CHICAGO – Northalsted Market Days® (August 10-11, 2024) is the SILVER WINNER – Travel Worthy Festival in the 2023 Best of Gay Cities Awards.
The #1 LGBTQ travel guide website GayCities.com annual Best of Awards draws over 75,000 votes in over a dozen categories ranging from Best Gayborhood, Most Loved Bar, Favorite Leather Bar, and Most Timeless Neighborhood.
Northalsted Market Days, marketdayschicago.com August 10-11, 2024, is a can’t miss and travel worthy weekend live music street festival celebrating community in Chicago’s landmark Northalsted/Lakeview neighborhood
The 1/2 mile long summer festival features all-day lineups of live music on 5 stages, 250+ vendors, food and drink, dance exhibitions, drag performance, and more.
Estimated attendance is 100,000 people from near and far, representing all colors of the rainbow! Market Days is ranked in the top 10 Chicago festivals by BizBash.
Admission is a $20 suggested donation that helps pay performers & festival workers and supports charities, non-profits & community programs like the Chicago Pride Crosswalks. Other beneficiaries include Howard Brown Health, Brave Space Alliance, Human Rights Campaign Chicago, and other community organizations.
The iconic LGBTQ+ Northalsted neighborhood is a popular travel destination and no stranger to awards, winning 9 medals in the Best of GayCities Awards in 5 years.
- Market Days – SILVER WINNER, Travel-Worthy Festival – 2023
- Roscoe’s Tavern – SILVER WINNER, Legendary Bar – 2023
- Northalsted – SILVER WINNER, Timeless Hood – 2022
- Sidetrack – GOLD WINNER, Best Nightclub – 2022
- Cell Block – SILVER WINNER, Iconic Leather Bar 2021
- Northalsted – SILVER WINNER, Lively Gayborhood – 2021
- Sidetrack – SILVER WINNER, Most Loved Bars & Clubs – 2018
- Northalsted – GOLD WINNER, Best Neighborhood – 2017
- Market Days – BRONZE WINNER, Festival Destination – 2017
Find out more about LGBTQ+ Chicago’s hottest and most travel worthy summer music festival at marketdayschicago.com. Vending and Sponsorship opportunities are available.
