| 10:00 am | Aurora 4th Of July Parade Starting at Benton & Broadway, the parade travels along Broadway (Rt. 25) and Downer Place, ending on Middle Avenue. Expect patriotic floats... |
| 7:08 pm | Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827 |
| 7:30 pm | Grant Park Music Festival: Independence Day Salute Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Celebrate the Fourth of July under the stars in Millennium Park at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion... |
| 9:00 pm | Glen Ellyn's 4th of July Glen Ellyn lights up the skyline celebrating. Grab your blanket and be awed by this star spangled spectacle of fireworks. Held at: Lake Ellyn 645... |
| 10:00 pm | July 4th Fireworks at Navy Pier Navy Pier Chicago. Navy Pier kicks off Independence Day weekend with a fireworks show fully choreographed to music at 10pm. The display will... |
| 10:00 pm | Fireworks at Navy Pier Navy Pier Chicago. Enjoy Navy Pier's free, award-winning fireworks show featuring stunning bursts of color over Lake Michigan, set against... |
| 10:00 am | Aurora 4th Of July Parade Starting at Benton & Broadway, the parade travels along Broadway (Rt. 25) and Downer Place, ending on Middle Avenue. Expect patriotic floats... |
| 2:30 pm | Fitzgerald's American Music Festival Fitzgerald's Nightclub, Berwyn. A roots music festival featuring blues, soul, country, and Americana, with artists like Neal Francis... |
| 7:30 pm | Grant Park Music Festival: Independence Day Salute Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Celebrate the Fourth of July under the stars in Millennium Park at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion... |
| 9:00 pm | Glen Ellyn's 4th of July Glen Ellyn lights up the skyline celebrating. Grab your blanket and be awed by this star spangled spectacle of fireworks. Held at: Lake Ellyn 645... |
| 10:00 pm | July 4th Fireworks at Navy Pier Navy Pier Chicago. Navy Pier kicks off Independence Day weekend with a fireworks show fully choreographed to music at 10pm. The display will... |
| 10:00 pm | Fireworks at Navy Pier Navy Pier Chicago. Enjoy Navy Pier's free, award-winning fireworks show featuring stunning bursts of color over Lake Michigan, set against... |
| 1:00 pm | Water for Elephants - The Musical James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 4:00 pm | It's Murph Theatre on the Lake. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 6:00 pm | Comedysportz Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. The ultimate comedy battle where two improv teams compete for laughs and points! A witty Ref keeps the... |
| 6:30 pm | The Second City Mainstage 114th Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Flip Circus Fox Valley Mall, Aurora. Circus live event. |
| 8:00 pm | Comedysportz Malarkey Comedy Kingsbury Theater. The ultimate comedy battle where two improv teams compete for laughs and points! A witty Ref keeps the... |
| 4:30 pm | NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero. NASCAR racing event. |
| 7:08 pm | Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Istock Family Look-In Lab Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the Nature Museum's live collections of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates... 773-755-5100 |
| 11:00 am | Best of Shedd Tour Shedd Aquarium. Discover the aquarium like never before with a 75 minute guided tour that includes behind-the-scenes access, front-row seats... |
| 9:30 am- 3:45 pm | Home and Studio: Inside and Out Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park. Pair a guided tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio with a self-guided... 312-994-4000 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Discover over 40 exotic butterfly species and colorful birds in a tropical 2,700 sq. ft. greenhouse... 773-755-5100 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | RiverWorks Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they... 773-755-5100 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Wilderness Walk Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie... 773-755-5100 |
| 8:00 am- 11:45 am | Millennium Park Summer Workouts Millennium Park. The workout program takes place on the Great Lawn with a series of 45-minute workouts including Pilates, Yoga, Cardio Kickboxing... |
| 10:00 am- 2:00 pm | Weekend Brunch at Cindy's Cindy's Rooftop. Menu items features Cindy's Breakfast Platter, Stuffed French Toast, Quiche, Braised Pork Croque Madame, Salmon Carpaccio... |
| 10:00 am- 3:00 pm | Brunch at Aba's Aba. Enjoy Acai Bowl, Strawberry Rhubarb Biscuit, Chocolate Babka French Toast, Avocado & Spinach Frittata, Shawarma-Spiced Skirt Steak... |
| 11:00 am- 1:00 pm | Hangover Happy Hour Bub City. Features $6 Bloody Mary's and Espresso Martinis. |
| 11:00 am- 3:00 pm | Bub's Brunch Bub City. Brunch favorites include sweet Cinnamon Sticky Buns, the hearty Day Breaker Burrito, Egg White Tacos, a Bacon, Egg and Cheeseburger... |
| 11:00 am- 18:00 am | Weekend Brunch at Ema Ema. Weekend brunch features fresh favorites like Soft Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms and parmesan cream, a vibrant Acai Bowl with fruit and... |
| 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Gilt Bar Happy Hour Gilt Bar Chicago. Enjoy a variety of crave-worthy bites and drinks, starting with sliders like the American cheeseburger & hot fried chicken... |
| 4:00 pm | Delilah's Rock n Roll Jukebox Delilah's. Saturdays features $3 Genesee Cream Ale, $3 Evan Williams Bourbon. |
