10 things to do around Chicago for Labor Day weekend: Bike the Drive, the parade and the last summer fireworks at Navy Pier

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If you feel like you’ve still got some summer to get in this Labor Day weekend, we can help. Read on.

North Coast Music Festival

The music fest is celebrating its 13th anniversary this year. More than 100 artists will perform across six stages with styles from dubstep to house to trance. Headliners include Marshmello, Flume, DJ Snake, Alison Wonderland and Alesso.

2 p.m. to midnight Sept. 1-2, 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at SeatGeek Stadium, 7000 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview; single-day tickets from $125 (ages 17+) at northcoastfestival.com

Fireworks

The pyrotechnics displays at Navy Pier on Wednesdays and Saturdays get a good, long summer run but the final show is Labor Day weekend. You can catch it at 10 p.m. Sept. 2 from Navy Pier, or if you’re looking for something special, try one of the boat cruises that set sail just for the show.

Shoreline Lake Fireworks Tour at 9:25 p.m. Sept. 2 from the Navy Pier docks, 800 E. Grand Ave.; tickets from $40.95 at shorelinesightseeing.com

Chicago Jazz Festival

One of the city’s longtime favorite music festivals is this weekend, continuing through Sunday at Jay Pritzker Pavilion and other stages in Millennium Park. Highlights include Makaya McCraven at Pritzker Pavilion at 7:45 p.m. Saturday and Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars in the same time slot Sunday to close out the festival.

Through Sunday in Millennium Park (seating bowl and Great Lawn open at 2:45 p.m. daily, any entrance to the park is a direct entrance to the event), 201 E. Randolph St.; free, more information at chicago.gov

ARC Music Festival

This three-day festival is tailored for house and techno fans. Lineup highlights include Adam Beyer, Black Coffee, The Blessed Madonna, Boys Noize, Fatboy Slim, James Hype, John Summit, Miss Monique, Nina Kraviz, Patrick Topping, Tale of Us and Vintage Culture.

2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 1-3 in Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph St.; single-day tickets from $149 (ages 18+) at arcmusicfestival.com

West Loop Art Fest

Returning for its fifth year, this festival brings four blocks of art to the West Loop neighborhood. A variety of art mediums will be on display and available for purchase. There will also be interactive art, live music, wine tastings and crafts for kids.

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 2-3 in the West Loop’s Fulton Market; free, more information at starevents.com

African Festival of the Arts

Presented by Africa International House, this festival celebrates art, sights, tastes, sounds and spirituality of Black global cultures. Washington Park will be transformed into a simulated African village. There will be arts and crafts for kids, live music, yoga, meditation and dancing.

Noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 2-4 in Washington Park at 5100 S. Cottage Grove Ave.; single-day tickets start at $20, admission is free on Friday, more information at aihusa.org

Bike the Drive

Enjoy a bike ride down DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The full route is 30 miles, but participants can ride however far they want. Rest stops along the route will offer water, snacks and restrooms. After the ride, enjoy a festival at Butler Field featuring music, beer and activities for kids.

The ride is 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 3, the festival is 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Butler Field in Grant Park, 235 S. Columbus Drive, admission is $74, youth admission is $18 at bikethedrive.org

Labor Day Parade

Lest we forget the reason for the three-day weekend, the annual Chicago Labor Day Parade celebrates trade unions and the labor movement, never more relevant than right now. Following the parade presented by the Chicago Federation of Labor, Eddie Fest (named for Chicago labor activist Ed Sadlowski) will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Pullman Historic District.

Parade begins at noon Sept. 2 at 108th Street and Cottage Grove and proceeds south to 113th Street, past Pullman Park; the parade and Eddie Fest are free, more information at www.chicagolaborparade.com

Duran Duran

The British band that, for a time, more or less owned ‘80s music has continued to record in the years since; their newly announced 16th studio album “Danse Macabre” will be out Oct. 27. The original lineup of Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor and Roger Taylor will be at Northerly Island this weekend with their Future Past tour.

7 p.m. Sept. 1 at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, 1300 S. Linn White Drive; tickets from $99.95 at www.livenation.com

Freaks on Parade Tour

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper headline a night that also includes sets by Ministry and Filter — a rather different kind of Labor Day parade.

6 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, 19100 S. Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park; tickets $25-$356 at www.ticketmaster.com