Between the Offbeat Bride Tribe, our archive of real weddings, and our Vendor Guide, we've seen a LOT of vendor recommendations. So we decided to start rounding up these nuggets of info sourced directly from our readers for a series of reader recommended vendor list posts. We're starting right in the middle of the country with one of our largest markets: venues in and around Chicago and the Chicago suburbs (near and dear to my Chicago-native heart). Let's take a look at who our readers have recommended, where they are located, and how you can contact them to get your Chicago venue search started. Note that these are for ALL budgets, so no guarantees that they'll all fit into yours.

Chicago wedding venue resources:

Revel Downtown, Revel Fulton Market, Revel Motor Row
440 W Randolph Street, Chicago, IL
1215 W Fulton Street, Chicago, IL
2400 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
revelspace.com

Gallery 400 at UIC
College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago
400 South Peoria Street (MC 034), Chicago, IL 60607
gallery400.uic.edu

Chicago Park District wedding venues:
Douglas Park Field House
1401 S. Sacramento Dr., Chicago, IL 60623
Humboldt Park Field House
1400 N. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60624

Oscar Swan
1800 West State St., Geneva, IL 60134
3351 N Elizabeth Scales Mound Rd., Galena, IL 60136
oscarswanweddings.com

What favorite Chicago wedding venue should we add to this list? Where are you having your Illinois wedding?