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Lollapalooza 2015

Come to Chicago for Lollapalooza 2015 and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! OMG! Is there any alternative music act NOT playing at Lollapalooza? How about: Mighty Oaks, Daye Jack, The Jimmies, Slaptop, Spookyland, Father John Misty, Coasts, Kyle Thorton & the Company, Mista Cookie Jar & The […]

Chicago Food Truck Fest

Eat your heart out at the Chicago Food Truck Fest May 30, and recover from your cramps at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Just what you needed: Not one food truck across from your work, but over twenty food trucks lined up with all your favorites! This year’s vendors […]

Brookfield Zoo “Boo! at the Zoo.”

Come for the boos and stay for the animals at the Brookfield Zoo’s Boo! at the Zoo, October 18-19 or 25-26, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Boo at the Zoo invites the spooks and monsters at your house to howl with the monkeys and yowl with […]

American Music Festival

Celebrate our nation’s birthday with musical fireworks at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub’s American Music Festival, July 2-5, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Fitzgerald’s Nightclub is a Chicago area and national treasure, featuring an eclectic lineup of music acts and good food and drink! The American Music Festival celebrates […]

Fitzgeralds

How about a May date night out at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Oak Park and a stay at Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside? Fitzgerald’s Nightclub is regularly ranked in the Top Ten list of Chicagoland night spots. Where else can one go for country and western, jazz, folk and blues, with nationally known music […]

Morton Arboretum

Looking for a family spring outing? Spend a long weekend exploring The Morton Arboretum and stay at the affordable and nearby Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Your children will enjoy “Bird is the Word,” a Saturday program in which kids match bird moms to bird babies, play with nest materials, and make a […]

Frank Lloyd Wright Tour

For some Wright Stuff, take a Frank Lloyd Wright Tour in Oak Park and stay at the affordable and nearby Best Western Plus Hillside Hotel! Frank Lloyd Wright began his quest to develop a new order of American Architecture in Chicago and the nearby suburb of Oak Park. Wright designed more than 1,000 buildings, with many of […]

Brookfield Zoo

Enjoy a Brookfield Zoo weekend getaway! Bring the family for spring fun as Brookfield Zoo offers some very special April events. Ape Awareness Weekend, April 5-6, celebrates apes, their plight in the wild, and the need for their conservation. Join Brookfield Zoo staff for ape-related activities inside Tropic World and to help support ape conservation. […]

Garfield Park Conservatory

Visit the Garfield Park Conservatory’s annual Spring Flower Show running through May 11, where you can enjoy and savor dazzling colors, tropical warmth and exotic scents, all in one place! Enjoy hundreds of spring flowering annuals and perennials. Walk among azaleas, camellias and hydrangeas, and feel winter’s chill fade away. The Garfield Park Conservatory, considered […]

Chicago Navy Pier

Chicago is a city with many attractions and events. Each year thousands upon thousands of tourists visit our beautiful city to experience all that the Windy City is famous for including some twenty-one miles of lakefront shoreline. Located along Lake Michigan’s picturesque shore, Chicago’s Navy Pier offers visitors a fun, family friendly experience.  Since its […]