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Chicago offers the new visitor and the lifetime resident a wealth of opportunities to get out, explore and experience all that this great city has to offer. Chicago is a city for every season, with events and activities all year round. To get started on your search, simply choose your search dates OR type a keyword. Another option is to use the convenient drop down menus. The menus allow you to refine your hunt by searching for specific events, neighborhoods or special interest areas.

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Celtic Fest attendees participate in the annual Men in Kilts contest as chosen by audience applause and a special judge's committee.

Celtic Fest Chicago

Everyone is Irish today but come May 8 and 9, you have seven Celtic nations from which to choose as the free festival, Celtic Fest Chicago moves into Millennium Park. Highlights include the Celtic Art Fair, dance plus the popular bagpipe parade and the popular Men in Kilts Contest.

Chicago Chef Week

Chicago Chef Week March 22 – 28

Can’t get enough of dining bargains at gourmet Chicago restaurants? Then make your reservations now for the second annual Chicago Chef Week, featuring three-course prix fixe lunch and dinner menus crafted by top chefs in restaurants all around town.

IN>TIME

IN>TIME

IN>TIME is an annual Chicago performance series of local, national, and international artists. The event features practitioners working with ideas of time and body, crossing the performing body with text, objects, sounds, visual art, and technology.

Stearns Quarry Park Wetland terrace, 2009.

Stearns Quarry Park Audio Tour

Explore Stearns Quarry Park, Chicago's newest and most unusual park, and learn about its natural and designed features in this self-guided audio tour. Transformed from an old stone quarry, the park has a sustainable design with wetland terraces, native plants, and a fishing pond.

Chicago's Mercantile Exchange building was built entirely without an internal steel skeleton. It depends on its thick walls to maintain structural support.




 
 
 
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