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Party Earth Review Self-dubbed Chicago’s “lakefront playground,” Navy Pier is one of the city’s busiest tourist destinations, entertaining nearly nine million visitors a year with a plethora of amusement park rides, theaters, boat cruises, and beer gardens. Jutting out a half mile into Lake Michigan, the Pier is busiest during the summer ... more
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
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Arts Festival / Fashion Event
May 25-26, 2013 Randolph Street Market The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Market / Outdoor Activity
Party Earth Review Held the last weekend of the month from February to December, Randolph Street Market is a European-style bazaar with more than two hundred vendors – all hand-picked by festival organizers – hawking an array of antiques, handmade items, and vintage goods. Both an indoor and outdoor event, the market features ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
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Arts Festival / Street Fair
Jun 1-2, 2013 Everyone loves summer in Chicago. Or at least that’s what Chicagoans say. Either way, summer in the Second ... more
Throughout the city
Party Earth Review A crossroads between sporty Wrigleyville and flamboyant Boystown to the north and preppie Lincoln Park to the south, the Clark and Belmont intersection was for years associated with counterculture, marked by sketchy businesses, dilapidated buildings, and the teenage runaways that loitered in front of them. Gentrification ... more
Intersection of Clark Street and Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
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Shopping Event / Flea Market
Jun 2 12:00pm The Empty Bottle Beat Swap Meet (BSM) is a quarterly event founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, but now being held in various cities ... more
1035 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Party Earth Review For lazy warm-weather days, Division Street in Wicker Park is an excellent place to while away the hours with a late brunch, drinks in a crowded game-day sports bars, some window shopping at the boutiques, and an early evening cocktail. Home to artists, hipsters, and unpretentious young professionals, the half-mile stretch ... more
1600–2100 West Division Street
Chicago, IL 60622
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Arts Festival / Fashion Event
Jun 29-30, 2013 Randolph Street Market The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Party Earth Review Spanning from the Chicago River at the south end to Oak Street at the north, the Magnificent Mile (“Mag Mile”) is a popular stretch of North Michigan Avenue constantly abuzz with fashionistas, foreigners, families, and finance types out shopping, strolling, or snapping photographs of some of the city’s most famous architecture ... more
400–1000 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL 60611
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Arts Festival / Fashion Event
Jul 27-28, 2013 Randolph Street Market The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Arts Festival / Fashion Event
Aug 24-25, 2013 Randolph Street Market The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Arts Festival / Fashion Event
Sep 28-29, 2013 Randolph Street Market The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market ... more
1350 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Chicago Shopping Overview
The number one thing that comes to mind when you think about shopping in Chicago is unquestionably the Magnificent Mile. The stretch of Streeterville is every shoppers dream, but the city is by no means limited to this famous shopping street and there are options for all types and budgets strewn throughout the city.
For the widest variety of Chicago shopping, it begins and ends with the Mag Mile. Spanning from the Chicago River to Oak Street, the area features everything from Gap and Crate & Barrel to upscale boutiques like Bulgari and Hermès. With skyscrapers looming overhead, shoppers can also find some of the city’s best restaurants and bars once they’ve found that perfect outfit to party in.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Clark and Belmont area in Boystown caters to the counterculture where shoppers can find anything from sex shops and leather gear, to vintage duds and bohemian art.
When the weather warms up, there’s no better place to find antiques, vintage goods, and homemade crafts than at Randolph Street Market. Open April to November on the last weekend of every month, hundreds of vendors set up shop and promise thrifters an endless supply of knickknacks they probably don’t need but can’t live without.
Shopping around Chicago is easy, there are stores, boutiques, markets, shops, galleries, and more everywhere in the city. So if you’re looking for high-end, low-end, or just something in-between, the city has you covered for all your shopping needs.
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May 23–26, 2013
Summer Camp Music Festival 2013
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May 24–26, 2013
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May 24–27, 2013
Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest 2013
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May 28, 2013 6:00 pm
Nature On Tap
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The Cedar Hotel
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Lincoln Park
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