Above: Anastacia (left), Michaela Jae (middle), Matteo Lane (right)
Anastacia, Michaela Jaé (Golden Globe Best Actress Winner for playing Blanca Evangelista in POSE), Matteo Lane, Ginger Minj, Sammy Rae & The Friends, and Ada Vox are headlining this year’s Northalsted Market Days® taking place August 6-7 in the city’s landmark LGBTQ+ Northalsted community.
Above: Ginger Minj (left), Sammy Rae (middle), Ada Vox (right)
The Market Days street festival is celebrating its 40th year and attendance is expected to approach 100,000 visitors from across the globe. The event has become a much anticipated summer bookend to the community’s June Pride festivities.
Other top performers include Sixteen Candles, Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press, Jaimie Wilson, the Out at Wrigley Singing Contest Finals, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Meghan Murphy “Big Red” and more.
Above: Isis Muretech (far left), Joe Gauthreaux (left), Dani Brasil (right), Isaac Escalante (far right)
The DJ stage at Cornelia & Halsted, produced by Hydrate Nightclub, features international DJ/Producer Isis Muretech, Joe Gauthreaux, Dani Brasil, Isaac Escalante and more, with popular local drag performers in a high energy, outdoor dance club atmosphere.
Northalsted Business Alliance Vice-President Mark Liberson, who heads the Market Days organizing team, sums up his excitement for the festival’s 40th anniversary.
“This year’s festival is going to be amazing! We are looking forward to international travelers and people from across the US to return to our city and have an amazing line-up planned for them on August 6 and 7!”
Above: photo by Steven Koch for GoPride.com / Northalsted
A $15 recommended donation for entry helps cover festival costs, supports local non-profits, and funds community programs. Generous public donations paid for the Chicago Pride Crosswalks; 14 rainbow paved intersections installed in 2019 make up the longest installation of its kind in the world.
Northalsted Market Days
What: Northalsted Market Days®, street festival est. 1982
Where: Halsted St. from Belmont to Addison St, Chicago IL
When: August 6-7, 2022 – Sat & Sun 11am-10pm
Why: A celebration of community in Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood
Who: Northalsted Business Alliance & Chicago SSA#18
Admission: suggested $15 donation, all ages
Website: marketdayschicago.com
Contact: [email protected] (773) 883-0500
