Cosa c'è in programma a Chicago (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Skating in Millennium Park (15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)), Lakefront wind chill (1 dic – 1 mar (di solito))

Affollato — Chicago Auto Show

• Festival

  Chicago Auto Show

  7–20 feb · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  The largest auto show in North America takes over McCormick Place for ten days in the deadest month, which is exactly why the city's hotels price February around it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Skating in Millennium Park (15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)), Lakefront wind chill (1 dic – 1 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — St Patrick's Day river dyeing, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  St Patrick's Day river dyeing

  13–18 mar · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  The plumbers' union dyes the river green at mid-morning on the Saturday before the 17th, and the parade goes up Columbus Drive after it. The bridges over the main branch are full an hour ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Skating in Millennium Park (15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)), Lakefront wind chill (1 dic – 1 mar (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Natura

  Spring migration at Montrose Point

  20 apr – 31 mag · di solitoStagione degli uccelli

  The lakefront funnels migrants into a few acres of scrub at Montrose, and on a good May morning the Magic Hedge holds more warbler species than most states see in a year. Fonte ↗

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Apertura

  Lakefront beach season

  22 mag – 7 set · di solitoApertura della stagione estiva

  The city's twenty-odd beaches are guarded from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day and effectively shut either side of it. Lake Michigan takes until August to become anything like swimmable. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Spring migration at Montrose Point (20 apr – 31 mag (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Chicago Pride Parade

• Festival

  Chicago Blues Festival

  1–10 giu · di solitoFestival musicale

  Three free days in Millennium Park in early June, the first of the city's summer lakefront festivals and the one with the strongest claim on the place. No ticket, no fence. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Chicago Pride Parade

  22–30 giu · di solitoAffollatoChiusure

  The last Sunday of June closes Broadway and Halsted through Lakeview for the afternoon, with the Red Line stations at Addison and Belmont exit-only for most of it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lakefront beach season (22 mag – 7 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Independence Day, Lollapalooza

• Festività

  Independence Day

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Lollapalooza

  28 lug – 4 ago · di solitoFestival musicaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  Four days and a hundred thousand people a day in Grant Park at the turn of July into August. The Loop hotels reprice around it and Michigan Avenue is a slow walk each evening. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lakefront beach season (22 mag – 7 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Lollapalooza, Air and Water Show

• Festival

  Air and Water Show

  14–18 ago · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  A free two-day show over North Avenue Beach in mid-August, with a full rehearsal on the Friday that most locals prefer. The whole north lakefront is the grandstand. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lakefront beach season (22 mag – 7 set (di solito)), Lollapalooza (28 lug – 4 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Lakefront beach season (22 mag – 7 set (di solito))

Affollato — Chicago Marathon

• Festival

  Chicago Marathon

  5–14 ott · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusurePrenota presto

  Fifty thousand runners through twenty-nine neighbourhoods on a Sunday in early or mid-October, on the flattest big-city course there is. Downtown is closed to cars until the afternoon. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Christkindlmarket, Thanksgiving

• Stagione

  Skating in Millennium Park

  15 nov – 5 mar · di solitoStagione del ghiaccio

  The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Christkindlmarket

  20 nov – 24 dic · di solitoNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  The German market on Daley Plaza opens the week before Thanksgiving and runs to Christmas Eve, with sister markets in Wrigleyville and Aurora. Free to enter, and packed after work. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Christkindlmarket, Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Rischio

  Lakefront wind chill

  1 dic – 1 mar · di solitoStagione del vento

  Arctic air over an unfrozen lake is what makes a Chicago winter its own category: the thermometer understates it badly, and a walk along the lakefront path in January is a different proposition to the same walk two streets inland. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Skating in Millennium Park (15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)), Christkindlmarket (20 nov – 24 dic (di solito)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)