Formation | 1989 |
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Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Website | https://www.chicagohumanities.org/ |
The Chicago Humanities Festival is a non-profit organization which hosts an annual series of lectures, concerts, and films in Chicago, Illinois, United States. There are two seasons each year, including a spring festival from April through May, and a longer fall festival from September through November.[1] The festival was started in 1989 by the Illinois Humanities Council and became an independent organization in 1997.[2] Each year of programming is connected to a broader theme and covers a wide variety of topics in the arts, politics and society, and science and technology.[3]