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Things to do in Chicago in September 2027

Labor Day weekend is four free days of the Chicago Jazz Festival around Millennium Park, and later in the month Riot Fest fills Douglass Park with punk and rock. Taste of Polonia and Evanston Folk Festival land in September, with 19 more on the list below.

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Starting in September

Taste of Polonia Food & Drink

Taste of Polonia

Friday, Sep 3 to Monday, Sep 6 Copernicus Center, Chicago
Ticketed
Hyde Park Jazz Festival Music

Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Saturday, Sep 25 to Sunday, Sep 26 Midway Plaisance and venues across Hyde Park, Chicago
Free

Expected in September, dates not announced yet

Chicago Jazz Festival Music

Chicago Jazz Festival

Expected September 2027 Millennium Park (Jay Pritzker Pavilion), Chicago
Free
Fiesta Boricua Community

Fiesta Boricua

Expected September 2027 Paseo Boricua, Division Street between Artesian Avenue and Mozart Street, Chicago
Ticketed
Great American Lobster Fest Food & Drink

Great American Lobster Fest

Expected September 2027 Navy Pier Festival Grounds (north and south beer gardens), Chicago
Free
Schaumburg Septemberfest Community

Schaumburg Septemberfest

Expected September 2027 Al Larson Cultural Center and Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus, Schaumburg
Free
El Grito Chicago Holidays & Parades

El Grito Chicago

Expected September 2027 Butler Field, Grant Park, Chicago
Ticketed
Printers Row Lit Fest Arts & Culture

Printers Row Lit Fest

Expected September 2027 Printers Row, South Dearborn Street, Chicago
Free
Ravenswood ArtWalk Arts & Culture

Ravenswood ArtWalk

Expected September 2027 Ravenswood Industrial Corridor, Lawrence Avenue to Irving Park Road, Chicago
Free
Riot Fest Music

Riot Fest

Expected September 2027 Douglass Park, Chicago
Ticketed
Chicago Gourmet Food & Drink

Chicago Gourmet

Expected September 2027 Harris Theater Rooftop at Millennium Park, Chicago
Ticketed

Already on when September starts

These started in an earlier month and are still running.

5 more run every week in Chicago year round, including Green City Market and Randolph Street Market. See the full calendar.

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