Our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend.
Bike the Drive
If the Lakefront Trail feels a little too cramped, this is your weekend. Hop on your bike and join this annual rite marking the unofficial end of summer. You and your fellow cyclists will have the road all to yourselves.
6:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Aug. 31 on DuSable Lake Shore Drive; tickets $18-$104 at bikethedrive.org
Chicago Jazz Festival
Monty Alexander, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Eliades Ochoa, Patricia Barber, Gary Bartz NTU Troop and the Ari Brown Quintet top the bill at this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival. With four stages — including one dedicated to the next generation of jazz — the weekend continues to feature a robust lineup.
Through Aug. 31 in Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.; more details