2026
Hootenanny
Vol. 6 Fundraiser Party
Thursday, April 16, 6:30-9:30pm
Midwest Coast Brewing
Join us for our annual fundraiser and support your favorite non-profit bike organization! This not-to-be-missed event will be a gathering of Chicago's most bike-camping-celebrators of the great outdoors. This year we will be back at one of Chicago's finest breweries, Midwest Coast Brewing Company in West Town. And this time, we'll have the bigger second floor event space!
Your Ticket includes:
2 Midwest Coast beers or non-alcoholic beverage of choice
1 raffle ticket
Food
Tickets are available online only. No tickets will be sold at the doorthe day of due to capacity of the venue. Kids are free! We plan to sell out somake sure to get your tickets today.
~The Wild Scallions will be playing some excellent bluegrass music for the night~
We'll have activities for kids (both young and old), and the raffle will be going all night long.
And if you're wondering about the raffle prizes — you can expect lots of outdoor gear, bike gear, and a great smattering of other prizes from small businesses and community organizations across Chicago.
All proceeds from the night go towards making our 2026 Bike Adventures even more spectacular and inclusive by reaching more people and getting 'em outside on two wheels to soak up the bodacious nature and history outside our front door!
Get ticketsInterested in sponsoring the event?
If you would like to sponsor the event ordonate raffle prizes, email our Executive Director, Glenn Schneider at glenn@oofd.org.
Huge thank you to the Hootenanny sponsors!
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Accessibility and Additional Event Details
This is OOFD and this is a brewery. Nothing fancy needed, though feel free to look as good as you'd like. We will have access to the patio so if you foresee yourself wanting to hang outside, certainly plan for the weather.
Masks will not be required but if you prefer to wear one, you certainly are welcome to and will not be judged by anyone in OOFD if you do. If you are feeling ill the day of the event or if you have had COVID and still are within the infectious period, please do stay home.
Midwest Coast is wheelchair accessible and can reasonably accommodate most to all disabilities. Our event is on the second floor, which is also accessible via elevator.
Expect a big crowd! Out Our Front Door has rented the entire, brand new second floor taproom space. The space holds up to 250 people and there will be background music so noise levels will be fairly high. There is a partial retractable roof that we plan to open pending good weather.
Midwest Coast provides five bathrooms: three all-gender bathrooms on the second floor (where our event is being held), and two gender-specific, male and female, bathrooms on the first floor.
We will have catered food with options that meet most dietary needs, including vegetarian and vegan options. There may also be homemade desserts made by wonderful volunteers. We will provide signage for all food to help people with allergies and intolerances safely navigate the food options.
Kids of all ages are welcome and there will be some activities for the kids during the event.
Midwest Coast Brewing does welcome pets.
Biking is certainly encouraged! That said, the brewery is only a couple blocks from the Damen bus route and the new Damen Green Line stop. The Metra Western Ave Stop (MD-N, MD-W, NCS) is less than a mile away. There also is plentiful street parking near the venue, which is in a former industrial area. There is a Divvy Bike Share station 2 blocks away on Damen and Walnut.
Welcoming is OOFD's #1 Core Value. So by attending this event, we ask that you bring a spirit of welcoming to everyone you meet. We want everyone that comes to be and feel supported and included. You can read more about our Radical Inclusivity and Discrimination Statement which we work to hold everyone accountable to at all of our events.
Do you have other questions about accommodations or have a request for one? Please contact us here, and we will try our hardest to make as many accommodations as we can with things that are within our control. Thanks in advance for the input.
