DETAILS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE WILL EMAIL ANY CHANGES TO ARTISTS.
Exhibitor Information
Check-in and Load-in Times
Artists can set up either Friday evening or Saturday morning per the schedule below.
Friday, June 26
Flight One: 6pm-7pm
- Booths 9-32, 97.5-119. Strict Drop and Drive. Set-up may continue as long as you need.
Flight Two: 7:30pm- 8:30pm
- Booths 36-58.5. Strict Drop and Drive. Set-up may continue as long as you need.
Flight Three: 8:30pm-9pm
- Booths 1-8, 121, 187-191. Strict Drop and Drive: These artists can stage on the sidewalk until 8:30pm as long as their car is not on the festival grounds. Artists can use Beaubien Street. No tents/art on the street until 8:30pm. Set-up may continue as long as you need.
Flight Four: 9pm – 9:30pm
- Booths 59-65. Set-up may continue as long as you need.
Check-in will be closed at 9:30pm. Artists who want to come after check-in closes must call our festival phone (847-238-2242) to notify us during check-in hours.
Saturday Morning, June 27: 6am-8am
- All Artists. Vehicle entry as allowed. Check-in will close at 8am.
Artist Booth Numbers
click here for aRTIST BOOTH NUMBERs
We made every attempt to fill special requests. Booth numbers are subject to change. We will notify you of any changes.
Check-In Location
Check in will be a drive-thru check in on Lake Street, right off of Michigan Avenue. Go to the corner of Michigan Avenue and Lake Street in downtown Chicago. Approximate GPS address is 189 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601. Follow the yellow Artist Check In signs and look for our lime green Amdur Productions’ shirts!
Load-In Instructions
- Pull up by the barricades on Michigan Avenue and Lake Street
- Tell the person at the barricade that you are an artist with the art fair
- Please arrive at the designated flight time! If an artist arrives outside of their designated time, they might be asked to park nearby and come back.
- Stay in the vehicle and an Amdur staff member will come to the vehicle to check-in the artist.
- Drive in slowly with the vehicle’s windows down and hazards on
- Pull up near their booth space
- Unload all of their items to their space WITHOUT setting up their tent
- Park the vehicle
- Come back to the space
- Set-up the booth
**Please do not set up your booth until your car is parked outside of the festival footprint**
Click here for the FESTIVAL MAP
Parking Suggestions
Artist parking is not provided by Amdur Productions.
Vehicles and Trailers 6’ 8” and under:
The Millennium Parking Garage clearance is 6’8″. Trailers can park there if they are detached. It will require a purchase of an additional parking space. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Reservation Link Coming Soon!
Parking Lots with no Height Restrictions:
There is nearby street parking on the west side of Columbus Street that is metered parking. Here are some lots that do not have height restrictions.
- 231 S Wabash
- 328 S Wabash
- 434 S Wabash Ave
- 800 S Wells St.
Please contact the lots for further information.
RV’s: The closest lot we know of is near the McCormick Place at their Marshaling Yard. Here’s more information: https://mccormick.parkingguide.com/rv-parking/
SpotHero Discounted Parking: We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservations app. To reserve your parking spot for the Millennium Art Festival, visit the Millennium Art Festival SpotHero Parking Page.
Sales Tax Form
Storage
Back storage must be tidy and will be behind or to the side of your booth, where space is available.
Tent Weights
Winds can be strong in this area. Please be prepared. Every tent needs to have AT LEAST 70 pounds per tent leg and strong straps or rope to attach the weights to the tent. DO NOT use stretchy bungees. Weight inspections will occur before the festival opens and throughout the festival to keep everyone safe. Any artist who does not meet these requirements will be required to remedy it before the festival opens. Rental weights are available for $50 for two weights. Please let us know if you would like to rent them at least 10 days prior to the art festival.
Corner and Double Space Requirements
An artist with a corner must either have the corner wall open or use the outside wall to display art. Double spaces must be occupied by two 10×10 tents OR one 10×20 tent, unless pre-approved by the festival committee.
Hotel Information
Courtyard Chicago Downtown/ River North
30 E Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611
0.7 Miles from Festival Grounds
$272/night
Book by June 5, 2026 to get this room rate.
Art Festival Gift Cards
To stimulate art buying at the festival, Amdur Productions sells and gives away $25 gift cards to attendees! Please honor the $25 gift card as payment. Patrons must use each $25 gift card in whole and not in part (no change is given). Then fill out your name on the gift card and bring it to an Amdur Productions’ staff member. We will reimburse you the amount with cash right at the festival!
Bring A Water Bottle!
In an initiative to be eco-friendly and reduce our carbon footprint, instead of plastic water bottles, we will have a water refill station in our festival office.
ProPanel Renters
Artists renting our propanels are responsible for their own hanging equipment. Here’s a great resource for ways to hang your artwork: https://www.propanels.com/product-category/hanging-systems/
Are You Demonstrating On Site?
Let us know so we can talk about it in our PR and community outreach!
Purple Ribbon Project
Join Amdur Productions in supporting WINGS Program, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence through housing, advocacy, and education. Artists can pick up a purple ribbon at check-in and place it on select pieces in their booth. If the marked piece sells, the artist donates a portion of the sale to WINGS. Donations can be made at wingsprogram.com/donate—please write “Amdur Productions” when asked how you heard about WINGS. Thank you for participating!
Promote, Promote, Promote!
Use the following hashtags when you post: #MillenniumArtFestival #AmdurProductions
Type these into your post to tag us and the event: @Amdur Productions @Millennium Art Festival
click here for the SHOW LOGO FOR ARTISTS
click here for the fESTIVAL PROMO GRAPHIC – coming soon!
Follow Us on Facebook and Instagram
Make sure you’re following Amdur on social media! Tag us in all your promotional materials leading up to the festival so we can repost them to our community of festival-goers! You can also share our content for the art festivals to make it easy. Access our social accounts here: https://linktr.ee/amdurproductionssocial
Questions?
Before the festival, call our office at 847-926-4300. If you are calling on the day of load-in, call the festival phone at 847-238-2242.