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City of Chicago's
summer music festivals & events
32nd Chicago Gospel Music Festival
June 2–3, 2017 Showcasing the best in local, national and international Gospel music performers. Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.) and Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)
34th Annual Chicago Blues Festival
June 9–11, 2017 During three days on five stages, blues fans prove that Chicago is the true "Blues Capital" at the world's largest free blues festival. Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.)
37th Annual Taste of Chicago
July 5–9, 2017 Taste of Chicago is the nation’s premier free outdoor food festival showcasing the diversity of Chicago’s dining scene, alongside concerts and other activities for the entire family.
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City of Chicago's
summer music festivals & events
59th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show
August 19–20, 2017 One of the largest long-running free events of its kind. Featuring military & civilian flight aerobatics, historic aircraft, simulated water rescues and parachute teams. North Avenue Beach (1600 N. Lake Shore Dr.)
39th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
August 31–September 3, 2017 (Labor Day Weekend) Showcases free live performances by Chicago’s vast jazz talent alongside national and international jazz legends. Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.) and Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)
19th Annual World Music Festival Chicago September 8–24, 2017 Enjoy global grooves by award-winning artists from around the world at the free, multi-venue festival. 750 artists and ensembles performed from over 80 countries.
Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.), Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.) and other citywide locations boiMAG
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Since pride parades and pride festivals have gone global, it’s hard to feature all of them. However, one that has caught our attention is the Motor City Pride in Detroit on June 10-11, it’s a quick flight or a nice weekend road trip for those in the Midwest. If you like big city pride parties, then NYC Pride on the Rooftop at Hudson Terrace is the place to be at on 46th Street with DJ Alex Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus will awaken your inner teenage girl with their upcoming Acosta, on Sat. June 24. Our next issue of boiMAGazine we’ll cover Milwaukee’s show *B-Town: From Barbershop to Pridefest along with Midsommerfest in Boybands. With songs from Backstreet Chicago, then in our following issue we will Boys, *NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, provide you with all the information on this Boyz II Men and more. They will also be taking you back through musical history to years Chicago’s Pride Fest & Pride Parade. Motown with groups like The Temptations The Randolph Street Market brings art and The Jackson 5. *B-Town will run May and antique aficionados together for 19-21 at three theater venues around the the best shopping market in Chicago on Chicago area, starting on Fri., May 19, 8pm Memorial Day Weekend May 27th and at Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St., 28th. Over 300 vendors will be on hand Chicago. Then on Sat., May 20, 8:00pm at the North Shore Center, 9501 Skokie Blvd., outdoor and indoor along with cocktails, in Skokie. and ending the weekend on Sun., food and even cabanas available to rent May 21, 3:00pm at the Beverly Arts Center, where a personalized concierge will take care of your packages, transportation and 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. food and drink. Specially guided midTouché welcomes the IML flock to Chicago century shopping tours, floral market, body painting, kids’ floral art installation and with a full weekend of nightly events. more round out the spectacular opening to Their “weekend” starts on Wed. May 24 summer! Located at 1340 W. Washington in for the Best of Chicago Welcome Party and continues on, Thurs. for the Bearfest Launch Chicago. For more info. visit their website at www.randolphstreetmarket.com. Party, Fri. for Leather Pig Daddy, Sat. for Mr. Chicago Bear Contest, Sun. for Super For those in the know, longtime members Ripe Party and Mon. for Beer Bust and the of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham Survivor Party. You can ride free to and and Christine McVie have joined together from (Touché and Congress Hotel) on the provided north-side leather-express shuttle. to record their first ever album as a duo. The first single “In My World” is available now on all digital and streaming services, their If you would like to go where the locals go, 10-song album will be released by Atlantic stop by at one of Chicago’s finest shops Records coming this summer, followed by Leather64Ten anytime, day or night and check out their custom leather apparel. You a run of special U.S. concerts. You can see them at their Chicago tour stop on July won’t have to go far to find the treasures 3 at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at you are looking for, because both bars Northerly Island. For more information, go (Touché and Jackhammer) and the leather shop are all right there in the same vicinity. to www.buckinghammcvie.com. Mayfest is coming up on the weekend of May 19-21 at 3100 N. Ashland, just south of Lincoln, Ashland & Belmont. Presented by Star Events, the family-friendly street party will feature music from bands like The Boy Band, Catfight and 7th Heaven, to name a few. More info. at www.StarEvents.com.
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