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shenon1 Sep 6, 2014 8:35 pm
Chicago reference guides
 
Can anyone recommend some good references for finding things to do while in Chicago? In particular, live music. Other pluses are events, attractions, festivals, food. There are, of course, a plethora so I'd like to know which are the best. Timeout, Chicago Reader, Metromix, ChooseChicago..what do the locals use or which are the best?
Thank you!

chgoeditor Sep 7, 2014 11:11 am
For years my go-to site was Metromix, but I think it was a victim of its own popularity...drove me crazy when the "events" listings included every single happy hour at every single bar in town.

I'd probably recommend timeout.com/chicago for event listings.

Sweet Willie Sep 8, 2014 11:01 am
Originally Posted by chgoeditor (Post 23488622)
For years my go-to site was Metromix, but I think it was a victim of its own popularity...drove me crazy when the "events" listings included every single happy hour at every single bar in town.

I'd probably recommend timeout.com/chicago for event listings.
agree with both statements, I'm also a fan of Chicago Reader, listing for music here: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago...ion?oid=846991 but they have arts & culture as well.

gretchendz Sep 8, 2014 4:28 pm
What They Both Said plus
 
I like this site for Theater listings and reviews:

http://www.theatreinchicago.com/

shenon1 Sep 8, 2014 10:59 pm
Excellent, I thought Timeout and Chicago Reader looked pretty good but wasn't sure and I hadn't come across TheatreinChicago yet. I appreciate the feedback.

toomanybooks Sep 9, 2014 9:12 am
Originally Posted by gretchendz (Post 23495412)
I like this site for Theater listings and reviews:

http://www.theatreinchicago.com/
Also www.broadwayinchicago.com is similar in some ways.

And this might be worth a look, though it seems to be winding down for the year: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en...festivals.html


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