Art Festivals are one of the best parts of the summer for the Chicago area. You can find one almost every weekend! I think it’s wonderful to expose your kids to art of all kinds to spark creativity and imagination… you can talk about the pieces you see and ask your children what they notice in the paintings! It’s so interesting to hear what they notice.
Old Town Art Fair
June 11-12
1763 N. North Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Wells Street Art Festival
June 11-12
Wells Street between North Avenue and Division
Chicago, Illinois
Art on the Plaza
June 11-12
Plaza del Lago
1515 Sheridan Road
Wilmette, Illinois
(847) 446-2870
Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival
June 11-12
Burlington Park
30 E Chicago Avenue
Hinsdale, Illinois
(630) 323-3952
Grayslake Arts Festival
June 18
Center Street
Downtown Grayslake, Illinois
Arts & Crafts Fair (part of the Liberty Days Festival)
June 17-18
Cook Park
Libertyville, Illinois
Custer’s Last Stand Festival of the Arts
June 18-19
Main St. & Chicago Ave.
Evanston, Illinois
Artists on the Bluff
June 18-19
Village Green
Lake Bluff, Illinois
Art in Bloom: Cantigny Fine Art Festival
June 18-19
Cantigny Park
1S151 Winfield Road
Wheaton, Illinois
Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair
June 24-26
Lake County Fairgrounds
1060 E. Peterson Road
Grayslake, Illinois
Fountain Square Art Festival
June 25-26
Evanston, Illinois
Promenade of Art
June 25-26
Vail and Campbell
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Highland Park Festival of Fine Craft
June 25-26
on Sheridan Road between Central and Elm
Highland Park, Illinois
Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival
July 1-3
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, Illinois
Deerfield Family Days Arts and Crafts Show
July 4
Jewett Park
836 Jewett Park Drive
Deerfield, Illinois
Gold Coast Art Fair
July 9-10
Grant Park’s Butler Field
Monroe and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Skokie Art Guild Art Fair
July 9-10
Skokie Village Green
5211 Oakton
Skokie, Illinois
Lincoln Park Arts and Music Festival
July 16-17
Racine Between Webster and Fullerton
Chicago, Illinois
Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival
July 16-17
Buffalo Grove Town Center
Lake Cook Road and Route 83
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Edens Art Fair
July 16-17
Edens Plaza
3232 Lake Ave.
Wilmette, Illinois
North Shore Festival of Art
July 22-24
4999 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, Illinois
Art Fair and Open House
July 23-24
Mayslake Peabody Estate
1717 W. 31st Street
Oakbrook, Illinois
Glencoe Festival of Art
July 30-31
Glencoe, Illinois
Glenview Outdoor Art Fair
July 30-31
Lyon School
Lake St. and Waukegan Rd.
Glenview, Illinois
Art at the Glen
August 6-7
Glen Town Cetner
1800 Patriot Blvd.
Glenview, Illinois
Lakeshore Arts Festival
August 6-7
Dawes Park
Sheridan Road at Church Street
Evanston, Illinois
Lincolnshire Art Festival
August 13-14
Village Green
Milwaukee Avenue and Old Half Day Road
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Oak Park Avenue-Lake Arts & Crafts Show
August 19-20
Scoville Park
800 W. Lake Street
Oak Park, Illinois
Bucktown Arts Fest
August 27-28
Senior Citizens Memorial Park,
2300 North Oakley/2300 West Lyndale
Chicago, Illinois
Port Clinton Art Festival
August 27-28
Port Clinton Square
600 Central Avenue
Highland Park, Illinois
Deer Path Art League Art Fair on the Square
September 4-5
Market Square
Lake Forest, Illinois
Mundelein Fine Arts Festival
September 10-11
Kracklauer Park
Mundelein, Illinois
Downers Grove Art Festival
September 10-11
Main Street and Burlington Avenue
Downers Grove, Illinois
West End Art Festival
September 17-18
Intersection of Burlington and Brainard
LaGrange, Illinois
Art & Crafts Adventure II
September 17
Hodges Park
101 S. Courtland
Park Ridge, Illinois
Highwood Last Call Art Fair
September 17-18
Sheridan Road and Highwood Avenue
Highwood, Illinois
Art in the Barn
September 24-25
Good Shepherd Hospital
450 W. Highway 22
Barrington, Illinois