Get Loopy!
Prep for all-night bash Looptopia with our hour-by-hour guide

Sure, you've seen some ho-hum signs on the "L" touting this Looptopia thing. But what is it? And what's all the fuss about? Well, start thinking big--really big.

Looptopia is America's first "white night"-style bash, modeled after all-night spectacles in Paris (Nuit Blanche), Rome (La Notte Bianca), Madrid (La Noche en Blanco) and other cultural capitals around the world. The party kicks off at 5 p.m. and rages past dawn with more than 125 performances at 35 Loop venues. Looptopia's producers, the Chicago Loop Alliance, expect more than 100,000 people to attend the juiced-up block bash; nearly all events, exhibits and performances are free.



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