News Releases

Jul 9, 2025
DCASE Releases 2025 SummerDance Schedule Featuring Over 30 Dance Styles Across Chicago
Jul 1, 2025
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Goodman Theatre Produce 100 Free Acts of Theater at Arts and Culture Destinations throughout Chicago
Jun 27, 2025
City of Chicago Announces Full Schedule for 2025 Taste of Chicago, Including Grant Park and Neighborhood Celebrations
Jun 16, 2025
Grammy winner Chandler Moore to headline 2025 Chicago Gospel Music Festival on July 12 in Millennium Park
Jun 12, 2025
DCASE Brings Two Major Exhibitions to the City of Chicago This Summer: Fabiola Jean-Louis’ Waters of the Abyss and Blondell Cummings: Dance as Moving Pictures
Jun 10, 2025
DCASE Announces Natasha Olguin as Chicago Film Office Deputy Commissioner
Jun 2, 2025
International Artist Tomokazu Matsuyama Unveils “Our Way Bloom” Mural at Chicago Public Library’s Edgewater Branch
May 29, 2025
City of Chicago Resumes Iconic Summer Events in Millennium Park
May 14, 2025
Chicago Chosen for 2026 International Jazz Day, Uniting World Sounds in the Birthplace of Blues
May 13, 2025
Chicago’s Memorial Day Parade and Wreath Laying Ceremony
May 8, 2025
Citywide Chicago Farmers Markets & Maxwell Street Return for 2025 with Music, Culture and Fresh Flavor All Summer Long
May 7, 2025
City of Chicago Unveils Headliners for the 2025 Chicago Jazz Festival with World-Renowned Artists and Local Treasures
Apr 17, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Leading Chicago Cultural Institutions Invite Application for Chicago's Next Poet Laureate
Apr 16, 2025
City of Chicago Announces 2025 Chicago Blues Festival Lineup, June 5–8, Featuring Mavis Staples, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bobby Rush and More
Mar 13, 2025
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Celebrates New Appointments to the Chicago Cultural Advisory Council
Mar 6, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson and DCASE announce Chicago 2025 Festival and Events Line-up
Jan 30, 2025
Chicago Cultural Center New Play Residency Offers Funding and Support for New Play Readings in Time for Chicago Theatre Week
Dec 23, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson and City of Chicago Announce Return of New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular on Chicago Riverwalk
Dec 13, 2024
Chicago Holiday Festivities in Full Swing at Millennium Park
Nov 14, 2024
Choose Chicago, DCASE, and Mayor's Office Announce Support for Series of Neighborhood Holiday Activations