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of traditional and contemporary
international music. Concerts are TOP 10 SPORTS TEAMS
low-cost or even free. AND EVENTS
Magnificent Mile Holiday
7
Lights Festival
MAP L2 • Mid-Nov–end Dec
Merchants mark the start of the
holiday season by lighting the shops,
lampposts, and trees along Michigan
Avenue. The parade and fireworks
above the Chicago River on the
Saturday night before Thanksgiving
warrant braving the inevitable chill. Chicago Bears in action
Taste of Chicago
8 1 Chicago Cubs
Despite the Cubbies’ losing streak,
MAP L6 • Grant Park
• 312-744-3316 • Late Jun–early Jul their baseball games at the Wrigley
Field are often sell-outs (see p87).
Chicago’s signature foods star during 2 Chicago White Sox
the nearly two-week-long Taste of Apr–Sep • www.whitesox.com
Chicago. Musical entertainers, a The White Sox are renowned for their
carnival with rides, and cooking top-quality baseball.
demonstrations entertain at the 3 Chicago Bears
sprawling Grant Park event. Sep–Dec • www.chicagobears.com
The football team generates rabid fans
and tailgate picnics when in action on
Soldier Field (see p12).
4 Chicago Bulls
Oct–Apr • www.bulls.com
Their basketball hasn’t been the same
since superstar Michael Jordan left.
5 Chicago Blackhawks
Oct–Apr • www.chicago
blackhawks.com
NHL ice hockey team sharing the
Entrance to Taste of Chicago United Center (see p13) with the Bulls.
6 Arlington Park
Old Town Art Fair
9 May–Sep • www.arlingtonpark.com
Thoroughbred horses race at this park
MAP F4 • 1763 N. Park Ave.
• 312-337-1938 • Jun • Adm just north of Chicago.
• www.oldtownartfair.org 7 Chicago Fire
This 50-year-old fair installs 250 Apr–Oct • www.chicago-fire.com
artist booths along Old Town’s lanes. Many local Latino soccer fans
There are also food vendors, kids’ support the Fire.
entertainment, and garden tours. 8 Chicago Wolves
Oct–May • www.chicagowolves.com
Chicago Summer
0 Four-time league champions offer a
Neighborhood Festivals
great evening of hockey.
312-744-3316 • May–Sep 9 Chicago Marathon
• www.choosechicago.com Oct • www.chicagomarathon.com
Chicago has upwards of 100 neigh- 40,000 entrants run through the city.
borhood festivals. Virtually every 10 Chicago Triathlon
summer weekend features an event Aug • www.chicagotriathlon.com
or three, ranging from the gay- Over 6,000 run, bike, and swim in this
oriented North Halsted Market Days action-packed one-dayer.
to the ethnic Korean Street Festival.

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