Pick of the week
Wine, oh!
Go the oenophile mile at Winefest Chicago. The tent party serves up global pours ($2 per tasting), cheese, seminars and music. Headliners include Funkadesi (9 p.m. Saturday) and Katie Todd (9 p.m. Sunday). 5 p.m. Friday; noon Saturday and Sunday. Free admission; $25 gets you a tasting glass and 12 food and drink tickets. North Lincoln and Berenice Avenues. 773-525-3609.
PARTY PICKS
Have a ball
Itchin’ to get your game on now that football season’s here? Park it at the Four Shadows Tailgate Party. Watch football games on a 170-inch screen outdoors, play in a bags tournament and indulge in $5 food and drink specials. 11 a.m. Saturday. No cover. 2758 N. Ashland Ave. 773-248-9160.
Fair enough?
Not all trades are fair. (The old Twinkie-for-a-bologna-sandwich equation never seemed to work in your favor, did it?) But everybody wins at the Fair Trade Fiesta at Funky Buddha Lounge (left). Pitch in for global equity at this benefit for Chicago Fair Trade and the Negele Gurbitu Ethiopian School Project. A screening of “Black Gold,” a doc about the Ethiopian coffee trade, kicks things off at 7 p.m. Friday. $35. 728 W. Grand Ave. 312-666-1695. Tickets: chicagofairtrade.org.
Munich madness
Can’t make it to Bavaria for Oktoberfest? Save your money for beer and celebrate Oktoberfest at Sheffield’s (left). Includes brats, smoked sausage plates, tunes by the Polkaholics (3-6 p.m.) and Oktoberfest beers from Berghoff, Great Lakes and more. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. No cover. 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. 773-281-4989.
