It has come to our attention that Northwestern University changed their schedule after we booked this years faire. We try and post the faire as soon as possible so those who are planning to attend can make vacation plans early. As such, we have used the initial Northwestern Schedule to plan for the faire. This has worked fine for years but apparently not this year.

Having a football game the day of the faire is really no big deal but hotel space can be affected as many people stay overnight when they play home games. We really can't reschedule the faire but we did want to encourage people who were anticipating coming, to book their hotels early or consider one of the many fine hotels a bit further than the few within walking distance to the faire. Even if you're not 100% sure you are coming, if you book a refundable or a no deposit room, you could still cancel if you change your mind but at least you will have a room if you do come.

The Chicago area has many hundreds of hotels and the ones near the faire are a bit pricey anyway so even if you add in the cost of an uber/cab ride, if you stay near the airport or a few miles away, the extra cost of the uber/cab ride is often offset by lower hotel cost.

We're sorry this happened and in the future we will make sure this does not happen again. We hope this does not cause people to not come. It's really not a big deal as long as you book early or book a bit further away.