Argyle Night Market

08/28/2025

As the Argyle Night Market draws to a close, we will once again be honoring the memory of John Vietnam Nguyen (JVN), a Hip Hop artist who tragically lost his life saving a friend from drowning. Each year, his friends keep his legacy thriving with a concert at the final night market. JVN accomplished so much with a positive attitude that inspired and encouraged youth and adults alike. Join us for JVN Night as several youth performers, hip hop artists, and friends of John will be taking the stage in his memory. One life, one love.

Join us tonight for Argyle Night Market + JVN Night!

08/19/2025

Back for Round 2 at the Argyle Night Market - August 21st:

5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
DJ Biew – Groove of Thai Traditional Music

6:15pm - Thailand Beats Parade and Cultural Performances by the Academy of Thai Classical Music & Dance of Wat Dhammaram Chicago

7:15pm - Thai Folk Instrument and House Music by nurr

08/14/2025

It's going to be a beautiful night on Argyle! Don't miss out on this week's entertainment:

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ENTERTAINMENT:

5:45 PM – 6:30 PM
Aloha Center of Chicago
A unique innovative and upscale multi-media resource cultural center dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Native Hawaiian & South Pacific Arts

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Poems While You Wait
A collective of poets & their manual typewriters whose mission is to appear around the city in public places - street festivals, museums, libraries, theaters, & events - to provide their patrons with a magical, unexpected, unpretentious, & decontextualized encounter with poetry. No requested topic is too big or too small, too funny or too sad, too silly or too serious.
$10 donation per poem - special offer: the first 10 visitors to stop by will receive their poems for free!

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
CHICAGO DRUM FESTIVAL
The Chicago Drum Festival is a multi-cultural arts program showcasing drumming traditions from around the world. This collaborative performance strives to expand the awareness and appreciation of diverse musical traditions that exist beyond Western music.
Programs: (1) Korean drumming by KPAC, (2) Brazilian music by Chicago Samba, (3) African drumming by Ayodele Drum & Dance, (4) Japanese Taiko by Tsukasa Taiko, and (5) Jam by all musicians.

08/08/2025

Thanks to everyone who made it out to last night's Argyle Night Market! We hope you can join us next week for Argyle Night Market - August 14th - featuring the Chicago Drum Festival! Don't forget to RSVP for free to be entered into our weekly prize drawing: https://bit.ly/argyleRSVP

08/07/2025

Have you RSVP'd for tonight's Argyle Night Market - August 7th? This week (and every week), you can RSVP for free for a chance to win an Uptown prize package with a gift card to a local Argyle business, fun Argyle gifts, and Uptown swag! Congrats to a few of our winners so far pictured here. RSVP now: https://bit.ly/argyleRSVP

07/31/2025

Tonight marks the halfway point of the 2025 Argyle Night Market season! Be sure to join us for what is shaping up to be our coolest Thursday night yet - in every sense of the word. 😎 Live entertainment presented by HAIBAYÔ, lion and lotus dances by CMAA, plenty of food and retail vendors, new Argyle Night Market tees, and more! Don't forget to RSVP for free this week (and every week) to be entered in our weekly prize package drawing: https://bit.ly/argyleRSVP

07/30/2025

Don’t forget to RSVP - for FREE - for your chance to win an Uptown Prize package! All RSVPs submitted now through 9pm this Thursday are eligible for this week’s prize drawing.

07/24/2025

🌧️ Argyle Night Market Canceled Tonight Due to Weather 🌧️

Due to the forecast of severe weather, we are canceling tonight’s Argyle Night Market (Thursday, July 24) to ensure the safety of our vendors, performers, and attendees.
We know how much this community looks forward to the Market each week, and we’re just as disappointed. We’ll be back next Thursday with more food, music, and fun on Argyle Street.
Thank you for your understanding—stay safe and dry tonight!

07/16/2025

Great piece from the Chicago Sun-Times on the Argyle Night Market! We hope all of our can join us for one or more night markets this season. Every Thursday in July & August, 5-9pm on Argyle between Kenmore & Sheridan. Details for this week can be found at Argyle Night Market - July 17th. Big thanks to Choose Chicago for being our Presenting Sponsor of this year's market.

Chicago’s only weekly festival launched in 2013 to ‘take back the streets,’ and will run this summer until Aug. 28.