9:00 am - 2:00 pm 🍺 Pride Brunch at Guinness OGB
Guinness Open Gate Brewery, 901 W. Kinzie St., Chicago 312-989-0599 🗺️
Join us for a vibrant celebration of Pride filled with music, color, and community. Guests can enjoy special brunch offerings alongside a limited-time Pride Beer, plus take home limited-edition Pride stickers. A portion of proceeds will support a local charity, making it a celebration with purpose.
Reservations here.

12:00 - 5:00 pm 🍺 2026 Sour Beer Fest
Delilah's, 2771 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago 773-472-2771 🗺️
Join us for our annual tasting of Lambic & Sour Beers - Gueuze, Kriek, Gose, Flanders Red!
Boon, Cantillon, Chapeau, Drie Fonteinen, Girardin, Goose Island, Hanssens, Is/was, Prairie, Lindemans, Old Irving, Pipeworks, Midwest Coast, Oud Beersel, New Belgium, Marz,, Rodenbach, Moderne Dune, Cascade, Three Floyds, The Bruery, Une Année, and more!

12:00 - 8:00 pm 🍺 Blue Island Finale: Garage Sale Weekend
Blue Island Beer Company, 13357 Olde Western Ave., Blue Island, IL (708) 954-8085 🗺️
BLUE ISLAND BEER CO. GARAGE SALE WEEKEND (Saturday & Sunday)
After 11 unforgettable years, we’re clearing out the brewery and opening the doors one more time for a BIBCo Garage Sale.
Come grab brewery memorabilia, vintage signage, branded glassware, tap handles, decor, equipment, merch, oddities, and pieces of Blue Island Beer Co. history before they’re gone forever.
We’ll also be pouring the final batches of what’s left on tap:

• Vienna Amber Lager
• English Manor Brown Ale
  
• Hard Luck IPA
• Guest beers

12:00 - 4:00 pm 🍺 Pride Maker's Market at Brother Chimp Brewing
Brother Chimp Brewing, 1059 W. Orchard Rd, North Aurora, IL (630) 800-1724 🗺️
Join us for the Brother Chimp Pride Maker's Market on 6/6/2026. Unique artists, talented makers and craft beer!
Family friendly and free to attend, this event is an afternoon of shopping, craft beer and good times. This isn't your usual craft show; it's an amazing hybrid of art market, bazaar, craft show and maker's paradise.
We have several local artists showcasing their handmade items and artwork. The variety will include the awesome, the weird, the unique, the bizarre, the bright, the dark, the clean and the sweet. Things you are proud to own, and other things you may want to keep from anyone else.
In whatever you are looking for, this market is a great place to start looking for it. So much talent, and so many things. Lots of great beer options and hoping for great weather too!
This is a Streetz Artz Alliance show and if you like these kinds of events that support local and small businesses and breweries, please follow the Alliance.
Come one, come all! Invite your friends, tell your neighbors about it and plan to attend this amazing event supporting small businesses and artists alike!
Final Artist List here.

12:00 - 7:00 pm 🍺 Three Avenues Pop-Up Book Fair
Beermiscuous, 2812 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago 773-698-6824 🗺️
Join Beermiscuous and Three Avenues Bookshop for our second Silent Book Club Book Fair, where great books and great beer come together! We'll be highlighting LGBTQIA+ voices and books from our Summer Reading Challenges!
Come grab a beer, browse a wide selection of books, and enjoy a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. We’ll have something for everyone, including:
 • Board books for little readers
 • Children’s and middle grade favorites
 • Popular adult fiction titles
 • High fantasy adventures
 • Nonfiction reads, and more!
Whether you're shopping for yourself, your kids, or looking for the perfect gift, you’re sure to find something you love. All ages.

12:00 pm 🍺 BHBC Beer Release
Black Horizon Brewing Co., 7560 S. Quincy St., Willowbrook, IL (630) 413-4964 🗺️
This Friday we are mixing it up with another one off Hazy IPA draft keg!
Strawberry Cyclone - Hazy IPA w/ strawberries, coconut cream, vanilla ABV: 6%
The legends of Happy Times Snack Shack Food Truck will be here 5-9pm!!

12:30 - 1:30 pm 🍺 Olympic Running Club
The Olympic Tavern, 2327 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 815-962-8758 🗺️
Welcome Rockford beer runners to the new Olympic Running Club!
Join us every FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH at Noon for our monthly Olympic Running Club meetup (formerly known as Mikkeller Running Club). As always, we will assemble at The Olympic Tavern (doors open at noon) and there will be THREE routes to choose from.
Runners will take off around 12:30 and afterwards, we will convene back at The Olympic -- all runners get our employee discount (50% off) on any appetizer on our menu!
This is a very low key, non-competitive fun/beer run, so please, bring a friend. There is NO fee to participate, this is NOT a race, and people of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to join.

1:00 - 4:00 pm 🍺 Boozy Book Fair!
Macushla Brewing Co., 1516 E. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL (847) 730-5199 🗺️
New Book Joy returns Saturday for another Boozy Book Fair!
From 1-4pm, sip Macushla beer and shop a large selection of the books courtesy of @newbookjoy. 
Visit New Book Joy for details 

1:00 - 5:00 pm 🍺 Mundelein Craft Beer Festival
Courtland Commons, 400 E Courtland St, Mundelein, IL  🗺️
The Craft Beer Festival is an annual community favorite that brings together two dozen local craft breweries, beer lovers, and neighbors for an afternoon of tastings, live music, and food. 
Featuring dozens of breweries from the Chicagoland area, the event offers a relaxed, outdoor atmosphere with seating, local vendors, and entertainment, all while supporting community programs and downtown vitality.
Brewers' list and tickets ($55.20) here.

1:30 - 3:30 pm 🍺 USA vs Germany Friendly Game Watch Party
Riverlands Brewing Co., 1860 Dean St. Unit A, St. Charles, IL (630) 549-6293 🗺️
It's the lead-up to the big cup! Come watch this "friendly" match between Team USA and Germany, live from Soldier Field! Grab a hot, stuffed pretzel by Chuck, a pint of your favorite brew, and watch the match with us!

2:00 pm 🍺 Terrier Meetup and Farewell to IBW with You Enjoy My Band
Illuminated Brew Works, 6186 N. Northwest Hwy., Chicago (708) 669-7287 🗺️
Got a Boston Terrier in your life that you love? Bring them out and let them hang out with other Boston Terriers.
The event supports ONE TAIL AT A TIME
Brenda’s ChiBakes will be serving a whole selection of sweet treats all day as well!!
As you may have heard, Illuminated Brew Works is closing, but not before we celebrate with you all.
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Join You Enjoy My Band for one more night of Phish tunes and fresh craft brews. Illuminated Brew Works hosted our first gig, and we’re honored to be part of their home stretch of live music programming.
Doors at 9:00, music at 10:00
FREE SHOW
Come thirsty. Tip your bartenders well. Buy a few six packs to go. Let’s show IBW how much we appreciate them.

2:00 - 9:00 pm 🍺 Oath Day XIV — West Coast or Death
Solemn Oath Taproom, 1661 Quincy Ave. #179, Naperville IL (630) 995-3062 🗺️
The grandest gathering of guest beer, fine food, & light times in Solemn Oath history. Advance tickets on sale now! 
Snaggle 3:16 says crack a beer and get yourself to Oath Day. Saturday, June 6, we celebrate 14 years with West Coast beers from friends, top-rope wrestling energy, & the biggest lineup of guest beer & food vendors we have ever had.
The Maaaaain Event: Pro Wrestling By Warrior Wrestling 
We’re back in our attitude era for an Oath Day XIV smack down with none other than the Warrior Wrestling wrecking crew. If you’re ready for a sip stealing, wheeling dealing, beer crushing, high flying, styling profiling son of a good time…. GIMME A HELL YEAH!!
The Beer: 15 Guest Breweries, West Coast Rips 
The largest assemblage of friends we've ever brought together is the fuel that makes the Oath Day XIV fire burn extra bright this year. In addition to the full might of the Solemn Oath, Hidden Hand, City Water, & Stay Blue beverage arsenal, we've scored kegs from 15 brewery friends with heavy left coast leans. Check the list & be sure to grab your Ringside Pour Pass upgrade(s) to get eight samples from our us & our friends...
Brothership 🍻Cerebral 🍻 Eris 🍻Foreign Exchange 🍻 Hop Butcher 🍻 Lost Abbey  🍻Mikerphone 🍻 Old Irving 🍻 Riverlands 🍻 Roaring Table 🍻 Skeleton Key 🍻 Streetside 🍻 Supermoon 🍻 Tighthead 🍻 Xül
*brewery lineup subject to change* 
The Nosh — The Oath Day Food Court! 
No Oath Day would be complete without proper eats. This year, the gluttonous grind is set to match the insanely rad West Coast energy flowing from the taps with full stacked set. From dumplings to tacos to oysters to In-N-Oath burgers to life-changing churro nuggz, these eats truly can't be beat.
Good Omen Gyoza • Milo's Market • Mooncusser Raw Bar • Natties & Patties • Señor Churro
The Upgrade: Eight Samples for $30 
This is the way to a most epic Oath Day. When you secure your Oath Day entry tickets, be sure to add a Ringside Pour Pass (or two) for you & your crew. The Pour Pass guarantees each pass holder eight 5oz pours of your choosing from guest & Solemn Oath/Hidden Hand beer lineup. This is your best shot at tasting as many of our guest beers as possible as the guest taps will only be sold as individual full pours the day of the event.
Deadeye Company members, check your email for your discounted ticket links!

5:00 - 8:00 pm 🍺 East Dundee Firefighters Association Meat Raffle
Black & Gray Brewing Co., 311 Barrington Ave., East Dundee, IL (224) 484-8200 🗺️
The East Dundee Firefighters Association is excited to invite you out for a night of fun, food, and plenty of chances to win some amazing meats — including lots of bacon!
Bring your friends, family, and enjoy a great evening supporting your local firefighters. Whether you’re coming for the raffles, the laughs, or just a good time, there’s something for everyone!
Bonus: Duke’s BBQ will be on-site with a pop-up from 5PM–8PM, serving up some incredible food you won’t want to miss!
We can’t wait to see you there — come hungry and ready to have some fun!

5:00 - 9:30 pm 🍺 BEER, BOURBON, BBQ Fest
Bulldog Park, 183 S. West St., Crown Point, IN  🗺️
Beer, Bourbon, BBQ Fest (previously known as Beer, Bacon, Bourbon Fest) returns with a new twist on an old favorite .... BBQ! Fest favorites include the unlimited samples you love including 40+ craft beer, wine & spirits vendors. Expect the same high-energy entertainment from ICONS OF COUNTRY tribute band (featuring Kenny Chesney, Lainey Wilson & Jason Aldean) and BBQ for purchase from Off Square Brewing, Smoke on the Water BBQ, Blue Collar Bros & Southern Roots BBQ.
General Admission ($59) ~ Includes 6:00 entrance, unlimited sampling, tasting cup & entertainment.
VIP ($99) ~ Includes everything GA plus 5:00 entrance, exclusive pours, swag bag & BBQ samples from each food vendor (Off Square Brewing, Smoke on the Water BBQ, Blue Collar Bros, & Southern Roots BBQ). Your vote will crown the BEST BBQ winner!
Designated Driver ($25) ~ Entrance from 5:00 on, non-alcoholic drink options & entertainment.
This isn't just a fest - it's an experience! Grab your tickets, bring your crew & get ready for our biggest year yet!

5:00 - 11:00 pm 🍺 Summer Block Party (Construction's Done)
Lake Bluff Brewing Co., 16 E. Scranton Ave., Lake Bluff, IL (224) 544-5179 🗺️
We are shutting down Scranton Ave. and having a live band. Beer, drinks, and food will be available on the street for purchase. You can sit outside the brewery or bring a blanket/lawn chair and sit in The Village Green.

6:00 - 9:00 pm 🍺 Werk Hard, Pride Hard - 5th Annual Pride Event
Werk Force Brewing, 14903 S. Center St., Plainfield, IL 815-531-5557 🗺️
Werk Force Brewing celebrates 5 YEARS in collaboration with Plainfield Pride to bring you an evening to kick off Pride month Saturday June 6!
Join us for a fun-filled Drag Show
Doors: 6pm • Show: 7pm • Last Call: 9pm
$30 ticket includes one 10oz Regular Tap Beer, Cider or Soda
(a portion of ticket sales goes directly to Plainfield Pride)
This is a 21 and Over Event
Tickets are non-refundable - DO NOT BUY TICKETS FROM ANYONE ONLINE
Bar is Card Only - Bring cash for the show (no ATM available)

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