Things to do around Chicago: Pitchfork, PetCon and the annual Taste of Lincoln Avenue

Two big live music events in town — Pitchfork Music Festival and Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour at Soldier Field — may be hogging the spotlight this weekend, but there is plenty else going on. A convention for pets, Rudy Francisco and Taste of Lincoln Avenue included.

Pitchfork Music Festival

The annual multigenre weekend of music plays out over three stages in Union Park, with much to see and hear beyond headliners The Smile, Big Thief and Bon Iver. Three-day passes were still available as of press time

July 21-23 in Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph St.; tickets from $249 and more information at pitchforkmusicfestival.com

DisFest

ReinventAbility is hosting this celebration of artists and performers with disabilities. The event will include pop-up performances, art displays, interactive workshops and short films. It will have wheelchair access, ASL, captioning, audio description, as well as a quiet space.

11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 22 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free, more information at reinventability.com/disfest

PetCon

This convention is bringing your favorite furry pet influencers together in one place, from dogs and cats to bunnies and a duck. There will be meet and greets with the pet celebrities, an adoption garden, food trucks and a bar. Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own pets, who can participate in the agility course, or get pet massages and pet acupuncture.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 22-23 at Morgan Manufacturing, 401 N. Morgan St.; single-day tickets start at $28 at petcon.co

Rudy Francisco

One of the biggest names in spoken-word poetry will put on an hourlong performance of some of his poems, which often discuss race, class, gender, love and religion. Francisco is an Individual World Poetry Slam champion, a National Poetry Slam champion and the author of several books of poetry, including “Helium” and “I’ll Fly Away.” A book signing will follow the performance.

7 p.m. July 22 at Color Club, 4146 N. Elston Ave.; tickets are $35 at eventbrite.com

Sad Summer Festival

Emo fans rejoice, this year’s Sad Summer Festival has an excellent lineup featuring Taking Back Sunday, The Maine, Motion City Soundtrack, PVRIS, Hot Mulligan, Mom Jeans and Stand Atlantic. Sincere Engineer is the special guest opener for this installment of the traveling fest.

2 p.m. July 21 at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, 1300 S. Linn White Drive; tickets start at $29 at concerts.livenation.com

‘Hellenic Heads’

Now at the National Hellenic Museum, “Hellenic Heads: George Petrides, A Personal Exploration Of Greek History and Culture over 2,500 Years” is a touring sculpture exhibition by the artist evoking Greek history from the Classical Period, through the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s to Nazi occupation to the present.

Through Dec. 10 at the National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St.; more at nationalhellenicmuseum.org

Taste of Lincoln Avenue

The longtime summer Chicago street fest this year has ‘80s new wave band A Flock of Seagulls Saturday night, Stray Cat’s Slim Jim Phantom to close on Sunday, plus food, drink and all kinds of vendors, with gate donations benefiting the Wrightwood Neighbors Association.

July 21-23 on Lincoln Avenue between Fullerton and Wrightwood; $10 gate donation, more at tasteoflincolnchicago.com

‘Sunset 1919′

Lookingglass Theatre Company may have its onstage productions on pause at the moment, but next week it continues with an annual event that commemorates the start of the 1919 Chicago race riots. Described as “an artistic ritual featuring music, movement and word ... meant to honor the lives of Black people impacted by the deadly racial attacks that swept the nation that summer.”

7 p.m. July 27 at the Eugene Williams Memorial Marker, 125 Fort Dearborn Drive (just north of 31st Street Beach); free, more at lookingglasstheatre.org