June 9-12, 2005
Grant Park in Downtown Chicago
Free Admission
The Chicago Blues Festival
is open from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. daily (music begins at noon), and promises a
good time for everyone. The four-day festival offers the best in national,
international and local Blues entertainment on six stages with more than 70
performers, preceded by a month of Blues activities (Blues season) throughout
Chicago. The Chicago Blues Festival brings people of all ages, from all over
the world to enjoy the blues. More than half a million people attend this
popular festival!
June 9, 2005
9 PM Ð 12:30 AM
$7 Admission
http://www.swingshiftworld.com
Nightfall
Navy Pier offers
spectacular firework shows, every Wednesday and Saturday evening at nightfall.
These fantastic displays of pyrotechnics over Lake Michigan are beautifully
choreographed with lights and music. You can view the show from the comfort of
the Ferris Wheel!
21st
Annual Printer's Row Book Fair
June 11 & 12, 10 AM Ð 6
PM
Printer's Row
The largest free literary event in the Midwest, the
Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair features five tented blocks in the
historic Printers Row district and showcases the nation's most diverse
booksellers displaying new, used and antiquarian books for sale. Annually, the
Book Fair offers more than 90 free literary programs including readings and
book-signings by famous authors, panel discussions of cutting edge issues,
non-stop poetry readings, a Writers' Marketplace and two full days of
children's programming.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/extras/printersrow/
June 12, 2005, 2:30 PM
Harrison Park
The 2005 Alegre String-Tacular, a family concert along
with Univision Radio's Viva los Ni–os celebration, will showcase the talents of
the Merit School of Music's Alegre Strings program
http://www.meritmusic.org/index.asp
Or to find information on some of ChicagoÕs top year-round
attractions, such as:
á Museum of
Science and Industry
visit www.chicagotraveler.com