Cultural festival calendar
Cultural festivals in Illinois
22 festivals in Illinois, soonest first. Dates are from each organizer where they have posted them, and marked when they only appear in local listings. Where next year's dates are not out yet, we show the month it usually happens.
- Oct3
73rd Annual Chicago Powwow
ChicagoNativePowwow
October 3, 2026
- Oct11
Chicago Latino Dance Festival at Humboldt
ChicagoLatino
October 11, 2026
- Oct11-13
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival
ChicagoWomenFilm festival
October 11-13, 2026
- Oct16-18
Black Alphabet Film Festival (BAFF)
ChicagoLGBTQ+Film festival
October 16-18, 2026
- Oct16
Superfest Disability Film Festival Chicago Showcase
ChicagoDisabilityFilm festival
October 16, 2026
- Feb14
Chicago Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade
ChicagoAAPIParade
February 14, 2027
- Mar20
Saborea Chicago Latino Gourmet Food Wine & Spirits Festival
ChicagoLatino
March 20, 2027
- MarTBA
Chicago Jewish Film Festival
ChicagoJewishFilm festival
March 2027, dates not announced
- Apr15-26
Chicago Latino Film Festival
ChicagoLatinoFilm festival
April 15-26, 2027
- Apr17+
Chicago Palestine Film Festival
ChicagoArab and MENAFilm festival
April 17 to May 1, 2027
- May29-30
Sueños Music Festival
ChicagoLatino
May 29-30, 2027
- Jun18-19
1865 Fest
ChicagoBlack
June 18-19, 2027Not Yet Confirmed by Organizer
- Jun26
Chicago Dragon Boat Race for Literacy
ChicagoAAPI
June 26, 2027
- JunTBA
Beverly/Morgan Park Juneteenth Family Festival
ChicagoBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- Jul24-25
Chinatown Summer Fair
ChicagoAAPI
July 24-25, 2027
- Jul24-25
SelassieFest
ChicagoBlack
July 24-25, 2027
- JulTBA
Community Powwow at Dvorak (Pilsen Powwow)
ChicagoNativePowwow
July 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Ginza Holiday
ChicagoAAPI
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Panda Fest Chicago
ChicagoAAPI
August 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
African Festival of the Arts
ChicagoBlack
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
ChicagoLGBTQ+Film festival
September 2027, dates not announced
- TBATBA
Community Lakefront Powwow at Foster Beach
ChicagoNativePowwow
No upcoming dates