St Lucia

2024 Event Details
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4:45PM | Procession starts at the Museum and goes to Catalpa and Clark
5PM | Performance at the Christmas Tree on Catalpa
7PM | Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W Foster

During the event, children dress up as St. Lucia, wearing crowns of candles, and someone will be crowned this year's Lucia. There will have a performance by the Lucia candidates and a procession on Clark Street by all St. Lucia and Star Boy participants.

Almost every town in Sweden chooses one girl to be that year’s Lucia girl and lead the town’s Lucia parade. The chosen girl wears a white full-length chemise with a red sash around her waist, and a ring of lingonberry sprigs on her head. The wreaths hold real candles, which give the effect of a halo. The Lucia girl is joined by a group of Lucia attendants and Star Boys, who together form a choir that sing Christmas carols and the traditional Lucia Song. Individual families also choose their own Lucia – usually the oldest daughter — whose duties are to sing and serve the family saffron buns and peppakakor.

Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood was first settled as a Swedish farming community after the Great Fire of 1871, when Swedish enclaves on the near north side of Chicago moved further north. Today, Andersonville still honors its Swedish traditions, while hosting a vibrant, diverse community with many cultures.

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Current & Upcoming 2023 Events


Andersonville hosts a robust events calendar. Come explore the neighborhood in wonderful ways. Please email info@andersonville.org if you are ever interested in joining us as a vendor at one of our events or are interested in sponsorship opportunities.

 

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The annual Andersonville Summer Sidewalk Sale is the weekend of July 26 - July 28, 2024. Times will vary, so check your favorite businesses' open and closing times. Summer Sidewalk Sale will include businesses from 4800-5800 N. Clark Street, and adjacent streets up to the alleys.

 

  2024 Participating Locations


Alamo Shoes | 5321 N Clark

Ándale Market | 5232 N Clark

Andersonville Chamber of Commerce | 1554 W Hollywood

Andersonville Galleria | 5247 N Clark

Apothecary EO | 5601 N Clark

Author David Jay Collins | Summerdale & Clark

Buffalo Exchange | 5252 N Clark

Buy the Pound Bakery | Popping up at 5117 N Clark

Chicago Therapy Collective | 5237 N Clark, Floor 2

Chicatolia Artisan Collective | 5209 N Clark

City Olive | 5644 N Clark

Cowboys and Astronauts | 1478 W Summerdale

Dearborn Denim & Apparel | 5202 N Clark

Ellen Baren, @properties Christie's International Real Estate | 5342-44 N Clark

Event Horizon Gallery | 5517 N Clark

ENJOY, An Urban General Store | 5307 N Clark

Fickle Flower Arts | 5342-44 N Clark

Foursided | 5061 N Clark

Full Kit Gear | 5021 N Clark

GL Home Decor | 5225 N Clark

Green Goose Shop | 5238 N Clark

 

Kopi Cafe | 5317 N Clark

Lilla Barn Clothing | 5535 N Clark

Macaron Bar | 5152 N Clark

Mercantile M | 5409 1/2 N Clark

Milk Handmade | 5137 N Clark

Paper & Pencil | 1480 W Berwyn

Philadelphia Church | 5437 N Clark

*play | 5311 N Clark

Rare Form | 5438 N Clark

Rattleback Records | 5405 N Clark

RAYGUN | 5207 N Clark

Salon Aken | 5666 N Clark

Sandbox Baby Boutique | 5349 N Clark

Scout | 5221 N Clark

SHY Salon & Spa | 5671 N Clark

StellaLily | 5305 N Clark

Strange Cargo | 5216 N Clark

Swedish American Museum | 5211 N Clark

Transit Tees | 5226 N Clark

Vase & Vessel | 5135 N Clark

Violet Hawthorne | 5447 N Clark

Winifred Grace | 5632 N Clark

Women & Children First | 5233 N Clark

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