Sep 4, 2025 - Food and Drink
Chicago's weekend festivals: Music, food, and more
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Enjoy the first weekend of September with outdoor festivals and free fishing classes for the kids.
🍷 Revelry Food & Wine Festival
- Sip on wine and dig into everything from burgers to BBQ, curated lunches and more.
- Times vary, Thursday-Sunday at various restaurants and event spaces in Lake Forest.
- Tickets start at $78.
- Shop local vendors, enjoy food and drinks and catch live performances by local artists at this community fest.
- 5-10pm Friday, noon-10pm Saturday-Sunday on Broadway from Ardmore to Thorndale.
- Free, with a $10 suggested donation.
🎤 Dua Lipa
- Watch the London pop star on her "Radical Optimism" tour.
- 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at United Center.
- Tickets start at $140.
- Browse booksellers, support local authors, publishers and listen to some of your favorite writers.
- 10am-6pm Saturday-Sunday at S. Dearborn, from Ida B. Wells to Polk.
- Free
- If you go: Monica interviews Curtis Duffy, chef and author of "Fireproof," and Laurie Woolever, author of "Care and Feeding" at 2pm Saturday at the Center Stage.
🎵 79th Street Renaissance Festival
- The legendary hometown favorite Chaka Khan headlines the South Side festival that's celebrating its 20th year.
- 10am-8pm Saturday at 79th and Racine in Auburn Gresham.
- Free
- Take the young ones (2-15 years old) to an afternoon of fishing lessons from Chicago first responders, followed by a picnic-style lunch.
- 10am-12:30pm and 12:30-2:30pm Saturday at Columbus Park.
- Free
🪘Black & Bronze: A Bronzeville Music Fest
- Celebrate music, culture, food and wellness with Chicago artists honoring the South Side's legacy to American music.
- 1-7pm Saturday at Armstrong (Lillian Hardin) Park.
- Free, but donations are welcome.
- Grab a ticket for Babes With Blades Theatre Company's run of new stage shows and readings.
- Times vary, Saturday-Sunday and Sept. 13-14 at the Bramble Arts Loft in Andersonville.
- Tickets start at $10.
Go deeper: Here's a full lineup of major events happening this month!
