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• Millennium Park Summer Music Series (June 26 – August 7, 2025)
• Chicago Air and Water Show (Aug. 15, 16 & 17, 2025)
• Chicago House Music Festival (Aug. 23, 2025)
• Chicago Jazz Festival (Aug. 28-31, 2025)
• Taste of Chicago Grant Park (Sept. 5-7, 2025)
• Chicago Tree Lighting Ceremony (Nov. 21, 2025)
• Chicago's New Year's Eve Fireworks Spectacular (Dec. 31, 2025)

• 2025 Festivals & Events
  • Chicago Air & Water Show
  • Chicago Blues Festival
  • Chicago Farmers Market
  • Chicago Gospel Music Festival
  • Chicago House Music Festival & Conference
  • Chicago Jazz Festival
  • Chicago SummerDance
  • Maxwell Street
  • Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony & Parade
  • Millennium Park Summer Film Series
  • Millennium Park Summer Music Series
  • Millennium Park Summer Workouts
  • Taste of Chicago
• Chicago Cultural Center (general)
  • Buddy store
  • Claudia Cassidy Theater
  • Exhibitions
  • GAR Hall and Rotunda
  • Meet an Artist in the Learning Lab
  • Neighborhood Cultural Spotlight
  • New Play Residency Series 2025
  • Open House Photos
• Chicago Made Music Showcase
• Chicago Made TV & Film Initiative
• Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young
• Chicago Public Art
• CityArts Grantees
• Millennium Park (general)
• Riverwalk
  • Sounds of the Riverwalk
• Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024

• July 9, 2025: DCASE Releases 2025 SummerDance Schedule Featuring Over 30 Dance Styles Across Chicago
• July 2, 2025: DCASE Provides Ongoing Support to Artists
• July 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
• June 27, 2025: City of Chicago Announces Full Schedule for 2025 Taste of Chicago, Including Grant Park and Neighborhood Celebrations
• June 16, 2025: Grammy winner Chandler Moore to headline 2025 Chicago Gospel Music Festival on July 12 in Millennium Park
• June 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
• June 10, 2025: DCASE Announces Natasha Olguin as Chicago Film Office Deputy Commissioner
• June 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
• April 17, 2025: Mayor Brandon Johnson and Leading Chicago Cultural Institutions Invite Application for Chicago's Next Poet Laureate
• April 16, 2025: City of Chicago Announces 2025 Chicago Blues Festival Lineup, June 5–8, Featuring Mavis Staples, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bobby Rush and More
• March 13, 2025: The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Celebrates New Appointments to the Chicago Cultural Advisory Council
• March 6, 2025: Mayor Brandon Johnson and DCASE announce Chicago 2025 Festival and Events Line-up
• January 30, 2025: Chicago Cultural Center New Play Residency Offers Funding and Support for New Play Readings in Time for Chicago Theatre Week

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