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If 2025 AATF Convention Registration has already been purchased and you would like to add tickets for different events (Workshops, activities, meals, etc.), please contact EVENTS to discuss the next steps.

Different activities offered in conjunction with the AATF Convention

Information coming soon!

Lead by Gigi Kuhn (click HERE for bio)
Date: Tuesday, July 8 
Time: 16h00 or 18h00 (90 minutes in length)
Location: starting and ending at Palmer House Hilton
Tour Map 
Trivia for Tuesday walking tour
This tour will be given in French.
**Ticket required**
Participate in style with the annual karaoke night! 
Warm-up your singing voice, brush up on your favorite French-language song, and join us from 19h30-21h30 on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 for a night of singing and dancing. This event is free and no ticket is required. Venez nombreux!

Lead by Ryan Brown (PhD Candidate in French and Francophone Studies, University of Chicago)
Date: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 16h00 or 18h00 (60 minutes in length)
Location: starting and ending at Palmer House Hilton
Description: Beginning at the historic Palmer House Hotel in the Chicago Loop, this hour-long walking tour will take visitors down some of the city’s most acclaimed streets, along the river front, and into its celebrated parks. The heart of the Second City and a key attraction for the city’s nearly 50 million annual visitors, the Loop is the center of the city’s historical and architectural development over the last two centuries. This tour will not only cover the city’s rich history as seen throughout the Loop but will also emphasize how the Loop is a site of Franco-American relations since the city’s founding. 
This tour will be given in English.
**Ticket required**
Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Playing at: Cadillac Palace Theatre (Click HERE for location details)

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM

Runtime: 2 hours and 30 minutes including an intermission

Be Our Guest at Disney’s newly reimagined 30th Anniversary production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and love.

This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular new sets and dazzling costumes. The show boasts the Oscar®-winning and Tony Award®-nominated score, including the classic songs “Be Our Guest” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

Reuniting to create this new production are members of the original Tony Award®-winning artistic team, including composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, book writer Linda Woolverton, with direction and choreography by Matt West, scenic design by Stanley A. Meyer, costume design by Ann Hould-Ward and lighting design by Natasha Katz.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is the beloved musical that will fill your heart with joy and Disney magic.

**The show is suitable for ages 6 & up. All persons entering the theater, regardless of age, must have a ticket**

Click HERE for location details

Information coming soon!