2020 Chicago Street Festivals - Now Happening in 2021!

[kb]

per west town chamber of commerce, do division and west fest are canceled outright.

[mookie]

Boooo

[venom]

i don't think anyone expected these street fests to happen, but it's going to be weird for there to be no street fests this summer.

[Pale Hose]

Taste of Randolph cancelled.

[Pale Hose]

Andersonville Midsommarfest postponed to the weekend of August 21-23.

[ultravisitor]

I was just talking with a friend, and I don't even think the farmer's market in my neighborhood is going to exist this summer, let alone the street fests.

[fivehole]

Ribfest cancelled

[andrewvb]

the city cancelled these events:

Chicago In Tune, including the 4th Annual Chicago House Music Conference & Festival (scheduled for May 21–24)
the 35th Chicago Gospel Music Festival (scheduled for May 27–30)
the 37th Annual Chicago Blues Festival (scheduled for June 5–7)

[alady]

Totally understandable of course but man I'm never gonna see Candi Staton 🙁

[concertgoer]

Pridefest has been postponed. Organizers are looking to move it to Labor Day weekend.

[fivehole]

[facts]

Today's math quiz - what's the square root of canceled? Check back in August to find out!

[concertgoer]

Logan Square Fest has been cancelled

[Pale Hose]

Roscoe Village Burger Fest rescheduled to the weekend of September 12th.

[Pale Hose]

Looks like they're going to try next year.

http://instagram.com/p/CI88Dhvhp_2

[andrewvb]

not much new info in this block club article, but according to this midsommar fest in andersonville and logan square arts festival aren't happening this summer but plan to return in 2022: blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/23/is-festival-season-happening-this-summer-pitchfork-and-riot-fest-organizers-make-plans-while-others-look-to-2022/

Other fest organizers have already decided to postpone their events another year. Logan Square Arts Festival and Midsommarfest in Andersonville have been canceled for the second straight year, though organizers hope to be up and running again in 2022.

“We just think it’s best to take another year off and come back in 2022 stronger than ever,” said Billy Helmkamp, Logan Square Arts Festival co-chair.

In lieu of the festival, organizers and the arts group I AM Logan Square plan to announce “a number of initiatives to continue to engage the community in Logan Square,“ Helmkamp said.

i'm pretty sure i saw another article that said they're gonna be doing a lot of construction to reroute traffic and add bike lanes around the logan square monument this summer, so that could also be a reason why for that one.

[nanatod]

I'd just like to see mary timony and ex hex play the corner of milwaukee and fullerton again some time, andrewvb. I don't need any other acts anywhere in logan square or bucktown.

[andrewvb]

Mar 24, 2021 13:30:44 GMT -6 nanatod said:

I'd just like to see mary timony and ex hex play the corner of milwaukee and fullerton again some time, andrewvb. I don't need any other acts anywhere in logan square or bucktown.

street festival in the narrowest stretch of milwaukee ave isn't what i'm looking for personally

[Pale Hose]

Mar 24, 2021 10:59:06 GMT -6 andrewvb said:

not much new info in this block club article, but according to this midsommar fest in andersonville and logan square arts festival aren't happening this summer but plan to return in 2022: blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/23/is-festival-season-happening-this-summer-pitchfork-and-riot-fest-organizers-make-plans-while-others-look-to-2022/

Other fest organizers have already decided to postpone their events another year. Logan Square Arts Festival and Midsommarfest in Andersonville have been canceled for the second straight year, though organizers hope to be up and running again in 2022.

“We just think it’s best to take another year off and come back in 2022 stronger than ever,” said Billy Helmkamp, Logan Square Arts Festival co-chair.

In lieu of the festival, organizers and the arts group I AM Logan Square plan to announce “a number of initiatives to continue to engage the community in Logan Square,“ Helmkamp said.

i'm pretty sure i saw another article that said they're gonna be doing a lot of construction to reroute traffic and add bike lanes around the logan square monument this summer, so that could also be a reason why for that one.

I'm guessing any of the early fests (in addition to the ones names above, Do Division, Ribfest, etc), won't happen - but the later ones have a chance. Naperville Ribfest (4th of July weekend) announced they are moving forward but with a scaled back event. It sounds like Pride will still happen but later than usual, and others have proactively moved to later dates (Winnetka Music Fest moved to September 10th & 11th from its normal weekend in June, and Lincoln Park Wine Fest moved from May to October).

With that said, should I even bother to start a new thread? Or should we just continue to use this one for 2021 since 2020 street fests never really happened?

[Tweet]

Gonna go ahead and drunkenly call this now: the only Chicago street fest that’ll happen this year is Revolution’s generally slated for late September

[Pale Hose]

I'll take the over on that.

[mookie]

Yeah, the crappy Lincoln Park fests filled with cover bands won't pass up any chance to happen this summer

[Tweet]

The what the fuck?

[kb]

i wish our boy garbo was still on the board to give us the scoop on the wicker park fests.

jk.

[Pale Hose]

[concertgoer]

Market Days is planning on returning to its usual August weekend and they are adding an extra night on Friday
chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/115717009?fbclid=IwAR1okpLsRWuXiE6tbBDkAwlDKjqr5QMgbySwafx3L2uunQHt7ljSvoZqh8o

[Pale Hose]

Taste of Randolph officially cancelled again.

[concertgoer]

I'll be curious to see if Square Roots try's to make a go of it this year. Traditionally it's been in July, but I remember last year they were planning to move to August.

[Pale Hose]

It's late enough in the season that they would be allowed to have the festival, but the website hasn't been updated at all. I'm pessimistic on that one, at least in its usual format.

[Pale Hose]

Mar 25, 2021 20:06:15 GMT -6 Pale Hose said:

Mar 24, 2021 10:59:06 GMT -6 andrewvb said:

not much new info in this block club article, but according to this midsommar fest in andersonville and logan square arts festival aren't happening this summer but plan to return in 2022: blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/23/is-festival-season-happening-this-summer-pitchfork-and-riot-fest-organizers-make-plans-while-others-look-to-2022/

i'm pretty sure i saw another article that said they're gonna be doing a lot of construction to reroute traffic and add bike lanes around the logan square monument this summer, so that could also be a reason why for that one.

I'm guessing any of the early fests (in addition to the ones names above, Do Division, Ribfest, etc), won't happen - but the later ones have a chance. Naperville Ribfest (4th of July weekend) announced they are moving forward but with a scaled back event. It sounds like Pride will still happen but later than usual, and others have proactively moved to later dates (Winnetka Music Fest moved to September 10th & 11th from its normal weekend in June, and Lincoln Park Wine Fest moved from May to October).

Nope, this is cancelled now too, although their reasoning is suspect at best.

In consideration of the ongoing COVID-19 conditions and recently mandated capacity restrictions, the
Club has concluded that it cannot reasonably guarantee health, safety, and success for such a large-scale
public event that occurs in the early portion of the summer festival schedule and is thus susceptible to
the instability of COVID-related conditions like capacity restrictions.