Preview Night Friday 11/14 6 - 9 pm
Public Hours Saturday 11/15 11 am - 6 pm
Public Hours Sunday 11/16 11 am - 6 pm
Free and open to everyone.
FAIR HOURS
Art books and prints can be handmade, off-set printed, letter pressed, screen printed, photocopied or risographed. Vendors may have traditional books, magazines, journals, zines, stickers, posters with content that ranges across art and literary media including fiction, poetry, photography, drawing and illustration. Art book fairs are a great opportunity to support small presses and publishers, independent businesses, and individual artists.
WHAT WILL I SEE AT THE FAIR
Hotel 55 is located at 55 E. Ontario, one block west of the Mag Mile in the River North neighborhood. The Redline Grand stop is 2 blocks away and there are many bus routes. There is metered street parking in the immediate area, an hourly parking lot at Ohio and Wabash, and we offer a $35 valet each day of the event in front of the hotel.
TRANSPORTATION + PARKING
Here, of course! Hotel 55 (formerly 21c Chicago) is regularly listed in the top 10 of city hotels. Make a weekend of it and take your time visiting our vendors each day of the Fair.
Use this booking link to secure your stay for $169 a night.
WHERE TO STAY
The Fair is free and open to the public, but our vendors would love it if you bought the cool stuff they brought. Each vendor will have their own method of accepting payment for their goods. Most will accept credit/debit cards, but cash is a safe bet and there is an ATM in the building.
HOW TO PAY FOR STUFF
We love your pets at Hotel 55. We are a pet-friendly hotel. But please bear in mind that the Fair can get very crowded, and your pet may not appreciate the book-loving crowds as much as we do.
PET FRIENDLY
The Fair is on the 2nd floor of the hotel, accessible via an elevator on the first floor or via a staircase near the front desk. There is a single, all-gender bathroom on the 2nd floor in addition to those marked M and W. Please reach out to us if you have specific accessibility questions.
ACCESSIBILITY AT HOTEL 55
HOTEL 55
55 East Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-660-6100