Crews are turning over Grant Park for the four-day festival, with transit boosts and a long list of restricted items for attendees.
The Chicago community event highlighted a hometown performance from the Grammy-nominated singer.
Chicago is set for a crowded holiday weekend with El Grito, neighborhood parades, a family run and walk, and city warnings about closures and transit use.
From arena concerts to neighborhood festivals, Chicago’s September 25–27 calendar mixes rising artists, major art openings and a final home stand for the White Sox.
The Chicago Architecture Center’s 16th annual festival returns Oct. 17-18 with more than 200 locations across 30 neighborhoods.
Organizers say the weekend lineup is meant to restore the joy lost in 2025, when immigration enforcement upended festivities across the city.
The Union Park festival mixed international electronic names with Chicago house veterans and rising local talent across a hot Labor Day weekend.
Perfect weather drew crowds to beaches and neighborhood festivals across Chicago as Labor Day weekend marked the unofficial close of summer.
Union members, retirees and labor advocates marked the holiday weekend with a parade, music and renewed calls for worker safety and rights.
The Labor Day weekend tradition brings back a packed free lineup of internationally known jazz artists and Chicago favorites from Sept. 3 through Sept. 6.