Tradeshows in Chicago

A year of shows in Chicago

Chicago's calendar covers a mix of anchor shows rather than one dominant industry. RSNA Annual Meeting and ASM Microbe sit alongside PACK EXPO International and Supply Chain USA. SHRM Annual Conference & Expo and the ACSM International Health & Fitness Summit round out the calendar, along with the Chicago Auto Show and Coffee Fest Chicago. Each show occupies a distinct spot on the calendar rather than overlapping with the others, which makes the anchor list a useful map of the city's range even though it is not long.

Season and venue

June is the busiest listed month, with smaller clusters in October, March, April, and November. Several of the anchor shows, including RSNA Annual Meeting and PACK EXPO International, run through McCormick Place, one of the venues repeated most often across Chicago's tracked listings.

Choosing a show

Coffee, healthcare & life sciences, pharmaceutical, automotive & mobility, human resources, and HVAC each have a single tracked listing in Chicago, so the calendar favors a handful of anchor events over breadth across many small shows. That makes Chicago a strong stop for someone already committed to attending the specific anchor show in their field, and a less obvious choice for browsing across unrelated categories in one trip. Because June already draws more listed shows than any other month, a trip planned around that month is likely to land near more than one Chicago event, while a visit later in the year is more likely to center on a single anchor show. Attendees can use the Healthcare & Life Sciences hub to see how the Chicago dates compare with shows in other cities.