – Roscoe Village Burger Fest – Chicago
7/14-7/16 – Millennium Art Festival – Chicago
7/15 – Taste of Chicago II – Chicago
7/15 – Jazz Up Glen Ellyn – Glen Ellyn
7/15-7/16 – Volleywood – Chicago
7/15-7/16 – Bucktown Garden Walk and Block Party – Chicago

7/17-7/23 – McHenry Fiesta Days II – McHenry
7/19-7/23 – Elk Grove Rotaryfest – Elk Grove Village
7/20-7/23 – Taco Fest and Highwood Days – Highwood
7/21 – Sad Summer Festival: Chicago – Chicago
7/21 – Horner Brew Fest – Chicago
7/21-7/22 – Electric Island EDM Festival – Antioch
7/21-7/23 – Pitchfork Music Festival – Chicago
7/21-7/23 – Taste of Lincoln Avenue – Chicago
7/21-7/23 – AlpineFest – Lake Zurich
7/21-7/23 – Tacos Y Tamales Festival – Chicago
7/22 – Barrington PorchFest – Barrington
7/22 – Freshie Fest – Long Grove
7/22-7/23 – Glencoe Festival of Art – Glencoe
7/23 – Winfield Food Truck Festival – Winfield

7/27-7/30 – Lincolnwood Fest – Lincolnwood
7/27-7/30 – Out of Space Music Festival – Evanston
7/27-7/30 – Wood Dale Prairie Fest – Wood Dale
7/27-7/30 – Fiesta del Sol – Chicago
7/28 – Summer Wine Fest at Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
7/28-7/30 – Wicker Park Fest – Chicago
7/28-7/30 – Blarney Island 90’s Fest – Antioch
7/28-7/30 – GhanaFest – Chicago
7/28-7/30 – Streamwood Summer Celebration – Streamwood
7/29 – Pride Community Picnic – Evanston
7/29 – Willow Springs Blues Fest – Willow Springs
7/29-7/30 – Bantu Fest – Chicago
7/29-7/30 – Silver Room Block Party – Chicago
7/29-7/30 – Long Grove Vintage Days – Long Grove
7/29-7/30 – Chinatown Summer Fair – Chicago
7/30 – Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Festival – Aurora

AUGUST

8/2-8/6 – Northbrook Days – Northbrook
8/3 – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market III – Evanston
8/3-8/6 – Lollapalooza – Chicago
8/3-8/6 – Romeofest – Romeoville
8/4-8/6 – Taste of Orland Park – Orland Park
8/4-8/6 – Naperville Festa Italiana – Naperville
8/4-8/6 – Jeff Fest – Chicago
8/4-8/6 – Endless Summerfest – La Grange
8/4-8/6 – Taste of Roselle – Roselle
8/4-8/6 – Destination Asia Festival – Lisle
8/4-8/6 – Shorewood Crossroads Fest – Shorewood
8/5 – Taste of Chicago III – Chicago
8/5 – Community Church of Rolling Meadows Cornfest – Rolling Meadows
8/5 – Wheaton Brew Fest – Wheaton
8/5-8/6 – Wilmette Art Fair – Wilmette
8/5-8/6 – David Adler Center Festival of the Arts – Libertyville
8/5-8/6 – World of Faeries Festival – South Elgin

8/9-8/13 – Three Rivers Festival – Channahon
8/11-8/12 – Ignite the Courage Festival – Bartlett
8/11-8/13 – Retro on Roscoe – Chicago
8/11-8/13 – Edison Park Fest – Chicago
8/11-8/13 – Ginza Holiday Festival – Chicago
8/11-8/13 – Blarney Island 80’s Fest – Antioch
8/11-8/13 – American Italian Cultural Society’s Festa Italiana – Crest Hill
8/12 – Joliet Blues Festival – Joliet
8/12 – Prairie Fest – Campton Hills
8/12-8/13 – Thirsty Ears Festival – Chicago
8/12-8/13 – Gurnee Days – Gurnee
8/12-8/13 – Northalsted Market Days – Chicago
8/12-8/13 – Printer’s Row Art Fest – Chicago
8/12-8/13 – Lincolnshire Art Festival – Lincolnshire
8/13 – Porchfest Roscoe Village – Chicago
8/13 – India Day Parade and Celebration – Naperville
8/13 – Heimatfest – Lake Villa
8/13 – Wheeling International Festival – Wheeling

8/16 – Highwood Garlic Fest – Highwood
8/17 – Clark After Dark – Chicago
8/17-8/20 – Blarney Island Fantasy Fest – Antioch
8/18-8/19 – Naper Nights III – Naperville
8/18-8/19 – Grayslake Summer Days – Grayslake
8/18-8/19 – Little Bear Ribfest – Vernon Hills
8/18-8/20 – Ribfest Chicago – Chicago
8/18-8/20 – McHenry Rotary Blues, Brews and BBQ – McHenry
8/18-8/20 – Glenwood Ave Arts Fest – Chicago
8/18-8/20 – Elburn Days – Elburn
8/18-8/20 – Festival Polonaise – Arlington Heights
8/18-8/20 – Evanston Art and Big Fork Fest – Evanston
8/19 – Wheaton All Night Flea Market – Wheaton
8/19 – Oak Park Micro Brew Review – Oak Park
8/19 – Country Fest – Long Grove
8/19-8/20 – Sangria Festival – Chicago

8/24-8/27 – Lindenfest – Lindenhurst
8/25-8/27 – Taste of Greektown – Chicago
8/25-8/27 – Skokie’s Backlot Bash – Skokie
8/25-8/27 – Palatine Street Fest – Palatine
8/26 – Chalk Howard Street – Chicago
8/26 – Ribs, Rhythm and Brews Fest – Sycamore
8/26 – Alley Art Festival – Aurora
8/26-8/27 – Bucktown Arts Fest – Chicago
8/26-8/27 – Festival of the Arts – Glen Ellyn
8/26-8/27 – Port Clinton Art Festival – Highland Park
8/27 – Walk in the Park Summer Art Fair – Arlington Heights
8/27 – Taste of Armenia Street Fair – Evanston

8/31-9/3 – Yorkville Hometown Days Festival – Yorkville
8/31-9/3 – Chicago Jazz Festival – Chicago
8/31-9/4 – Buffalo Grove Days – Buffalo Grove

SEPTEMBER

9/1-9/3 – North Coast Music Festival – Chicago
9/1-9/3 – Nashwood – Highwood
9/1-9/3 – ARC Music Festival – Chicago
9/1-9/4 – African Festival of the Arts – Chicago
9/1-9/4 – Last Fling – Naperville
9/1-9/4 – Taste of Polonia Festival – Chicago
9/2-9/3 – West Loop Art Fest – Chicago
9/2-9/4 – Schaumburg Septemberfest – Schaumburg
9/2-9/4 – Frankfort Fall Festival – Frankfort
9/2-9/4 – Long Grove’s Irish Days – Long Grove
9/3 – Batavia Block Party and Taste of Batavia – Batavia
9/3-9/4 – Deer Path Art Fair on the Square – Lake Forest
9/3-9/4 – Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival – Geneva

9/7 – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market IV – Evanston
9/8-9/10 – Festival of the Vine – Geneva
9/8-9/10 – Taste of Chicago IV – Chicago
9/8-9/10 – Oak Lawn Fall Music Festival – Oak Lawn
9/8-9/10 – Village of Monee Fall Fest – Monee
9/8-9/10 – Chicago German-American Oktoberfest – Chicago
9/9 – Naper Pride Fest – Naperville
9/9 – Legions of Craft Beer Fest – Gurnee
9/9-9/10 – Lakeview East Festival of the Arts – Chicago
9/9-9/10 – Printer’s Row Lit Fest – Chicago
9/9-9/10 – Mundelein Fine Arts Festival – Mundelein
9/9-9/10 – West End Arts Festival – La Grange
9/9-9/10 – Renegade Craft Fair – Chicago
9/9-9/10 – A River Thru History: The Des Plaines Valley Rendezvous – Willow Springs
9/10 – Scandinavian Day Festival – South Elgin

9/14-9/17 – Glendale Heights Oktoberfest I – Glendale Heights
9/15-9/16 – Crete Acorn Fest – Crete
9/15-9/16 – Berwyn’s Oktoberfest – Berwyn
9/15-9/16 – Elk Grove Oktoberfest – Elk Grove Village
9/15-9/16 – Downers Grove Oktoberfest – Downers Grove
9/15-9/17 – Saluting with Smoke Festival – Yorkville
9/15-9/17 – Riot Fest – Chicago
9/15-9/17 – Palatine Oktoberfest – Palatine
9/15-9/17 – Des Plaines Fall Fest – Des Plaines
9/16 – Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest – Elmhurst
9/16 – Orland Park Brewfest – Orland Park
9/16 – Water Lantern Festival – Aurora
9/16 – Grayslake Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake
9/16 – Brew at the Bridge Craft Beer Festival – Oswego
9/16-9/17 – Lakeview Taco Fest – Chicago
9/16-9/17 – Big Rock Plowing Match – Big Rock
9/16-9/17 – Art on the Prairie – Warrenville
9/16-9/17 – West Loop Fest – Chicago
9/16-9/17 – Edgewater Arts Festival – Chicago
9/17 – Ela Township History Day and Antique and Artisan Market – Lake Zurich
9/17 – Mexican Independence Day Celebration – Woodstock
9/17 – Taste of Evanston – Evanston

9/18-9/24 – Glendale Heights Oktoberfest II – Glendale Heights
9/22 – Romeoville Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Romeoville
9/22-9/23 – Mount Prospect Oktoberfest – Mount Prospect
9/22-9/23 – Naperville Irish Fest – Naperville
9/22-9/24 – Long Grove Apple Festival – Long Grove
9/22-9/24 – Oktoberfest Chicago at St. Alphonsus – Chicago
9/23 – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest I – Lake Villa
9/23 – Elim Dutch Festival – Crestwood
9/23 – Homewood Fall Fest – Homewood
9/23-9/24 – Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago
9/24 – Harvest of the Acorn Moon Fall Festival – Aurora

9/29-9/30 – Lansing Autumn Festival – Lansing
9/29-10/1 – Huntley Fall Fest – Huntley
9/29-10/1 – St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest – Chicago
9/30 – Johnny Appleseed Festival – Crystal Lake
9/30 – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest II – Lake Villa
9/30-10/1 – Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest – Chicago

OCTOBER

10/1 – Ingleside Fall Festival – Ingleside

10/6-10/7 – Naper Settlement Oktoberfest – Naperville
10/6-10/8 – Scarecrow Fest – St. Charles
10/6-10/8 – Lincoln Park Wine Festival – Chicago
10/6-10/8 – The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival – Highwood
10/7 – Cantigny Fall Festival – Wheaton
10/7 – St. Edward Parish Harvest Bash – Chicago
10/7 – Hometown Hoedown – Fall Fest – Rolling Meadows
10/7 – Lemont Fall Food Truck Festival – Lemont
10/7 – American Aid Society of German Descendants Oktoberfest III – Lake Villa
10/7 – Roselle Founders Day Festival – Roselle
10/7-10/8 – Chicago Food Truck Summer Festival Fall – Chicago

10/14-10/15 – Harvest Pow Wow – Wheaton

10/20-10/21 – All Hallows Eve at Naper Settlement – Naperville
10/21 – Brew Moon Beer and Band Festival – McCook

10/27-10/28 – Howlin’ at the Moon at Naper Settlement – Naperville
10/28 – Haunted Halloween Flea Market – Wheaton

NOVEMBER

11/10-11/11 – 3 French Hens Holiday Market – Morris
11/10-11/12 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden I – Glencoe

11/13-11/19 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden II – Glencoe

11/20-11/26 (Closed 11/23) – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden III – Glencoe
11/24-11/26 – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic I – Brookfield
11/25 – Fox Lake Festival of Lights – Fox Lake
11/25 – Holly Jolly Fest – Niles

11/27-12/3 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden IV – Glencoe
11/30-12/3 – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic II – Brookfield

DECEMBER

12/4-12/10 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden V – Glencoe
12/7-12/10 – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic III – Brookfield

12/11-12/17 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VI – Glencoe
12/14-12/17 – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic IV – Brookfield

12/18-12/24 (Closed 12/24) – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VII – Glencoe
12/21-12/23- Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic V – Brookfield

12/25-12/31 (Closed 12/25) – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden VIII – Glencoe
12/26-12/31 – Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic VI – Brookfield

JANUARY (2024)

1/1-1/7 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden IX – Glencoe

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