O que acontece em Chicago, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Skating in Millennium Park (15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Lakefront wind chill (1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Chicago Auto Show

• Festival

  Chicago Auto Show

  7–20 Fev · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Skating in Millennium Park (15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Lakefront wind chill (1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — St Patrick's Day river dyeing, Spring break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  St Patrick's Day river dyeing

  13–18 Mar · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Skating in Millennium Park (15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Lakefront wind chill (1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Natureza

  Spring migration at Montrose Point

  20 Abr – 31 Mai · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  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 ↗

Movimentado — um dos melhores meses em clima

• Abertura

  Lakefront beach season

  22 Mai – 7 Set · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verão

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Spring migration at Montrose Point (20 Abr – 31 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Chicago Pride Parade

• Festival

  Chicago Blues Festival

  1–10 Jun · normalmenteFestival de música

  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 Jun · normalmenteLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Lakefront beach season (22 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Lollapalooza

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 Jul – 4 Ago · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Lakefront beach season (22 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Lollapalooza, Air and Water Show

• Festival

  Air and Water Show

  14–18 Ago · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Lakefront beach season (22 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente)), Lollapalooza (28 Jul – 4 Ago (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Lakefront beach season (22 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Chicago Marathon

• Festival

  Chicago Marathon

  5–14 Out · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Christkindlmarket, Thanksgiving

• Temporada

  Skating in Millennium Park

  15 Nov – 5 Mar · normalmenteTemporada do gelo

  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 Dez · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Christkindlmarket, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Lakefront wind chill

  1 Dez – 1 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de 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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Skating in Millennium Park (15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Christkindlmarket (20 Nov – 24 Dez (normalmente)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)