Chicago’s Birthday Party
Everyone is invited to celebrate at Chicago’s Birthday Party, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the Geographic Center of Chicago at 3660 S. Honore St., Chicago.
Join members of your community and every fan of the Windy City at the Geographic Center of Chicago sign in front of St. Andrew Lutheran Church to wish Chicago a very Happy Birthday on the 187th day of its founding, including a special guest appearance by Captain Chicago!
Show your pride in our city and share camaraderie with your neighbors as we sing Happy Birthday to Chicago (in four languages!) led by special guests and community leaders. Wear your finest Chicago-specific garb and bring your singing voice and noise makers to celebrate our wonderful city!
6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.:
Neighborly Networking, with complimentary beverages from PepsiCo's 35th Street Station
Music Performance by the Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park band
6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.:
Sing Feliz Cumpleaños, then 祝壽歌-粵語 and 生日快乐, then Happy Birthday to Chicago
Chicago's Birthday Party is an all-volunteer, community-inspired, non-commercial, non-partisan, collectively organized event presented with support of:
- The 12th Ward
- The Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community (CBCAC)
- Captain Chicago
- Cardinho Bakery
- Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park
- Kristoffer's Cakes
- The McKinley Park Civic Association
- The McKinley Park News
- The McKinley Park Underage Drinking and Other Substance Abuse Coalition (McK-UDOS)
- PepsiCo
- St. Andrew Lutheran Church
- William McKinley American Legion Post 231
More information will be added to this event listing as it develops. We invite you to join us as we celebrate Chicago and its 187th Birthday!
