Port Clinton Art Festival | Amdur Productions
It’s not too late to put one of the Midwest’s best art fairs on this week’s calendar.
A highly popular fair that attracts collectors from all over the Chicago area, the annual event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 23-24, 2025.
With more than 200 exhibitors filling downtown Highland Park’s streets and walkways, visitors to this weekend’s Port Clinton Art Festival should allow at least an hour to browse and shop.
There is also a kids area and food vendors so actually expect to spend the morning or afternoon here.
Deer Path Art League – Art Fair on the Square
A long-running, free annual event, the fair returns to Lake Forest’s historic Market Square, Aug 31-Sept 1, 2025 for its 70th year. Sponsored by the Deer Path Art League, it is a juried event that attracts artists from across the country.
See more than 120 exhibitors ranging from glass, ceramics, painting and photography to digital art, fiber, metal, jewelry, metal, sculpture & wood.
Art of the written kind fills downtown Chicago’s South Dearborn Street from Ida B. Wells to Polk Street, Sept. 6 -7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is free but speakers and programs are still in the works so go to https://printersrowlitfest.org/speakers/ for updates.
Jodie Jacobs