Looking for an outdoor destination? Here are some of the events happening this week in Chicagoland. (Please send your festival listings three weeks in advance to Friday Festivals, c/o Jodie Jacobs, 590 Longwood Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045.)
CITY
ABSOLUT VISION CHICAGO 6 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free street party. Superior and Franklin Streets, River North Gallery District. Continues at art galleries in River North and West Loop 6-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday and 10:30 a.m.-noon each Saturday through Aug. 25. For gallery locations and events call 312-649-0065 or go to www.chicagoartdealers.org
CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAGNIFICENT MILE ART FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Pioneer Court, North Michigan Avenue just west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. 815-937-0920 or www.ArtFestival.com
BASTILLE DAY FESTIVAL 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 5-10 Sunday. $39 without wine, $59 with wine each course, Brasserie Jo, 59 W. Hubbard St. Reservations recommended, 312-595-0800
IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL 6 p.m.-midnight Friday, noon-midnight Saturday and noon-11 p.m. Sunday. $10, Free to children under 12 when accompanied by an adult. Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave. 773-282-7035
ST. SYMPHOROSA FAMILY FEST 6 p.m.-midnight Friday, 1 p.m.-midnight Saturday and 1-10 p.m. Sunday. Admission and entertainment free, food and rides charge. St. Symphorosa, 62nd Street and Austin Avenue. 773-767-1523
CELEBRATE ON STATE STREET FESTIVAL continues 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday through July 16. Free. Block 37 and at Daley Plaza, between State, Dearborn, Randolph and Washington Streets. 312-782-9160
46TH WARD UPTOWN UNITY SUMMERFEST 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Free. Truman College Mall, 1145 W. Wilson Ave., between Montrose and Sunnyside Avenues. 773-878-4646
GRAND CROSSING “I HAVE A VISION” COMMUNITY-GOSPEL FEST noon-8 p.m. Saturday. Free. 7300 to 7500 S. Dorchester Ave. 773-643-8056
MILLER BLIND DATE FESTIVAL (ALSO KNOWN AS THE STREETERVILLE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL) noon-10 p.m. Saturday. Donation $5. Illinois Street at McClurg Court. 773-868-3010
BASTILLE DAY FESTIVAL 4-11 p.m. Saturday. No cover charge. Sidewalk at Pops For Champagne, 2934 N. Sheffield Ave. 773-472-1000
BEVERLY WORLD ARTS FESTIVAL noon-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-7 p.m. Sunday. Free. Beverly Arts Center, 2153 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838
DUSABLE ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR noon -dusk Saturday and Sunday. Free. Washington Park, 57th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. 773-947-0600 ext. 620
LASALLE OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC’S CHICAGO FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL noon -10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Suggested donation $5 adults, $1 youth and seniors, Welles Park, 4400 block of North Lincoln Avenue, between Sunnyside and Montrose Avenues. 773-728-6000
CHRIS ZORICH 5K RUN-WALK 7:30 a.m. day of registration, 9 a.m. race, Sunday. Run-Walk $20, Kids’ Dash $10. Dearborn and Polk Streets. 773-868-3010
CHINATOWN SUMMER FAIR 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Free. Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and 24th Street. 773-868-3010
DEARBORN GARDEN WALK & HERITAGE FESTIVAL 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Donation $5. 1300-1500 blocks of North Dearborn Avenue. 312-632-1241
FRIENDS OF THE PARKS’ L.A.T.E. RIDE midnight-sunrise Sunday. Day-of to enter the event, a 25-mile bike-a-thon, is $40 (available if 10,000 advance registration not reached), Buckingham Fountain (start and breakfast-finish), Grant Park, Columbus Drive, 773-918-RIDE ( 7433) or www.lateride.org
CHICAGO OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL 8:30 p.m. July 17 and continues Tuesdays through Aug. 28. Free. Grant Park at Lake Shore Drive and Monroe Street. 312-744-3315
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ARTS & CRAFT EXPRESSIONS 8 a.m.-6 p.m. July 19 and 20. Free. Outside Richard Ogilvie Transportation Center (Chicago & North Western Train Station ), Canal and Madison Streets. 312-751-2500
SUBURBS
WINDMILL CITY FEST 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. 100 N. Island Ave., next to Riverwalk, downtown Batavia. 630-879-5235
TASTE OF WESTMONT 4-10:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. Free, rides and food charges. Cass Avenue and Burlington Street, Westmont. 630-829-9378
NATIVITY PARISH SUMMER FESTIVAL 6-midnight Friday and Saturday, 1-11 p.m. Sunday. Admission free, food and rides charge. Nativity Parish grounds, 2949 Willowcreek Rd., Portage, Ind. 219-762-4858
SUMMER FROLIC AT LEROY OAKES 2-7 p.m. Sunday (rain date July 29). $3 adults, $1 children ages 3-12 covers old-fashioned activities, petting zoo, Durant Museum tour. LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, Dean Street a half mile west of Randall Road, St. Charles. 630-377-6424