This past weekend, Lincoln Park got a chance to show off its green thumb when the Sheffield Garden Walk made its 46th annual appearance. But this year, things went a little bit differently. Most notably, one could survey the neighborhood's prettiest gardens while also downing a cold one. This year, the 3rd annual Chicago Craft Beer Festival was rolled into the Garden Walk, providing a refreshing subtext to the proceedings. And refreshing they were. And crowded too. Many multitudes of people paid to tour more than 60 different gardens, as well as looking through rowhouses, Victorian architecture, and old churches. The crowds proved to be so large that one attendee stated that "Saying it was mobbed is an understatement. The crowds were so thick walking down Sheffield through the festival was difficult."
But it wasn't all large crushes of people and gardens, it was also some good music as well. Over the 2 days of the festival, they had such acts as Workout Music, Trippin Billies, The Samples, Wedding Banned, as well as many more groups. If people tired of drinking the beer, listening to the music, or enjoying the gardens, there was yet another option available to them, as the Chicago Food Swap happened on Sunday as well. All told, it was a busy weekend up in Lincoln Park, and just one more building block in Chicago's Summer of 2014.
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