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Cultural Festivals in Chicago

Cultural Festivals in the Loop, the West Loop, the North, Northwest and South Sides, Evanston and Oak Park, checked against each venue’s own listing.

Questions people ask

How many cultural festivals are there in Chicago right now?+
3 on our calendar at the moment, from 3 venues. The busiest are Polish Museum of America (1), Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (1) and Chicago History Museum (1).
Are there free cultural festivals in Chicago?+
2 are free.
What can I do on a weekend or an evening?+
3 of these fall on a Saturday or Sunday and 0 start at 5pm or later. The filters at the top of the page narrow the list.
Where do these listings come from?+
From the venues themselves. A person reads each listing on the venue or organizer's own page and enters the date, time and printed price; nothing is scraped from ticket resellers. If something has changed, the "Fix a detail" box on the event page reaches us.

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