Chicago Street Art Tour: Urban Graffiti Exploration
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147 Ratings
Chicago
Discover the hidden world of Chicago's street art scene on an offbeat tour that showcases vibrant graffiti and urban art. Join us for a unique and immersive experience!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Wicker Park - We’ll begin the tour walking around Wicker Park and calling out local pieces of street art and murals.
  • The 606 - We’ll walk down the 606 taking in this unique urban corridor that is both a work of art itself as well as showcasing local art.
  • Ipsento 606 - We’ll make a brief stop at Ipsento in case you’d like to use the restroom or pick up something refreshing. We may also have a small surprise in store for the tour here as well.
  • Logan Square Chicago - We’ll walk the remainder of the tour up Milwaukee - jogging on to side streets or next to businesses in order to showcase some of the great art the city has to offer.
What's Included
  • Tour guide
Additional Information

The Offbeat Street Art Tour stands as the premier tour in Chicago that genuinely appreciates Chicago’s graffiti art culture. Unlike other tours, it takes visitors on a journey through the city streets, putting a spotlight on the rich and vivid street art that often goes unnoticed. We invite you to come along and encounter something genuinely exclusive in Chicago.

  • Travelers should be healthy enough to walk 2 miles in 2 hours.
Location
The Goddess and Grocer
North Damen Avenue
We'll start here where you can pick-up a coffee, tea, sandwich or pastry before we begin the tour. You can also use the restroom or grab a glass of water. Look for your guide inside. He/she will have an Offbeat Street Art Tour t-shirt on.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sherry_z
Mar 4, 2024
Informative. Necessary. Awesome! - I loved this tour! Brian gave us a very thoughtful history of public art and its importance in community artivism. I highly recommend this! The best part was getting to talk to some of the artists while they were creating!
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Kathrynke7648ri
Feb 25, 2024
What a wonderful tour! - We stayed a week in Chicago and this was the highlight for me. With the knowledgeable and friendly guide, we learned about the historical context of the art as well as the art itself. My husband and I both felt like the information was synthesized really thoughtfully and presented with care. It was great walking around to see the art and the guide to hear the information he gave as well as answering any questions the group had. Highly recommend this tour!
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Anonymous42
Dec 12, 2023
So Cool, So Interesting - Excellent. Our guide was highly engaged and informed. Really enjoyed the tour. Recommend it. The starting point is a great place for breakfast before the tour.
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Jodie_h
Nov 19, 2023
Heart of Chicago - Mathew was fantastic! He was incredibly knowledgeable about all of the art that we saw. We were blown away by the street art scene and recommend this tour as a way to see parts of Chicago that a traditional tourist itinerary may skip.
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Barbaradk3149sm
Nov 6, 2023
A wonderful experience: Street art is food for the eye and the brain - We live just outside Chicago and wanted to explore something different in the city. This Street tour was amazing. The tour guide (Brian) was very knowledgeable and started by explaining to us what public art / graffity art / street art are. Then we went off on our walk that took us through alleys and parking lots; we must have stopped at least at 5-6 sites; and some of them had multiple murals to look at. The guide was very generous both with his explanations and with his time, in fact the tour ended up lasting 2 1.5 hours. Truly highly recommended. We learned and saw things we didn't know,, and we've been living in Chicagoland for more than 20 years.
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Stephanie_j
Oct 29, 2023
Inspiring Deep Dive - This was an unexpected highlight of the week. Our group was small so we could ask as many questions as we wanted. I wasn't expecting to hear so much history and a deep dive into street art culture. I highly recommend this tour - go in with an open mind and be ready to be inspired.
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B471pnscottn
Oct 9, 2023
phenomenal and eye-opening tour! - phenomenal tour of some really beautiful street art and graffiti. brian the guide was very knowledgeable and presented the info in an entertaining and accessible way. i would highly suggest this tour to just about anyone!
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Suzy_g
Oct 2, 2023
A don't miss while in Chicago - Jackie did a phenomenal job of educating us about the roots and progression of street art in Chicago. We saw beautiful work, heard interesting stories and got in lots of exercise all at the same time. Jackie was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and really brought the art to life.
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Robinacg
Sep 29, 2023
Fun way to explore an offbeat part of Chicago! - We were a mixed age group of grandparents & two 15 year old grandchildren. They are not from a big city so they were curious. Jeff was a great guide -very knowledgeable about art & the ubran graffiti & mural world. You can see graffiti but not "get it". To learn the history & story behind this style was very interesting. I have always been interested in the genre & have taken pictures of it within the US &in other countries. Totally recommend the tour. Added benefit was seeing parts of the city I had not explored in depth.
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939nickp
Nov 11, 2023
Good tour through hip part of town - The art tour starts off slowly, with 30 minutes sitting at a table and essentially a lecture on street art. This was worthwhile but unnecessarily long, which was disappointing.  When you get out, you are drawn into the interesting stories behind the artworks. You are introduced to various types of street art with a friendly and helpful guide who was glad to answer questions.  I recommend it.
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