Chicago’s personal Lupe Fiasco will headline this yr’s Style of Chicago on Sept. 5 in Grant Park, the town’s cultural division introduced Friday.
Different headliners embody pop/R&B singer Jojo on Sept. 6 and Latin celebrity Elvis Crespo will shut out the weekend on Sept. 7. Performances start at 5 p.m. every evening.
The three-day competition, which is free to attend, will observe three neighborhood pop-up Style occasions all through the summer season months. These occasions will occur in Marquette Park on June 28, Pullman Park on July 19 and Albany Park on Aug. 9, that includes native meals distributors, music and free dance classes.
In 2023, Chicago moved Style of Chicago to the autumn partly as a result of NASCAR race weekend.
“We’re thrilled to showcase the unbelievable culinary and cultural range of Chicago by this yr’s Style,” cultural commissioner Clinée Hedspeth stated in a press release. “Whether or not you’re dancing in Albany Park or grabbing a candy deal with in Grant Park, Style of Chicago is the place Chicagoans come collectively to expertise the flavour of our metropolis.”
This yr’s downtown Style occasion will characteristic 45 vendor cubicles, plus 17 meals vehicles. Returning favorites embody Eli’s Cheesecake, Harold’s Hen, JJ Thai Road Meals and The Authentic Rainbow Cone.
New distributors this yr embody Beat Kitchen Cantina, ChefLife19, Chillafry, Crave Cookies, Dao Thai Restaurant, Hubbard Inn, Khmai, Lexington Betty Smoke Home, Nitro Nostalgia Ice Cream and Board Recreation Cafe and Thimi’s Empanadas.
“Style of Chicago is a celebration of the eating places, cooks and cultures that form our metropolis’s vibrant meals scene,” Sam Toia, President and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Affiliation, stated in a press release. “It’s a beloved custom that brings collectively neighbors and guests alike to expertise the flavors of all 77 neighborhoods — reminding us why Chicago continues to steer because the culinary capital of the world.”
Courtney Kueppers is an arts and tradition reporter at WBEZ.
