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I'm working on FreeInChicago, a site for finding all the free activities to do in the city. I love Chicago and the incredible wealth of free festivals, museums
by cdfuller 2y ago
I'm working on FreeInChicago, a site for finding all the free activities to do in the city.
I love Chicago and the incredible wealth of free festivals, museums, public art, music, parks, workshops, and so many more activities available to appreciate. I've found there isn't a good way to discover them though so I'm building the tool that I've always wanted. Right now I have a landing page up, have done some work on sourcing data, and I'm working towards defining a discovery interface.
https://freeinchicago.com/ https://freeinchicago.com/
- bobbiechen 2y agoNice! I'm a fan of SF Funcheap https://sf.funcheap.com/ https://sf.funcheap.com/ and always miss it when traveling to other cities. Another up-to-date local resource is something to look forward to.
- cdfuller 2y agoThanks for sharing! Seeing someone building something similar and being successful is incredibly energizing. I had doubts that it would be something folks would actually be interested in using.
- elric 2y agoMy city used to have a similar site. It was great. Got an hour to kill? Check the site, find a nearby bar with live music and head on over. It ultimately got shut down because no one wanted to pay for it, and people started posting spam instead of activities.
- freethejazz 2y agoNifty! I worked very briefly about 12 years ago on a similar concept that was live at chicago.com. Things didn’t work out with it for various reasons but while it was up I found it quite useful. Some of the original team is still in Chigaco and building stuff. Best of luck shipping it!