{"id":10956,"date":"2016-11-08T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=10956"},"modified":"2016-11-08T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:59:07","slug":"free-festivals-chicago-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/free-festivals-chicago-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Dates Released for Chicago’s Free Festivals and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the dates for next year’s essential events<\/h2>\n

\"free<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently released all the dates for our favorite city festivals and events next year, and we’re so excited to already be looking ahead to 2017.<\/p>\n

What’s the best part about all these events? They’re F-R-E-E, free! Just another thing that makes our city so goshdarn awesome. We hope you’re just as ready as we are for another year of fun in Chicago.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Chicago Memorial Day Parade<\/strong>
\nMay 27, 2017
\nState St. from Lake St. to Van Buren St.<\/em><\/p>\n

32nd Chicago Gospel Music Festival<\/strong>
\nJune 2\u20133, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/a> and Chicago Cultural Center<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

34th Annual Chicago Blues Festival<\/strong>
\nJune 9\u201311, 2017
\nGrant Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

21st Annual Chicago SummerDance<\/strong>
\nFridays\u2013Sundays, June 23\u2013September 10, 2017
\nGrant Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

37th Annual Taste of Chicago<\/strong>
\nJuly 5\u20139, 2017
\nGrant Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

4th Annual Fifth Star Awards<\/strong>
\nAugust 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

59th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show<\/strong>
\nAugust 19\u201320, 2017
\nNorth Avenue Beach<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

39th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival<\/strong>
\nAugust 31\u2013September 3, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/a> and Chicago Cultural Center<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

19th Annual World Music Festival Chicago<\/strong>
\nSeptember 8\u201324, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/a>, Chicago Cultural Center<\/a> and other citywide locations<\/em><\/p>\n

104th Annual Christmas Tree and Holiday Celebrations<\/strong>
\nNovember 17\u2013December 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

2nd Chicago Architecture Biennial<\/strong>
\nSeptember 16\u2013December 31, 2017
\nChicago Cultural Center<\/a> and other locations<\/em><\/p>\n

Millennium Park Summer Film Series<\/strong>
\nTuesdays, June 13\u2013August 29, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/a>, Jay Pritzker Pavilion<\/em><\/p>\n

Millennium Park Summer Music Series<\/strong>
\nSelect Mondays & Thursdays, June 12\u2013August 17, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/a>, Jay Pritzker Pavilion<\/em><\/p>\n

Millennium Park Summer Workouts<\/strong>
\nWednesdays & Saturdays, June 3\u2013September 2, 2017
\nMillennium Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

McCormick Tribune Ice Rink<\/strong>
\nMid-November 2017\u2013Mid-March 2018
\nMillennium Park<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chicago Farmers Markets (City Markets) presented by Country Financial<\/strong>
\nMay\u2013October, 2017
\nDaley Plaza Farmers Market opens May 11, 2017
\nDaley Plaza and citywide locations<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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