Award-winning art festival production company Amdur Productions announced its 27-event festival season, with many events taking place throughout Chicago’s North Shore.
The company is celebrating 42 years of producing some of the most respected and popular juried art festivals. Founder Amy Amdur said she was inspired while first exhibiting her own work at local art shows and wanted to create more opportunities for artists to feel accomplished.
“The thrill of showcasing my art and realizing that someone wanted to buy it sparked something in me,” Amdur said. “That moment planted the seed for Amdur Productions. I wanted other artists to experience that same excitement.”
Sind its inception in 1983, Amdur and her team have produced more than 1,000 festivals and events, some of which earning top industry awards and recognition. Visitors at the festivals can explore and purchase artwork across a wide range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, glass, metal and more.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to kick off our 42nd season!” Amdur said. “Beloved events like the Gold Coast Art Fair, Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival, Port Clinton Art Festival and Art at the Glen are returning, along with exciting new additions like Arts on Sheridan in Highland Park, Hinsdale’s Fourth for All: Family Festival & Art Fair and the Southport Art Fest. The artists are eager to get
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started, and so are we!”
The season’s full schedule of art festivals includes:
Deer Park Art Show: Deer Park, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4
- 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday
Northbrook Art in the Park: Northbrook, Illinois (Mother’s Day Weekend)
- Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Lincoln Roscoe Art & Craft Fair: Chicago, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18
- 10 am to 6 pm Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm Sunday
Barrington Art Festival: Barrington, Illinois (Memorial Day Weekend)
- Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Deerfield Art Festival: Deerfield, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Gold Coast Art Fair: Chicago, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
- *$15 per person (children ages 12 and under are free)
Arts on Sheridan: Highland Park, Illinois – New Show (Father’s Day Weekend!)
- Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Bayshore Makers Market: Glendale, Wisconsin
- Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22
- 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday
The Magnificent Mile™ Art Festival: Chicago, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Millennium Art Festival: Chicago, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Fourth for All: Family Festival & Art Fair: Hinsdale, Illinois – New Show (4th of July!)
- Friday, July 4
- 10 am to 4 pm
Lincolnshire Art Festival: Lincolnshire, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Southport Art Fest: Chicago, Illinois – New Show
- Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13
- 10 am to 7 pm Saturday and 10 am to 6 pm Sunday
Whitefish Bay Art Fest: Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
- Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Glencoe Festival of Art: Glencoe, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Art at the Glen: Glenview Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Wilmette Art Fair: Wilmette, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Burr Ridge Art Fair: Burr Ridge, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Printer’s Row Art Fest: Chicago, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival: Evanston, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17
- 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday
Port Clinton Art Festival: Highland Park, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, August 23 and 24
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Third Ward Art Festival: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Labor Day Weekend)
- Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Art on the Fox: Algonquin, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Highwood Arts, Crafts & Drafts: Highwood, Illinois – New Show
- Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14
- 11 am to 7 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday
Woodstock Art Fair on the Square: Woodstock, Illinois
- Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21
- 10 am to 5 pm both days
Bayshore Makers Market: Glendale Wisconsin – New Fall Show
10 and to 5 pm on Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday
Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12
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