Bucktown Arts Fest

Visit your neighborhood and take in Bucktown Arts Fest, a community-driven art event. The festival was started in the 1980s by four local artists who wanted to share and celebrate their work. Since then, it has become a popular Chicago destination. The event is entirely operated by volunteers, and admission is free. The neighborhoods of Bucktown and Wicker Park receive full financing, development, and support for arts education.

The festival's highlights include ceramics mainstay Bella Joy Pottery, whose colorful coffee cup designs make excellent gifts for the holidays, and Mosaic Art Professionals, where you can get hands-on instruction in creating a mosaic pattern. A plethora of delectable food trucks, beer tents, and booths for local organizations are scattered across the festival grounds and accompany the performances.

The Bucktown Arts Fest is a community festival of the arts that is managed entirely by volunteers and is nonprofit. All festival revenues go to activities for arts education in Holstein Park and in the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods.

Location: across from Holstein Park in Senior Citizens Park
Event time: August, 27-28

Ticket price: $15