Chicago Air and Water Show — Plan Your Visit & Accessibility

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There are no public seating areas provided or overseen by staff at the event.

 

People are welcome to sit or stand on the sand or grass areas in the park. Please keep all entry, exit and restroom ramps in the park clear.

 

A beach mat will be set up for sand accessibility between the Castaways beach seating footprint and the event staging barricades; moving toward the lake turn right at Castaways to reach the accessible space. There will be an accessibility symbol marking the beach mat entrance.

 

Pick up and drop off is at the North Ave. north bound entrance to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Use of the N. Lasalle turn around is limited to Emergency Management's discretion. All drop off and pick up traffic may be cut off due to crowd density or Emergency Management's discretion. Please arrive early and plan to stay through the end of the event if you need pick up and drop off at this point.

 

Please plan your CTA trip by using https://www.transitchicago.com/planatrip/

 

The CTA 72 bus that usually stops at North Ave. beach will be rerouted.

 

Millennium Park Garages has discounted pre-purchase parking and a shuttle (with lift) from the garage to inner Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

 

There is no public parking at the beach over Air & Water weekend.

 

WBBM Newsradio 780 / 105.9 will broadcast the show live Saturday and Sunday, on both the radio and the free Audacy app.

 

Audio description will be available online for those who are blind/low vision both days of the event.

 

Topic: Air & Water Show Audio Description

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For reasonable accommodation not listed here please email DCASEAccess@cityofchicago.org. 72 hours advance notice is required.

 

Millennium Park Garages will run complimentary shuttles to North Avenue Beach from Millennium Park Garage on Saturday & Sunday beginning at 9am. Accessible busses will be available. The shuttles are only available from Millennium Park Garage not from Grant Park North, Grant Park South or Millennium Lakeside Garage.

 

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