Food and Music Lineup Announced for Taste of Chicago 2024

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago on Friday launched the 2024 edition of the Taste of Chicago food and music lineup.

The Taste Festival will take place Sept. 6-8 at Grant Park after being postponed from July for the second year in a row due to NASCAR.

Admission is free and food vendors accept cash and/or credit.

Here’s a list of food vendors. The city says there will also be a variety of food trucks.

• 90 Mile Cuban Cafe
• African Food Palace
• Areeba George
• Arun Thai Restaurant
• Senegalese Badou cuisine
• Panato
• Billy Goat’s Pub
• BJ’s Market & Bakery
• Chicago Food Market
• dog house in chicago
• Xurro Factory
• Coney’s Pizza
• Indian cumin club kitchen
• Donuts Dudes
• Dom Street Eats
• Ellie’s Cheesecake
• Esperanza Kitchen Food
• Franco’s Restaurant
• Franny’s Cafe
• Gabby’s Funnel Cakes
• Harold’s Chicken
• JJ Thai Street Food Restaurant
• Josephine’s cooking
• Lou Malnati’s Pizza Restaurant
• Mano’s Modern Cafe
• More Poppin Chicago Gourmet Popcorn
• Oh and it’s a restaurant
• Bonus Restaurant
• pork chop
• Robinson’s Ribs No. 1,
• Trattoria Sapori
• Seoul Taco
• Star of Siam Thai Restaurant
• Tacotlan
• Tandoor Char House Restaurant
• Original Rainbow Cone
• The only ingredient for restaurants
• Always
• Evolina tamales
• Zeitlin’s delicious food

There will be performances throughout the weekend on the Taste Main Stage, Goose Island Stage and SummerDance Stage for free.

The main stage lineup includes CeeLo Green on Friday, Yahritz y Su Esencia on Saturday, and Atlas Genius on Sunday.

Friday:

• 5pm – Island Princess
• 6pm – John B.
• 7pm – Cielo Green

Saturday:

• 5pm – Nino Augustine
• 6pm – La Donna
• 7pm – Yahritsa and Su Essencia

Sunday:

• 5pm – TBA
• 6pm – Robert DeLong
• 7pm – Genius Atlas

Headline performers on the Goose Island Stage include Toyacoyah on Friday, DJ Hotrod on Saturday, and DJ Iggy on Sunday.

Friday:

• 11am – Country Dance at the Second City
• 2:20 PM – Andrew Sa
• 3:40 PM – Liam Taylor
• 5pm – Elizabeth Moen
• 6:20 PM – Gabatcho
• 7:25 PM – Toyakuya

Saturday:

• 11am – Hilary Banks
• 12:30 PM – DJ Simba
• 2:10 PM – Zia Jenay
• 2:35 PM – T Star Verse
• 3:40 PM – Heavy Crownz
• 5pm – Biwa
• 6:20 PM – Asha Emono
• 7:25pm – DJ Hotrod

Sunday:

• 11am – Paragon
• 12:30 PM – Jamal Smalls
• 2:20 PM – Cubano
• 3:40 PM – Cabeza de Chivo
• 5pm – Apple
• 6:20 PM – MJ Nebreda
• 7:25pm – DJ Iggy

The Chicago SummerDance will also be held near the Buckingham Fountain. The theater will also host Eli Cheesecake’s annual birthday celebration on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Friday, Music by Jo-Z:

• 11:45 AM – Salsa / Laura Flores (La Mecca Dance)
• 12:45 PM – Hustle / Nino DiGiulio (May I Have This Dance)
• 1:45 PM – Flamenco / Amanda Ramirez
• 2:45 PM – Footwork / Mike D. (Creation Global)

Saturday, Music by DJ Miss Balla:

• 12:30pm – Ellie’s Cheesecake Cutting
• 1pm – Bachata/Latin Rhythms
• 2 PM – Bhangra / Ajanta Chakraborty (Bollywood Music & Culture)
• 3pm – Afrobeats / Imanya Detri (Ayodele Druman Dance)
• 4pm – Hip Hop / Natalie (Urbanity Chicago Dance)

Sunday, Rani Music:

• 11:45 AM – Line Dance / Ferro Sagredo (Steadyfast Dance Center)
• 12:45 PM – KPOP / Chemical X
• 1:45 PM – Regional Mexican/Ballet Folklorico Chicago
• 2:45pm – House / Vero Sagredo (Steadyfast Dance Centre)