All the entertainment is free.
Cooking Demonstrations from people like Mario Batali, Giada De Laurentiis and Jimmy Bannos – Free.
Music from Bell Biv Devoe, Emily Osment, Los Lonely Boys, Steve Miller Band and more – Free. Kids entertainment, sports teams, local music on two different stages – all free. Did you know that if you visit Dominick’s from June 17 – 24, 2010, you can purchase up to four strips of tickets at a reduced rate of $6 per strip if you show your Fresh Values Card? Did you know there’s an app for Taste? If you have an i-phone, you can download it beginning June 21, 2010. Did you know that Taste started 30 years ago as a one day event on Michigan Avenue? Did you know that visiting Taste right as it opens at 11:00 am is a good way to beat the crowds? Did you know The Heavy, featured at the Illinois Lottery Taste Stage on July 3, 2010, at 4:00 pm, plays that song in the commercial where the toys come alive? Did you know that if you need to be healthy, you can still enjoy Taste by selecting the items chosen by Humana as healthy food choices? Look for the green apple on the menu board. Did you know if you walked from one end of Taste to the other and back again, you have walked 1 ½ miles? Did you know that there are free downtown lunchtime trolleys that take you from the Loop and North Michigan Avenue to Taste and back, saving you precious eating time? Did you know that the ticket booths located south of Buckingham Fountain usually have shorter lines? The 30th Annual Taste of Chicago, June 25-July 4, 2010 in Grant Park.



