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The City of Chicago has announced its event calendar for summer 2024, starting with farmers markets in May and continuing through the World Music Festival in late September.
This year’s biggest new event is a weekend in July celebrating Millennium Park’s 20th anniversary, almost exactly two decades after the grand opening of Chicago’s lakefront jewel. Longtime Chicagoans may remember then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s project. opened in 2004, behind schedule; It was designed to commemorate the turn of the millennium.
Taste of Chicago will remain in its new early September time slot in Grant Park, with neighborhood events to be announced later. (Not in this program, NASCAR Chicago Street Racing It returns on July 6-7. Lollapalooza has not announced its dates as of press time, but it is expected to be the first weekend of August.)
Chicago favorites Blues Festival, Jazz Festival and others return in 2024, as does the annual Air and Water Spectacular on August 10-11.
The 2024 summer schedule was announced Tuesday by Mayor Brandon Johnson and Erin Harkey, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Separately, the Grant Park Music Festival was also announced. Season at Millennium Park Tuesday. All dates are subject to change with further details on upcoming events.
Chicago Farmers Markets (May through October): Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St.; ChicagoFarmersMarkets.us
Maxwell Street Market (Sunday, May-October): 800 S. Desplaines St.; MaxwellStreetMarket.us
Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony and Parade (May 25): Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. and on State Street; Chicago.gov/DCASE
Millenium Park Summer Trainings (Saturday, May 18 – August 31): The Great Lawn at Millennium Park; MillenniumPark.org
Chicago Gospel Music Festival (June 1): Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park; ChicagoGospelMusicFestival.us
Chicago House Music Festival (June 2): Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, in conjunction with the House Music Conference May 31 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; ChicagoHouseMusicFestival.us
Millennium Park Residence Program: Five Chicago cultural organizations to be announced will showcase their work in Millennium Park this summer.
Chicago Blues Festival (June 6-9): Throughout Jay Pritzker Pavilion and Millennium Park; ChicagoBluesFestival.us
Millennium Park Summer Music Series (Mondays and Thursdays, July 1 – August 8): Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park; MillenniumPark.org
Millennium Park Summer Movie Series (Tuesday, July 9 – August 27): Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park; MillenniumPark.org
Chicago Summer Dance (Select dates June through September): Citywide, including pop-ups, special events, Night Out in the Parks events, and programs at the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park; ChicagoSummerDance.org
Millennium Park 20th Anniversary Celebration (July 18-21): Jay Pritzker Pavilion and throughout Millennium Park; MillenniumPark.org
Chicago Air and Water Show (August 10-11, with a rehearsal of August 9): Along North Avenue Beach and Lakeside; ChicagoAirandWaterShow.us
Chicago Jazz Festival (August 29 – September 1): Citywide, including Millennium Park; ChicagoJazzFestival.us
taste of chicago (Sept. 6-8): Grant Park, with three neighborhood Taste events to be announced; TasteofChicago.us
World Music Festival Chicago (Sept. 20-29): Citywide, including the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; WorldMusicFestivalChicago.org
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