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Fri, Jun 21
The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Game Chicago
In The Escape Game, players are immersed into interactive rooms where they have to follow clues, solve puzzles, and complete missions in under 60 minutes! Each escape game provides a unique hands-on experience, designed for families, friends, and anyone else looking for an elevated unplugged...
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Night Out in the Parks Summer Concerts
Various Chicago Parks
In-person
Chicago Park District invites families to explore many kinds of music through its Night Out in the Parks programs. Performers, including student musicians, kids' artists, cover bands, multicultural musicians and Broadway showcases will take over a different park almost every night this summer.
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
FREE
Taste of Highland Park
The Lot Highland Park
In-person
Celebrate the sounds and tastes of the northern suburbs with live entertainment and food from local sources. Families can enjoy live musical entertainment along with foods ranging from pizza to poke bowls.
Various times
All dates and times
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FREE
HEART STRINGS: Creating Connection to the World’s Children
Water Tower Place
In-person
UNICEF USA will host a multi-city, first of its kind experience designed for audiences of all ages. The exhibit will serve as an engaging opportunity for guests to travel around the world in just forty-five minutes and learn about UNICEF’s efforts to ensure every child is healthy, educated...
Various times
All dates and times
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FREE
Chicago SummerDance
Parks Citywide
In-person
Grant Park hosts Chicago SummerDance, where kids of all ages can enjoy music in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park and dance to the sounds of different live bands and DJs all summer long!
Various times
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Sat, Jun 22
Dragon Boat Race for Literacy
Tom Ping Memorial Park
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The Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Dragon Boat Race for Literacy in Ping Tom Memorial Park, featuring a lion dance opening ceremony, dragon boat races, cultural performances, exhibition booths, and children's activities.
08:00 AM
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FREE
Swedish Days
Downtown Geneva
In-person
Pick
Geneva's "Swede" annual summer festival began in 1949. It includes music, food vendors, carnival rides, and a Swedish celebration called a Vast that hosts traditions such stories, dancing around the Maypole, and a festival queen. On Kids' Day, children can watch a parade, play in a basketball or...
Various times
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FREE
Rotary Grove Fest
Downtown Downers Grove
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Downers Grove celebrates summer with live music and entertainment, a carnival, a food and business expo, craft beer fest, and car show in its downtown. The festival is free, but a $5 cover charge applies to those 16 and over entering the entertainment area.
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FREE
Summer Fireworks at Navy Pier
Navy Pier
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Fireworks fans of all ages can enjoy a spectacular display, synchronized to music, for FREE every Wednesday and Saturday night at Navy Pier.
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FREE
Grant Park Music Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
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Chicagoans of all ages can enjoy the Grant Park Music Festival, a 10-week celebration featuring world-class classical music concerts and community engagement—a Chicago tradition for more than 80 years.
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FREE
Chicago Park District Movies in the Park
Multiple parks citywide
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Hollywood comes to Chicago this summer with hundreds of movies throughout city parks! Bring your own blanket or chairs for retro favorites, kids' classics, and recent box office hits.
Various times
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DuPage Children's Museum's Mess Fest
DuPage Chidren's Museum
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Get extra messy in the parking lot of the DuPage Children's Museum! Kids can enjoy a giant paint pendulum, mud kitchen, shaving cream block building, polymer playground, slime station, body painting, and a wash station at this extra ooey gooey event.
Various times
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FREE
Summer Fest Glenview
Downtown Glenview
In-person
Experience the best of summer in Glenview at this perennial favorite street festival. Families can enjoy live entertainment, a balloon artist, magician, bubble station, local artists, and food and drinks from local vendors.
09:00 AM
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FREE
'Go Run
Various Chicago Parks
In-person
Kids and grown-ups can try to set new PRs at these weekly free races sponsored by the Chicago Area Runners Association and the Chicago Park District. One mile and 5K courses are featured at a different park throughout the city each week.
09:00 AM
All dates and times
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Circusville Exhibit at Chicago Children’s Museum
Chicago Children's Museum
Come one, come all, step right up, and have a ball! Last featured more than a decade ago, Circusville will unleash imaginations as it places children and their families right into the magic of circus life. A dynamic exhibit, Circusville invites a range of visitor-determined experiences...
10:00 AM
All dates and times
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The Lost Kingdoms Exhibit
Washington Park
In-person
The Lost Kingdoms is a unique and spectacular outdoor Jurassic and Ice Age experience aimed at family audiences. Featuring over 50 realistic and impressive, life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and Ice Age beasts with moving heads, arms, tails, eyes blinking and roaring sound effects! The Lost...
10:00 AM
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Homeschool Days at LEGOLand Discovery Center
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago
Homeschool family fun awaits! Inspire your students' imaginations with educational play that harnesses the limitless creative possibilities of LEGO® bricks! During Homeschool Days, we offer discounted pricing to Homeschool groups with no group minimum. Gather your home school friends and...
10:00 AM
All dates and times
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School's Out! A Sketch Show for Young Audiences
The Cornservatory
In-person
School's out for summer and Corn Productions is celebrating with its first everSketch Comedy Show for Young Audiences! Join the cast as they are stuck in an endless loop of puns and comedy while they try to save their summer vacation and make the most of their time away from school.
11:00 AM
All dates and times
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Chicago Pride Fest
800 W. Waveland
In-person
Chicago Pride Fest® is a two-day street festival on June 22-23, 2024; the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade (June 30, 2024). The 23rd annual Chicago Pride Fest is a celebration of LGBTQ+ life, culture and community in Chicago’s landmark LGBTQ+ Northalsted neighborhood. Pride Fest...
11:00 AM
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FREE
Elmhurst Family Pride Fest
Elmhurst Presbyterian Church
In-person
West suburban families can enjoy a fun, family-friendly, queer-centered celebration at Elmhurst Presbyterian Church. Support LGBTQIA+ businesses, listen to local bands, and taste a variety of treats from local vendors. Businesses across the suburb will paint their windows with rainbow themes to...
12:00 PM
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FREE
Victory at Home: 1941-1945 Exhibit at Elmhurst History Museum
Elmhurst History Museum
From March 1 - August 18, 2024, “Victory at Home: 1941-1945” will examine the Home Front during World War II and explore the sacrifice, service, and patriotism of Americans throughout the country, with a focus on those in Elmhurst and greater Chicagoland.
1:00 PM
All dates and times
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FREE
Wave Wall Wax
Navy Pier
In-person
Dance the summer away at Navy Pier with performances from Chicago's top DJs and house musicians at the Wave Wall at Navy Pier. Each event is free and open to the public.
3:00 PM
All dates and times
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FREE
Art on the Mart
Merchandise Mart
In-person
Families can watch as works of art are projected on The Merchandise Mart, while listening to a variety of unique music. The show is about 30 minutes long and repeats at 7:30 and 8pm each night.
7:30 PM
All dates and times
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FREE
Starlight Movies in the Park
Lovelace Park
In-person
Evanston Park District and Lifeway Foods host more than a dozen movies in the park during June, July, and August. Films are shown in a different park each week, including several special movies on beaches throughout the summer.
Various times
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FREE
Villa Park Summerfest
Villa Park Prairie Path
In-person
Family-friendly music, interactive activities, a bags tournament, face-painting, magic, and balloon animals provide entertainment for kids and families at this annual west suburban street festival. Families can also enjoy food and beverages from local vendors.
Various times
Learn more
FREE
Chicago SummerDance
Parks Citywide
In-person
Grant Park hosts Chicago SummerDance, where kids of all ages can enjoy music in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park and dance to the sounds of different live bands and DJs all summer long!
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
Long Grove Strawberry Fest
Downtown Long Grove
In-person
Enjoy strawberries in a variety of recipes at this annual festival celebrating the fruit. Loads of food, live entertainment, children's games and activities, and a classic carnival complete the strawberry-themed fun.
Various times
All dates and times
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The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Game Chicago
In The Escape Game, players are immersed into interactive rooms where they have to follow clues, solve puzzles, and complete missions in under 60 minutes! Each escape game provides a unique hands-on experience, designed for families, friends, and anyone else looking for an elevated unplugged...
Various times
All dates and times
Book it
FREE
Night Out in the Parks Summer Concerts
Various Chicago Parks
In-person
Chicago Park District invites families to explore many kinds of music through its Night Out in the Parks programs. Performers, including student musicians, kids' artists, cover bands, multicultural musicians and Broadway showcases will take over a different park almost every night this summer.
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
FREE
Taste of Highland Park
The Lot Highland Park
In-person
Celebrate the sounds and tastes of the northern suburbs with live entertainment and food from local sources. Families can enjoy live musical entertainment along with foods ranging from pizza to poke bowls.
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
FREE
HEART STRINGS: Creating Connection to the World’s Children
Water Tower Place
In-person
UNICEF USA will host a multi-city, first of its kind experience designed for audiences of all ages. The exhibit will serve as an engaging opportunity for guests to travel around the world in just forty-five minutes and learn about UNICEF’s efforts to ensure every child is healthy, educated...
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
Sun, Jun 23
FREE
Eldridge Adventure Day
Eldridge Park
In-person
Pick
Adventure-loving kids and their parents can participate in bug hunts, a fishing derby, nature bingo, and balloon twisting in Elmhurst's Eldridge Park. Food trucks will serve lunch and treats.
09:00 AM
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FREE
Vintage Baseball Game
Elmhurst College Mall
In-person
Pick
Grandma and Grandpa may remember how baseball looked in 1958, but at this baseball game on the Elmhurst College Mall, families can see a game as it might have been played in 1858. Local celebrities will face off in this matchup that features vastly different rules and Victorian taunts and jeers...
2:00 PM
Learn more
FREE
Oak Park Concerts in the Park
Scoville Park
In-person
Pick
The Park District of Oak Park hosts free summer concerts in Scoville Park from June 9- August 25. Guests are asked to remember to carry out anything they brought in and use appropriate trash and recycling cans.
6:00 PM
All dates and times
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FREE
Swedish Days
Downtown Geneva
In-person
Pick
Geneva's "Swede" annual summer festival began in 1949. It includes music, food vendors, carnival rides, and a Swedish celebration called a Vast that hosts traditions such stories, dancing around the Maypole, and a festival queen. On Kids' Day, children can watch a parade, play in a basketball or...
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
FREE
Rotary Grove Fest
Downtown Downers Grove
In-person
Pick
Downers Grove celebrates summer with live music and entertainment, a carnival, a food and business expo, craft beer fest, and car show in its downtown. The festival is free, but a $5 cover charge applies to those 16 and over entering the entertainment area.
Various times
All dates and times
Learn more
Circusville Exhibit at Chicago Children’s Museum
Chicago Children's Museum
Come one, come all, step right up, and have a ball! Last featured more than a decade ago, Circusville will unleash imaginations as it places children and their families right into the magic of circus life. A dynamic exhibit, Circusville invites a range of visitor-determined experiences...
10:00 AM
All dates and times
Learn more
Homeschool Days at LEGOLand Discovery Center
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago
Homeschool family fun awaits! Inspire your students' imaginations with educational play that harnesses the limitless creative possibilities of LEGO® bricks! During Homeschool Days, we offer discounted pricing to Homeschool groups with no group minimum. Gather your home school friends and...
10:00 AM
All dates and times
Learn more
School's Out! A Sketch Show for Young Audiences
The Cornservatory
In-person
School's out for summer and Corn Productions is celebrating with its first everSketch Comedy Show for Young Audiences! Join the cast as they are stuck in an endless loop of puns and comedy while they try to save their summer vacation and make the most of their time away from school.
11:00 AM
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FREE
Skokie Pride
Oakton Park
In-person
Join the Skokie Park District for a family friendly party in the park to celebrate LGBTQ families and individuals! The event includes Showtune Karaoke, CoCo ShoNell & drag story hour, a puppy pride parade, color explosion dance party, community service fair, Magicians, bounce house, face painting...
1:00 PM
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FREE
Victory at Home: 1941-1945 Exhibit at Elmhurst History Museum
Elmhurst History Museum
From March 1 - August 18, 2024, “Victory at Home: 1941-1945” will examine the Home Front during World War II and explore the sacrifice, service, and patriotism of Americans throughout the country, with a focus on those in Elmhurst and greater Chicagoland.
1:00 PM
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FREE
Cantigny Outdoor Concerts
Cantigny Park
In-person
Families can enjoy a series of tribute bands, military music, and bluegrass groups at the bandshell at Cantigny every Sunday at 3pm.
3:00 PM
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FREE
Evergreen Park Recreation Department Concerts in the Park
Klein Park
In-person
Visit Kleing Park for concerts from local cover bands like The StingRays, Coax & Folks, The Neverly Brothers, The Smiley Tillmon Band, and Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones. A bonus concert from The Cit yLights Orchestra takes place in James J. Sexton Park on September 2.
6:00 PM
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FREE
Frankfort Concerts on the Green
Breidert Green
In-person
Country, rock, brass bands, pop, and jazz are all represented at this year's Frankfort Concerts on the Green. Bring your own blanket, chairs, picnic, friends and family to join in on the fun every Sunday night at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 PM
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FREE
Oak Lawn Summer Concert Series
Oak Lawn Village Green
In-person
The Village of Oak Lawn and Oak Lawn Park District invite southwest suburban families to listen to family friendly music on the Village Green. All shows are free.
7:00 PM
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FREE
Naperville Concerts in Your Park
Naperville Parks
In-person
Family-friendly music plays at parks all around Naperville on Sunday nights throughout the summer. Families can bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets to enjoy music in a different park each week.
7:00 PM
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FREE
Art on the Mart
Merchandise Mart
In-person
Families can watch as works of art are projected on The Merchandise Mart, while listening to a variety of unique music. The show is about 30 minutes long and repeats at 7:30 and 8pm each night.
7:30 PM
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FREE
HEART STRINGS: Creating Connection to the World’s Children
Water Tower Place
In-person
UNICEF USA will host a multi-city, first of its kind experience designed for audiences of all ages. The exhibit will serve as an engaging opportunity for guests to travel around the world in just forty-five minutes and learn about UNICEF’s efforts to ensure every child is healthy, educated...
Various times
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Long Grove Strawberry Fest
Downtown Long Grove
In-person
Enjoy strawberries in a variety of recipes at this annual festival celebrating the fruit. Loads of food, live entertainment, children's games and activities, and a classic carnival complete the strawberry-themed fun.
Various times
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The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Game Chicago
In The Escape Game, players are immersed into interactive rooms where they have to follow clues, solve puzzles, and complete missions in under 60 minutes! Each escape game provides a unique hands-on experience, designed for families, friends, and anyone else looking for an elevated unplugged...
Various times
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