The 48th annual Midsommarfest street festival will kick off Friday June 7, and run through Sunday, June 9. The opening-night celebration will take place on Clark Street between Balmoral and Catalpa avenues beginning at 5 p.m.
The Joans, Ripley Caine & The Full Moon, Eric Himan, the Sami Grisafe Band, Windy City Cowboys, the Chicago Swedish Men’s Chorus and DJ Voxbox are among those scheduled to perform. See www.andersonville.org.
Also, the Wells Street Art Festival will take place Saturday-Sunday, June 8-9, on the strip of Wells Street between North Avenue and Division Street in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood.
Acts include singer Sophie B. Hawkins, The Smithereens, the Beatles tribute band American English and the Jesse White Tumblers. For more, visit www.chicagoevents.com.