In the Stromovka park, on the same day we first went to the Český pivní festival on the same Holešovice Exhibition Grounds an international book fair and literary festival was going on. One of our teachers asked if we were interested and got us tickets. The Holešovice Exhibition Grounds are so beautiful. We spent as much time as [...]
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Český pivní festival
The Czech beer festival is an annual festival that happens for 17 days in May. Since it was happening while we were there we went often. The festival happens on the Holešovice Exhibition Grounds. We went by crossing through the Stromovka park. The festival itself is free, but the beer and food required when I went [...]
Zoolights
I think, almost every zoo has some form or another of zoo lights during the winter holidays. I've been to the one hosted by the St.Louis zoo, but this year I went to the zoolights at Lincoln Park zoo. The Lincoln Park zoo is free and for their Zoolights they are open until 9pm. If [...]
CTA holiday train
Every year the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) puts together a holiday train. These trains are elusive since they usually only run maybe once or twice between set times per line per day. The trains, depending on the time can get packed, especially if it's the time people are getting off work. This is usually between [...]
Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival
Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival can be found off the Morse Red line stop. Once you've exited the train and gone down to the street you've walked into the festival. The festival is usually a weekend in early August. With many different vendors and booths there is plenty to do. There are several stages playing music [...]
Argyle Night Market
Argyle Night Market is a farmers market in Uptown off the Argyle stop. It started in late June and ends September 19th. Every Thursday night between 4pm until 8pm, there is live music or djs at least an hour after it opens. The vendors are friendly and most offer free samples. The restaurants in the [...]
Chicago Korean Festival
The Chicago Korean Festival is a summer festival that happens on Bryn Mawr Avenue, essentially on the Northeastern Illinois University campus. To get to the festival you have to ride the brown line to the end of the line which can be about an hour depending on where you get on. After getting off at [...]
Taste of Chicago
Taste of Chicago is a summer festival that happens in Grant Park and has been going on since 1980. If you're in town for a short amount of time during the summer and want to try as much food as possible without traversing the city this is probably the best thing for you. To buy [...]
Free Movies in the Park
Depending on the season the Chicago Parks have different things going on. On summer nights are free movies. They'll bring in a blow up screen and people will bring picnics, picnic blankets, and sit and watch the movie as it gets dark. They are tons of fun to go to, and usually they are an [...]
Renegade Craft Fair
The Renegade Craft Fair happens usually in early September in Wicker Park. It's a traveling craft fair. A person could spend all day looking at each of the booths, at all of the interesting wares. Because it's outside there tend to be several dogs out walking around with their owners and sometimes there are even [...]