Salt Lake City Marathon
Belmont-Sheffield Music Fest
Windy City Hot Dog Fest
Lincoln Park Greek Fest
Ribfest Chicago
Forbeck Lake Geneva Half Marathon
Andersonville Midsommarfest
Wells Street Art Festival

Special Events Management is the largest full-service producer of events in the Midwest and beyond.

This includes many of Chicagoland’s most popular and best-known runs/walks and art/street festivals. In fact, each year nearly 500,000 individuals participate in SEM-produced runs/walks while another 1.5 million visit our art and street fests. Explore upcoming events that we’ve produced below.

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Producing Chicago’s Best Events

From street fairs, to runs and walks, to other great happenings, we produce events that make two million people smile every year! Among our marquee events are the Wells Street Art Festival, Belmont-Sheffield Music Fest, Northalsted Market Days, Taste of Lincoln Avenue, AIDS Run/Walk Chicago, Chicago Craft Beer Fest, Festival de La Villita, Roscoe Village Burger Fest, Lakeview Taco Fest and the Rosehill Cemetery ‘Crypt’ 5K Run/Walk, to name just a few.

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Who We Partner With

Who We Partner With