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Polar Plunge Chicago
Chicago, IL · Odd
- When
- March 7, 2027
- Where
- North Avenue Beach, 1601 N Lake Shore Dr · Chicago · IL
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Thousands of Chicagoans run into frozen Lake Michigan each spring at North Avenue Beach for the Polar Plunge, the city's largest single fundraiser for Special Olympics Illinois. The event has run for more than two decades and regularly raises well over a million dollars in a single morning. Costumed plunge teams and a post plunge party draw crowds even among spectators who stay dry.
The history within reach
Military and civilian flight demonstrations over the North Avenue Beach lakefront; practice runs on August 14.
Holiday light installations across the zoo grounds, with free admission on select nights.
The Chicago Polar Bear Club has jumped into Lake Michigan off North Avenue Beach every winter since 2002, growing from a handful of friends into an organized charity plunge.
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