Showcases the work of solo performing artists.

Participate in this premiere Chicago event, produced by the Chicago Festival Association.

Version is a Chicago festival focused on emerging art, technology, and social activism. It's themes include: conceptual art strategies, innovative social practices, creative uses of new technologies, emerging activist/artist initiatives, public interventions and DIY projects.

Founded by John Schmitz and Fred Solari in 1995, this five-week annual festival features more than 250 individual acts and over 2,500 artists. Held in November at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport. Applications, due June 1, are available online.

Blends all forms of art, dance, text, music and visual art into performances that capture and stimulate the mind. Also offers a Multicultural family program.

An annual fall concert series presenting 16 of Chicago's finest modern dance artists and companies. Curated by invitation-only.

World-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policymakers, artists, and performers have gathered each November at Chicago's many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas.

The oldest outdoor music festival in North America. Lauded for presenting world-class music, it also hosts noted dance companies.

DanceAfrica Chicago, the largest festival of African and African-American arts and culture in North America. Produced by the Office of Community Arts Partnerships at Columbia College Chicago. Uses the language of music and dance to expand the understanding and influence of African heritage on world cultures through education and the performing arts.

SoleStance is a yearly dance festival that showcases Chicago's emerging dancers and choreographers in a format that appeals to seasoned dance enthusiasts as well as audience members new to the dance show experience.