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The Most Accessible Day of the Year at Navy Pier

ReinventAbility brings disability access and inclusion to Chicago Live!

with free music, theater, and dance performances throughout the Pier

​

Sunday

Sept. 20

Two dancers, left stand-up, right wheelchair, holding hands and dancing Tango. The Wheelchair dancer's left leg is pointed forward and the two are dressed in black.
Two girls volunteering at DisFest at Chicago Live on Navy Pier, sporting event T-shirts.
group of dancers, two in wheelchairs, in front of waving flags and a bright blue sky
DisFest logo! Colorful and fun with abstract dancers in the place of vowels.

FREE
& FUN

DISABILITY

ACCESS

SERVICES

ASL

Access Crew

Audio-Description

CART

Shuttle

Way-finding

Details
Person signing a poem.

SENSORY

WELCOME

STATION

Information

Art Activity

Spin-To-Win

Sensory Break

Details
Child creating art at a table with DisFest staff.

Disability Arts

EVENTS on

the Pier

Wheelchair Dance

Visual Art​

Schedule
A wheelchair dancer doing a wheelie with a bent leg and arms extended into the air. Other dancers support her back, and some have their arms extended with hers.

OUTREACH

WORKSHOPS​

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Improv Comedy​

African Drumming

Details
Wheelchair and stand-up dancers dancing together at a workshop.
Anchor 1

​*NOTE indoor locations due to rain.​​​​​​​​​​​​

STAGES HAVE MOVED TO​

Lake stage - Ballroom

East stage- Festival Hall B

Wave wall- Crystal Gardens

West stage - Craft Corner by Ben&Jerry’s

Beer garden- Lakeview Terrace

For Shuttle Pick-Up

Text the number of your location (found on map in red stars) to

312-595-5959 

For directions, parking, and general Navy Pier information click here.

ReinventAbility logo
Navy Pier logo
Illinois Arts Council Logo
Fun Fund
DCASE Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events logo
National Endowment for the Arts logo
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