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Chicago Events Calendar

Explore the Best Events in Chicago Today

Our downtown Chicago hotel is ideally located in the heart of the city, giving you easy access to some of the top attractions and things to do in the area. Use our calendar of events to plan your trip itinerary and discover the best local events happening during your stay.

“Amplified: Chicago Blues”

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“Amplified: Chicago Blues”

From Saturday, April 7, 2018 to Tuesday, April 10, 2018 April 7, 2018 April 10, 2018 Hotel Blake

Photographer Raeburn Flerlage documented Chicago blues musicians performing in the city in the ‘50s and ‘60s, providing an intimate look at some of the genre's biggest stars. "Amplified: Chicago Blues" sifts through a collection of than 1000 of Flerlage's images, including photos of Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor and Muddy Waters. If you want to travel back in time to an era when blues clubs ruled the city, this is the peek into the past you've been searching for.

Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park