Music festival created by Chicago mayor Michael Bilandic
ChicagoFest
ChicagoFest at Navy Pier
Status
Defunct
Genre
Music Festival
Frequency
Annual
Location(s)
Navy Pier (1978–82) Soldier Field (1983) Chicago, Illinois
Country
United States
Years active
1978–1983
People
Mayor Michael Bilandic
ChicagoFest was a Chicago music festival established in 1978 by Mayor Michael Bilandic. It was a two-week event held annually at Navy Pier that featured sixteen separate stages, each sponsored by a national retail brand and a media sponsor compatible to the stage's format, e.g. Rock WLUP, Chicago Tribune Jazz, Miller Brewing Company Blues and WXRT, that broadcast live from the festival. The stages were: Rock, Classic Rock, Country, Blues, Comedy, Roller Disco, Pin Ball Arcade, Jazz, Children's, Variety, Ethnic, as well as a Main stage seating 30,000. There were approximately 600 concert performances by headline artists produced each year.
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