Mark your calendars for these dates to shop, eat, and see performances at the Maxwell Street Market, May through October: Select Sundays May 17, June 7, July 19, August 9, September 13, & October 4, 2026. Maxwell Street between S. Halsted & S. Union Avenue. 10 AM to 3 PM. FREE Admission.
Author Avery Cunningham came to the Maxwell Street Market on October 5th, 2025 to present a book reading and signing. Her novel, The Mayor of Maxwell Street, tells the story of an ambitious Black debutante who enlists a speakeasy manager to help her identify the head of a crime syndicate in Prohibition era Chicago. Her … Read More
On Saturday Oct. 10 and Sunday Oct. 11, 2025, Aretha Sills, the granddaughter of Viola Spolin, will be side-coaching an improvisational acting workshop at the UIC Jane Addams Hull House, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, for actors, educators, directors, and improvisers. Sign up or learn more: click here. Working with immigrants from the Maxwell Street … Read More
SUNDAY JUNE 8TH: DCASE IS PROVIDING A FREE TROLLEY between Maxwell Street Market and the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park from 10:45 – 2:15PM. Trolley will make continuous runs from Maxwell Street (1330 S. Halsted) to Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph Street). AT MILLENNIUM PARK Check out more Blues Music at the Historic Maxwell Street Market, the City’s … Read More
Join us Sunday, May 17th, 2026. The market is free for all ages to attend, and runs from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Maxwell Street Foundation will be there to vend our wares and to chat with you about the history of the Market. Visitors to the Maxwell Street Market will experience an eclectic … Read More
From April through October in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Maxwell Street Foundation will keep a seasonal presence at the New Maxwell Street Market by a history display of photos, books, T-shirts and posters. Shoppers have one-stop shopping at the Market to show their love of Maxwell Street! The Market is open to the public … Read More
“Maxwell Street’s Last Hope” at Uri-Eichen Gallery, 2101 S. Halsted, Chicago, June 10- July 1, 2016 Opening Friday, June 10, 2016 from 6-10 pm with live music: Low-reen & the Maxwell St Market Blues Band, featuring Killer Ray Allison, Rasheed Stewart Muhammad, & Chris Alexander. MAXWELL STREET’S LAST HOPE will explore the meager resources that … Read More
June 11-12, 2016. Join the Maxwell Street Foundation at the famous annual Printers’ Row Book Fair to buy Maxwell Street history publications, including Chicago’s Maxwell Street by Lori Grove and Laura Kamedulski, Arcadia Publishing, Inc., 2002.
August 6, 2016. Join the Maxwell Street Foundation and other arts and culture organizations at Douglas Park Fieldhouse in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Many residents of the old Maxwell Street neighborhood moved to Lawndale?for?upward mobility or due to displacement by urban renewal. This is the first annual festival!