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Garfield Park Spring Flower Show

Bring the family to the Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show through May 13, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The Garfield Park Observatory Spring Flower Show, Hash Tag No Filter will blanket you with blooms and fill your senses with color and perfume! Wander through azaleas, […]

Bacon Fest

Come to Bacon Fest Chicago at the UIC Pavilion April 6-7, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Did you know that March is Bacon Month? Bacon Fest allows you to visit food booths from well-known Chicago restaurants and sample bacon-favored dishes! You get a Bacon Fest: Guide […]

Good Food EXPO at UIC Pavilion

Come to Chicago for the Good Food EXPO March 23-24, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The Good Food EXPO is sponsored by Family Farmed, a national leader in building the Good Food movement and developing regional, sustainable food systems. Its annual Good Food EXPO — America’s […]

Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival

Come to the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival at different venues March 21-25, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Wednesday, March 21, the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival kicks off at Fitzgerald’s Night Club in Berwyn with Mary Lane and the No Static Blues Band. Mary Lane […]

Steve Winwood in Concert

Bring your love to see British rock legend Steve Winwood at the Chicago Theatre February 22, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Steve Winwood has played with rock gods Eric Clapton, Traffic, Blind Faith and Ginger Baker’s Air Force. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll […]

Chicago Urban Shopping Cart Race

Bring a team of friends and family to Chicago for the CHIditarod (Chicago Urban Shopping Cart Race) March 3, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The CHIditarod, is an annual race through the Wicker Park and Ukrainian Village Chicago neighborhoods. The date of the event coincides with […]

Pink at the United Center

Come to Chicago’s United Center to see pop diva Pink March 9-10, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The pride of Philadelphia, Alecia Beth Moore morphed into rock star Pink, after Mr. Pink of “Reservoir Dogs,” and rocked to stardom. She was performing in girl bands in […]

Bono Bros Band with Hambone Cameran and Fran Banish

Come to Fitzgerald’s Night Club in Berwyn for the annual Bono Bros Band Valentine’s Show February 10, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If you like Blues and Rock and Roll, the Bono Bros Band is for you. Appearing with the band for this charity concert (American […]

Disney on Ice at the United Center

Bring the kiddies to see Disney On Ice at Chicago’s United Center Jan. 31-Feb. 4, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! This year’s Disney on Ice Show is Dare to Dream. Celebrate what’s possible as the adventures of five daring Disney movie heroines spark the courage inside […]

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat

Come to the Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook to see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” Jan. 18-March 25, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” was the first so-called rock opera written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. […]