ChicagoFest | |
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![]() 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.