Take in more than flora this holiday, with a rousing Hanukkah concert at the Chicago Botanic Garden to kick off the eight-night celebration. The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band performs two one-hour concerts at Alsdorf Auditorium on December 29. Ticket prices include full access to the Chicago Botanic Garden’s holiday Wonderland Express exhibition featuring a kiddo-pleasing model train to boot.
Winter in Chicago isn’t all Christmas events and holiday markets. The Hanukkah pickings are, admittedly, a bit slimmer for Jewish Chicagoans, but that doesn't mean you can't have eight crazy nights. From klezmer concerts to lighting ceremonies to piles and piles of latkes, Chicago has enough family-friendly holiday magic to keep the candles burning all Hanukkah long.
When is Hanukkah 2016?
This year, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 24 and ends at sundown on January 1.
