The schedule for next year’s festival has been announced by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs & Special events.
Among the highlights:
21st Annual Chicago Kids and Kites Festival: May 4, 2019. A new spring tradition, at Cricket Hill in Lincoln Park (Lake Shore and Montrose Drives).
4th Annual Chicago House Music Festival: Memorial Day weekend. DJs and live performances in Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.), Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.) and other locations.
34th Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival: May 31-June 1. At Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.) and Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)
36th Annual Chicago Blues Festival: June 7-9. With more than a hundred acts in Millennium Park.
39th Annual Taste of Chicago: July 10-14. Chicago’s free outdoor food festival with music in Grant Park.
61st Annual Chicago Air and Water Show: Aug. 17-18.
41st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival: Aug. 23-Sept. 1. With extended fest dates in Millennium Park.
21st Annual World Music Festival Chicago: Sept. 13-29. At Millennium Park and Chicago Cultural Center.
For more information, visit www.cityofchicago.org/dcase
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.Howard Reich is a Tribune critic.
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