The first ever annual Chicago Flute Club Flute Fair was held in 1998. The Chicago Flute Club has always provided educational, entertaining, and enlightening clusters of showcases, presentations, performances, masterclasses, competitions, and exhibits at all of its flute fairs. The Flute Fair was an annual event until March 2007, when the first two-day Flute Festival took place in November. The expanded Flute Festival became a biennial event held in November.
Flute Festival November 12-14, 2021 - "From Chicago to the Cosmos and Beyond"
Location: Online
Guest Artists: Paul Edmund Davis, Cady Coleman, and a special appearance of CSO flute section: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Emma Gerstein, and Jennifer Gunn
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Paul Edmund Davis and Sam Eugene Gordon
Flute Festival November 8-9, 2019 - "World of Flutes"
Location: Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
Guest Artist: Demarre McGill
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Katherine Borst Jones and Ervin Monroe
Flute Festival November 3-4, 2017 - "The Versatile Flutist"
Location: Chicago Temple
Guest Artists: Jonathan Keeble and Thomas Robertello
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Patricia George and Lillian Burkart
Flute Festival November 13-15, 2015 - "Where Did I Hear That Tune Before?"
Location: Hilton O'Hare Airport Chicago
Guest Artists: the Cavatina Duo, Paul
Edmund-Davies, Nicola Mazzanti, and Mimi Stillman
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Bernard Z. Goldberg and David Straubinger.
Flute Festival November 9-10, 2013 - "Plays Well With Others"
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artists: Claire Chase, Mary Stolper, Molly Barth, Ali Ryerson, and Alexa Still
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Michel Debost and Jim Keefe
Flute Festival November 12-13, 2011 - "The Unconventional Flute"
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artist: Jim Walker
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Mary Louise Poor and Bickford Brannen
Flute Festival November 7-8, 2009
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artists: William Bennett, Denis Bouriakov, Marco Granados, Matthias Ziegler
Lifetime Achievement Awards: William Bennett and Jack Moore
Flute Festival November 10-11, 2007
Location: Doubletree Hotel, Rosemont
Guest Artist: Emmanuel Pahud
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Walfrid Kujala and Donald Peck (first Recipients of this award)
Flute Fair March 11, 2007
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Rhonda Larson
Flute Fair April 30, 2006
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Amy Porter
Featured Artists: Celso Woltzenlogel and Karin Ursin
Flute Fair April 10, 2005
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Bonita Boyd
Flute Fair April 18, 2004
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Robert Langevin
Flute Fair April 13, 2003
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: William Bennett
Flute Fair April 27, 2002
Location: Elgin Community College
Guest Artists: Jim Walker and Free Flight
Flute Fair April 29, 2001
Location: Wheeling High School
Guest Artist: Mary Stolper
Flute Fair April 9, 2000
Location: Wheeling High School
Guest Artist: Thomas Robertello
Flute Fair June 5, 1999
Location: Mother McAuley High School
Guest Artist: Donald Peck
Flute Fair May 2, 1998
Location: Fermilab National Laboratories
Guest Artist: Paula Robison