Professional musicians, many of them world-famous, offer free concerts nearly every evening in Millennium Park's beautiful Pritzker Pavilion. This year's schedule includes Bernstein's West Side Story, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Broadway Sings America.
This town on Lake Michigan attracts half a million people to events that include air shows, an arts fair, music, races, the big Cherry Royale Parade and many contests, including pie-eating and pit-spitting.
The city's big food-sampling festival returns to Grant Park, with free dance lessons and free performances on two stages.
The festival in this Swedish town just north of the Twin Cities features fireworks, a car show, children's activities and a parade.
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