| Date & Time: | Friday, June 27, 2008
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
12:00 PM |
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| Location: |
Lincoln Park 1700 N. Sedgwick Chicago, Il, 60614 view map |
| More Info: | www.myspace.com/peacefreedomfest |
This is the vision: WE are going to create a lively festival featuring a wide variety of local music and performing artists and showcasing the richness of our city’s cultural diversity. I imagine an environment laden with paintings, sculptures, and interactive exhibits and decorated with sensational aesthetic creations. There will be fresh organic food, water, and juice offered to make sure that everyone has all the energy they need to keep on going for three whole days. Everything will be clean and green. The scene will be set in a welcoming and exciting atmosphere where people can feel at ease and relax for a change and enjoy life.
And this is just the beginning of the grand scheme! This is a mission to unify all people in Chicago at on place at one time and share the collective experience of a new realization for a peaceful and vibrant civilization. Unity for a Change is about building a progressive social movement by unifying all communities upon universal values and common goals.
We want to bring together all local social change organizations, unions, political parties, religions, ethnic groups, cultures, and nationalities. This event will offer a social networking opportunity where for three days people will have ample time to meet all of the many distinguished local activists diligently working on a variety of social issues right here in Chicago.
The festival is designed to promote peace, unity, and freedom by empowering each participant of the event with inspiration, progressive ideas, direction, motivation, and a team of wise and skillful friends from Chicago who share the same vision and want to help progress the common goals.
JOIN THE GROUP!!!
This is what is already happening. We are currently in the process of organizing this event! We invite everyone, and that means YOU too, to participate in making this a memorable occasion and to be a part of sharing a prized moment in Chicago history.
Thanks to the fine work by Jim, who has been putting this together for the last 15 years, we already have all the required permits from the Park District for the location along with the stage, lights, and sound systems which are being freely donated to the festival by Jim’s company Rocksteady Stages.
So basically we now have the opportunity to throw a giant party outdoors in the middle of Chicago right by the beach and we are going to have live bands performing from noon till nine. Sounds like fun!
We will be holding regular meetings every two weeks on Sunday at the American Indian Center (1630 W. Wilson) at 6pm. The next meetings for organizing the event will be on March 16 and then on March 30. We want to make this a cooperative project and welcome all people to be involved in the production.
HISTORY
The Chicago Peace and Freedom Festival is one of the longest running completely free / non-profit community festivals in Chicago and has been ongoing for more than 15 years. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WINDY CITY PEACE & HEMP FEST that started on Cricket Hill way back in the day. This year the fest evolved into the Peace and Freedom Festival as a way to be more inclusive of a larger audience and also to showcase a holistic vision of social change.
ACTIVITIES
The festival is known for it’s live sounds and massive drum circles. Come out for a day of free music in the park and dance yourself silly into the night. Bring your hand drums if you got ’em. Also, there are more than enough people ready at any given second to throw around a Frisbee which we will be giving out 200 for free this year! Of course there are going to be people wanting to bust a hack so bring your footbags. And you know the festival is just a quick walk away from the beach so you’re going to want to bring your swimsuit and towel so that you can go take a dip in the lake to cool off. Many people like to bring a chair or even a small tent and grill to really settle into the camp for the full festival experience.
LOCATION
This years festival is being held at LINCOLN PARK just south of the zoo. The approximate address is: 1700 N Stockton Dr., Chicago Il, 60614
The festival grounds are just a quick stroll away from North Avenue Beach by talking the walking bridge over Lake Shore Drive. So make sure to bring your swim suit and towel!
The exact spot of the stage will be located just a tad bit northeast of the corner where Stockton meets LaSalle Dr. This is also right off the North Ave. exit on Lake Shore Drive.
TRANSPORTATION
DO NOT DRIVE TO THE FEST! Really there is pretty much nowhere to park so save yourself a lot of trouble and PLEASE...TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION or else have someone drop you off. There is a pay parking lot directly across the street from the festival on Stockton Drive but it will cost you 25$ a day.
TRAINS:
To get there by train you can take the CTA Brown or Purple Lines and get off at Sedgwick, or the CTA Red Line and get off at the North / Clybourn exit, or the CTA Blue Line and get off at Damen. The Brown and Purple lines are the closest. The Blue Line is the farthest and will be about a 3 mile walk. You can transfer to any CTA train in the loop. What ever train you take, just start heading east towards the lakefront and find Lincoln Park.
And this is just the beginning of the grand scheme! This is a mission to unify all people in Chicago at on place at one time and share the collective experience of a new realization for a peaceful and vibrant civilization. Unity for a Change is about building a progressive social movement by unifying all communities upon universal values and common goals.
We want to bring together all local social change organizations, unions, political parties, religions, ethnic groups, cultures, and nationalities. This event will offer a social networking opportunity where for three days people will have ample time to meet all of the many distinguished local activists diligently working on a variety of social issues right here in Chicago.
The festival is designed to promote peace, unity, and freedom by empowering each participant of the event with inspiration, progressive ideas, direction, motivation, and a team of wise and skillful friends from Chicago who share the same vision and want to help progress the common goals.
JOIN THE GROUP!!!
This is what is already happening. We are currently in the process of organizing this event! We invite everyone, and that means YOU too, to participate in making this a memorable occasion and to be a part of sharing a prized moment in Chicago history.
Thanks to the fine work by Jim, who has been putting this together for the last 15 years, we already have all the required permits from the Park District for the location along with the stage, lights, and sound systems which are being freely donated to the festival by Jim’s company Rocksteady Stages.
So basically we now have the opportunity to throw a giant party outdoors in the middle of Chicago right by the beach and we are going to have live bands performing from noon till nine. Sounds like fun!
We will be holding regular meetings every two weeks on Sunday at the American Indian Center (1630 W. Wilson) at 6pm. The next meetings for organizing the event will be on March 16 and then on March 30. We want to make this a cooperative project and welcome all people to be involved in the production.
HISTORY
The Chicago Peace and Freedom Festival is one of the longest running completely free / non-profit community festivals in Chicago and has been ongoing for more than 15 years. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WINDY CITY PEACE & HEMP FEST that started on Cricket Hill way back in the day. This year the fest evolved into the Peace and Freedom Festival as a way to be more inclusive of a larger audience and also to showcase a holistic vision of social change.
ACTIVITIES
The festival is known for it’s live sounds and massive drum circles. Come out for a day of free music in the park and dance yourself silly into the night. Bring your hand drums if you got ’em. Also, there are more than enough people ready at any given second to throw around a Frisbee which we will be giving out 200 for free this year! Of course there are going to be people wanting to bust a hack so bring your footbags. And you know the festival is just a quick walk away from the beach so you’re going to want to bring your swimsuit and towel so that you can go take a dip in the lake to cool off. Many people like to bring a chair or even a small tent and grill to really settle into the camp for the full festival experience.
LOCATION
This years festival is being held at LINCOLN PARK just south of the zoo. The approximate address is: 1700 N Stockton Dr., Chicago Il, 60614
The festival grounds are just a quick stroll away from North Avenue Beach by talking the walking bridge over Lake Shore Drive. So make sure to bring your swim suit and towel!
The exact spot of the stage will be located just a tad bit northeast of the corner where Stockton meets LaSalle Dr. This is also right off the North Ave. exit on Lake Shore Drive.
TRANSPORTATION
DO NOT DRIVE TO THE FEST! Really there is pretty much nowhere to park so save yourself a lot of trouble and PLEASE...TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION or else have someone drop you off. There is a pay parking lot directly across the street from the festival on Stockton Drive but it will cost you 25$ a day.
TRAINS:
To get there by train you can take the CTA Brown or Purple Lines and get off at Sedgwick, or the CTA Red Line and get off at the North / Clybourn exit, or the CTA Blue Line and get off at Damen. The Brown and Purple lines are the closest. The Blue Line is the farthest and will be about a 3 mile walk. You can transfer to any CTA train in the loop. What ever train you take, just start heading east towards the lakefront and find Lincoln Park.
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