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This Week’s Spotlight.
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Backed by the Neighborhood.
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Upcoming Festivals & Events
90 days of live music, food, art, and community across the South Side — from Pilsen to Beverly to Oak Lawn.
Three days of mole, mariachi, lucha libre. The People’s Choice Award turns Pilsen restaurants into legends.
Open studios, galleries, and food vendors across Bridgeport’s working-artist scene. Walk it, don’t drive it.
Food trucks, cover bands, kids’ zone, beer garden. The unofficial start of southside summer.
Local artists open studios, restaurants spill onto sidewalks, the neighborhood becomes one big gallery.
Live soul, blues, and gospel, plus Black-owned food vendors and crafters. A celebration of the neighborhood’s heritage.
35+ Pilsen artists open their studios to the public. Buy direct, meet the makers, peek behind the curtain.
Free 4th of July fireworks visible across the south suburbs. Bring a chair, bring a cooler, claim your spot early.
Every Bridgeport restaurant under one tent. Pork chop sandwiches to Polish pierogi. Live music all day.
Pro and amateur road cycling races up Beverly’s iconic hills. Spectators line the course all day.
The biggest Latino festival in the Midwest. 4 days, 1.2M visitors, every Pilsen restaurant out on the street. Don’t miss it.
Three days celebrating Black art, music, and history. Vendors, dance performances, kids’ programming.
95+ years strong. The largest African-American parade in the country. End-of-summer Bronzeville tradition.
Block party, bounce houses, BBQ contest, and live country music. Mt. Greenwood at its most Mt. Greenwood.