I am from the southside of Chicago and as we all know we South Side Irish are proud to be Irish so St. Patrick's Day is a HUGE deal here. They die they river green, a parade and lots of booze.

Then in the summer there is the Taste of Chicago.

In my specific town of Flossmoor there is an annual thing called Flossmoor Fest. And in our neighboring town there is Homewood Days. They are crap as far as I am concerned.