Thursday, May 25, 2017

Weekend Happenings May 26 - May 29

Weekend:
May 25 - May 29: Chicago Home Theater Festival
May 25 - May 29: International Mr. Leather
May 26: DePaul Fest
May 26 - May 28: Gaelic Park Irish Fest (Oak Forest)
May 26 - May 28: Chicago Watch 2017
May 26 - May 28: Mole de Mayo Festival
May 27 - May 28: Mayfestiversary
May 27 - May 28: Barrington Art Festival (Barrington)
May 27 - May 28: St. Charles Fine Art Show (St. Charles)
May 27 - May 28: Randolph Street Market
May 28: Bike the Drive

Items in bold are street festivals.

Sunday, May 28, 2017: National Burger Day Deals


In the Parks: 

Farmer's Markets:

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Weekend Happenings: May 18 - May 21

Weekend:
May 18 - May 20: Chicago Science Fest
May 18 - May 25: Chicago Craft Beer Week
May 19: Stammtisch Open Haus (German Party at Dank Haus)
May 19 - May 21: Mayfest
May 20: Zoo-logie
May 20 - May 21: Chicago ArcoYoga Festival
May 20 - May 21: Lincoln Park Wine Fest

Chicagoland/Burbs:
May 18 - May 21: Lilac Time (Lombard)
May 19 - May 21: Anime Central (ACen) (Rosemont)
May 20: What's Blooming on Harrison (Oak Park)
May 20 - May 21: Riverside Arts Weekend (Riverside)
May 20 - May 21: Skokie Festival of Cultures (Skokie)
May 20: Spring Art Festival (Oak Brook)
May 20 - May 21: Malott Japanese Garden Children's Festival (Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe)
May 20 - May 21: Civil War Days (Naper Settlement)
May 21: Elmhurst Museum Day (Elmhurst)
May 21: Dash for the Dogs (Barrington)
May 21: Rhubarb Festival (Kankakee County Museum)

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Weekend Happenings May 12 - May 14

Weekend:
May 12: Local Brews Local Grooves
May 13 - May 14: Renegade Craft Market
May 14: Dose Market

Mother's Day (May 14):

Chicagoland/Burbs:
May 12 - May 21: Lilac Time (Lombard)
May 12 - May 13: Craft Beer Festival (Lake Zurich)

In the Parks: 

Farmer's Markets:
May 18 - May 20: Chicago Science Fest
May 18 - May 25: Chicago Craft Beer Week

Friday, May 5, 2017

Fun and Cheap Things to do in Chicago

The events included below feature a lot of cheap and free activities as well as regular priced adventures! I hope that this listing provides you with some fun things to do in Chicago or at least serves as a helpful resource.

When you click Read More, you will find: Super Useful Sites as well as information on: Bands, Music, Shows, and Dancing; Movies, Theater, Comedy; Beer and Breweries; Museums and Gardens; Architecture: Volunteering; Traveling Around and Commuting; and a Bucket List of things to do in Chicago.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Week and Weekend Happenings: May 1 - May 7

Howdy, y'all!  Time to start up my Chicago Weekend Happenings posts again!!!  

Sidenote: if you have a weekend event that you'd like me to add to my post, please send it my way by noon on the Thursday before the weekend of your event (aka when I usually publish my post for the weekend.)

Since there are a couple very cool events happening this week, as well as this weekend, I thought I'd share those as well.


Monday - Thursday: 
May 1 - May 4: Chicago Latino Film Festival
May 2: Midwest Independent Film Festival
May 5: CinemaQVI at 6:30pm
May 5 & May 7: Bach Week Festival
May 5 - May 6: Cinco De Mayo Parties (MetroMix)
May 6: Chicago Kids and Kites Festival (10am-4pm)
May 6: Derby Crawl