Northalsted Market Days®

Name: Northalsted Market Days®
Start: 2025-08-08T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-10T23:59:59-05:00
Location: N. Halsted Street, between Belmont and Addison

Details

Fri, August 8, 2025 | 5pm to 10pm

Sat, August 9, 2025 | 11am to 10pm

Sun, August 10, 2025 | 11am to 10pm

3400 N Halsted St., Chicago, IL

Overview

Northalsted Market Days® is a weekend long, live music street festival celebrating community in Chicago’s landmark Northalsted/Lakeview neighborhood.

The 1/2 mile long summer festival features all-day lineups of live music on 5 stages, 250+ vendors, food and drink, dance exhibitions, drag performance, and more!

Founded in 1982, Northalsted Market Days® is a celebration that now spans from Belmont to Addison on North Halsted St. in Chicago’s Northalsted neighborhood – America’s first recognized gay village and a Chicago LGBTQ+ historic landmark.

Northalsted Market Days is easily accessed via the CTA Red Line Addison station at Wrigley Field, CTA Red/Brown/Purple Lines at Belmont, multiple bus lines, and rideshare car/cab services to hotels and other lodging.

For updated information on schedule, music lineups, and vendors for Northalsted Market Days, see below.

Coming soon!

A short walk away from the CTA Belmont Red/Brown/Purple Line Station or the CTA Addison Red Line Station. CTA Trip Planner

Halsted St. from 3200 N to 3600 N will close to vehicular traffic at 11:00pm August 11

Parking restrictions will be enforced along the following streets starting:

Friday, 10:00am

732-820 W Cornelia St
800-840 W Newport Ave
800-832 W Aldine Ave

Friday, 11:00pm

3200-3600 N Halsted St
721-769 W Brompton Ave
720-820 W Buckingham Place
725-825 W Roscoe St
720-758 W Melrose St

All vehicles in the designated areas will be ticketed and towed. Questions regarding street re-routes call 773-868-3010

No access to Halsted Street surface parking lots or parking garages beginning: 11:00pm on Friday.

Monday at 7:00am.

Northalsted Business Alliance is a 501(c)6 chamber of commerce, working to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life for the Northalsted area through programming, services, and events such as Chicago Pride Fest, Northalsted Market Days and Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade that celebrate our LGBTQ+ history, promote tourism and foster a welcoming, safe community for all.

Looking to connect with active consumers at this event? For pricing and a customized benefits package, please contact Karyn Terrones at [email protected] or 773-584-6625.

We have teamed up with Eventeny to make your exhibitor registration easier than ever! Please note that you will have to create a new profile and register on this new platform if you do not already have an account.

We do not provide guaranteed exclusivity to any participant/exhibitor or category. We work on a first come first serve basis when approving vendors. We would highly recommend everyone apply as early as possible. Do not wait until the last minute as sometimes the event will be completely booked and applications will close earlier than the deadline.

We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservations app.

To reserve your parking spot for Northhalsted Market Days, visit the Northhalsted Market Days SpotHero Parking Page.