Bring the family to Chicago’s Grant Park for Movie Night with the Grant Park Orchestra July 6, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Movie Night goes on all summer, but this night is special: Charlie Chaplin’s silent film masterpiece “City Lights” will be playing, accompanied by an orchestral score under […]
Bring your family, your taste buds and your ear buds to Taste of Chicago, July 6-10, and stay at the nearby Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Taste of Chicago, the annual pig out fest for food and music, is the biggest draw in the Chicago festival scene. Choose from five days of samples from Chicago’s finest […]
Bring your sweetie to the Laid Back Festival July 16 at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion on Chicago’s Northerly Island, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Laid Back Festival will feature such golden oldies as Greg Allman, Peter Frampton, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Michelle Malone, Blackberry Smoke and the […]
Rock your way to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival July 15-17, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Over 50,000 Pitchfork Festival fans from forty-five states and twenty-six countries will gather to hear the best in “alternative” music! And lots of vendors peddling local goodies of food, drink, art and […]
Bring the family to the Windy City LakeShake Festival at First Merit Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island June 17-19, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Windy City LakeShake Festival is a monster three day event of music powerhouses. Friday, June 17, Lady Antebellum, Sam Hunt, and Kacy Musgraves & […]
Bring the family to see the legendary Mel Brooks live June 12 at the opulent Chicago Theatre, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Mel Brooks will screen his classic comedy film, “Blazing Saddles” (remember football great turned actor Alex Carras punching out a horse?) on the giant screen of the […]
Come to the celebrated “Granddaddy of American Arts Festivals,” the Gold Coast Art Fair at Chicago’s Grant Park June 18-19, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Gold Coast Art Fair is one of the most prestigious juried art fairs in the country. Three hundred artists from all over the […]
Inspire your family by coming to the Chicago Gospel Music Festival June 3-4 in Millennium Park, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The 31st annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival brings together world class singers and choirs for a feast of powerful song! In addition to the live music, enjoy special […]
Bring a date to see the hilarious “#Date Me: An Okay Cupid Experiment” at the UP Comedy Club May 1-29, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! “#Date Me: An Okay Cupid Experiment” is a raucous night of laughs about dating websites. Creator Rob Lynn Morris wrote thirty-eight of what he […]
Come to Chicago to blow your mind at the Neill deGrasse Tyson Tour at the Chicago Theatre May 10, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Neill deGrasse Tyson Tour is loosely based on Tyson’s weekly podcast, where he talks free-for-all style with guests, about topics most people can only […]
Come to Chicago for the “combo platter” of the Chicago Philharmonic and Cirque de la Symphonie at the Harris Theater May 28, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago Philharmonic and Cirque de la Symphonie features great popular and classical music from one of the country’s great orchestras and […]
Film Freaks will want to attend the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the fully restored Music Box Theatre May 20-26, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago Critics Film Festival, the only festival of its kind in the U.S., presents a diverse group of film premieres. This year’s roster […]