Bronzeville Summer Nights 2025 - Celebrating Community, Commerce, & Culture

Schedule

Sat Oct 11 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Bronzeville | Chicago, IL

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Join us for Bronzeville Summer Nights 2025 where we'll be celebrating & promoting commerce in Bronzeville!!
About this Event

**DATE CHANGE**

BSN 2025, A Fall Fest & Community Celebration on 47th Street

Chicago, the 3rd gathering of the 13th Annual Bronzeville Summer Nights is moving to Saturday, October 11, from 1-5pm

With the construction of the Streetscape Improvement & Upgrades wrapping up on East 47th Street, we’re moving the event date and inviting the whole community to come out and Celebrate 47th Street on October 11th from 1-5pm.

We’ll be dancing in the streets, shopping local, strolling the corridor, and tasting the best of Bronzeville.

DANCE/PERFORMANCE: DJ BLK Soldier, DJ Cisco, DJ Marco, DJ Nonstop, DJ X-Caliber, Honeywater Live, and Javon Watson & The JWE Experience

TASTE: Simply Soups, Salads & Sandwiches, Two Fish Crab Shack, Bronzeville Soul, Turner Häus Brewery

SHOP: Associated Bank, Haven Dental Studio, Ka'Lab Creative Arts Studio, A Lotta Good Stuff, Small Shop Cycles & Service

COMMUNITY: Southside Sanctuary - 4702 S King Dr to join the community bike ride led by Equiticity. Stay tuned for meet up details.

Check-in location for October BSN: South Side Sanctuary public plaza | 4702 S. King Dr.

Be sure to stop at the check-in table and learn how you can enter to win your chance for a $500 gift card!

Bronzeville Summer Nights Bikers: Be on the lookout for new details. The Bike Ride is still on!

We’ll be dancing in the streets, shopping local, and tasting the best of Bronzeville!

Community, Commerce, and Culture come alive in Bronzeville.

By registering for this event, I hereby grant permission to QCDC to use photographs and/or video of me taken in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to the mission of QCDC.

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Bronzeville, Bronzeville, Chicago, United States

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Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC)

Host or Publisher Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC)

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