42 Trade Fairs in Illinois from July 2025

Federal state: Illinois covers an area of approximately 149998 km² and has a population of approximately 13 million people. The 3 largest cities in Illinois according to population are Chicago with approximately 2746388, Springfield with approximately 208640 and Aurora with approximately 180542 inhabitants. Most of the fairs in Illinois take place in Chicago.

13. - 16. July 2025

IFT FIRST

Leading trade fair for innovations in the global food system

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

22. - 24. July 2025

ASI Show

International Trade Fair for Promotional Products

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

27. - 31. July 2025

ADLM

Trade fair and conference for laboratory medicine, laboratory innovations and medical diagnostics

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

20. - 21. August 2025

Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo North America

International exhibition and conference for electric and hybrid ship propulsion, technologies and components

professional visitors only

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, USA

20. - 21. August 2025

iVT Expo

Trade fair for innovations in industrial vehicle technologies and solutions

professional visitors only

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, USA

26. - 28. August 2025

Farm Progress Show

Trade Fair for Agricultural Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability

professional visitors only

Farm Progress Show Decatur Decatur, USA

08. - 11. September 2025

FABTECH

Trade fair for metal processing

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

29 Sep. - 01 Oct. 2025

WEFTEC

Technical Exhibition & Conference

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

28. - 30. October 2025

EATS

Trade fair for food processing

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

29. - 30. October 2025

Chicago Build Expo

Construction and design show

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

17. - 20. December 2025

Midwest Clinic

An international Band and Orchestra Conference

professional visitors and general public

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

27. - 28. March 2026

Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

Pop culture convention focused on comics, cosplay, gaming, anime, and entertainment

publicly accessible

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

11. - 12. April 2026

The National Franchise Show

Trade Fair for franchising and business

professional visitors only

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, USA

08. - 10. June 2026

NeoCon

Leading trade fair for commercial interior design and interior design

professional visitors only

Merchandise Mart Chicago, USA

14. - 19. September 2026

IMTS

International manufacturing technology show

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

15. - 17. September 2026

Labelexpo Americas

Trade fair for labeling, product decoration and printing

professional visitors only

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, USA

18. - 21. October 2026

Pack Expo International

International Exhibition and Conference of the packaging industry

professional visitors and general public

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

14. - 16. June 2027

NeoCon

Leading trade fair for commercial interior design and interior design

professional visitors only

Merchandise Mart Chicago, USA

12. - 14. June 2028

NeoCon

Leading trade fair for commercial interior design and interior design

professional visitors only

Merchandise Mart Chicago, USA

11. - 13. June 2029

NeoCon

Leading trade fair for commercial interior design and interior design

professional visitors only

Merchandise Mart Chicago, USA

10. - 12. June 2030

NeoCon

Leading trade fair for commercial interior design and interior design

professional visitors only

Merchandise Mart Chicago, USA

Date still unknown

Northern Illinois Farm Show

Agriculture Exhibition

professional visitors and general public

NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, USA

Date still unknown

ProFood Tech

Supply trade fair for the NAFTA region for all segments of the food and beverage technology

professional visitors only

McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, USA

Date still unknown

Lake Home & Cabin Show

Fair for the house and cabin building

professional visitors and general public

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Schaumburg, USA

Schedule of trade fairs with current 42 trade fairs in Illinois. Of course also other interesting trade fairs can take place in Illinois, which are not yet known to us. If you know trade fairs in Illinois that are not listed, you can transmit them to us via announce new trade fair Our team will update them in a timely manner to promote these fairs as well. Trade fairs with expired dates or trade fair dates yet unknown to us can be found at the end of the above list, labelled with the button "report new date of event".