GOONERPALOOZA CHICAGO 2024
Goonerpalooza is an Arsenal meet-up taking place in Chicago the weekend of April 18-21st! The full itinerary is below!
Registration for both the Friday night Gooner Gala and the Saturday afternoon Live Podcast are AVAILABLE at present but please be aware that there are purchase deadlines and registration caps, so purchase ASAP! They are separate tickets.
Please email us at goonerpalooza[at]gmail[dot]com if you have any questions or concerns about the weekend!
PRE-EVENT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH - AFTERNOON, 2:00 PM. MATCHDAY! ARSENAL VS BAYERN. If you’re in town already, join us at The Globe Pub!
THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH - EVENING, 7:00 PM. MEET AND GREET. Globe Pub at 1934 W Irving Park Rd. Meet and mingle with everyone, have a couple drinks! Gooner Gala early swag pick-up available.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH - AFTERNOON. CUBS GAME. Group outing for the 1:20 PM Cubs game against the Marlins at Wrigley Field. Purchase GA Bleacher seats individually and we will coordinate sitting near each other!
EVENING. GOONER GALA - 7:00 PM @ The Raven Room | 4702 N Ravenswood Ave — A gala with a raffle benefitting charity (America SCORES Chicago; an organization promoting poetry and soccer among underserved Chicago school children) and a farewell party for the Raven Room, who has served us well.
Your ticket will get you: entrance to the private event with the Gooner family, a food truck ticket, a drink ticket, exclusive Goonerpalooza swag, raffle tickets, access to amazing raffle prizes, music and dancing, and more! It does include a donation to charity.
21+ and Cocktail attire strongly suggested. As Arteta would say, “these are the fogging estandards”.
Purchase a ticket HERE.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH - MORNING, 11:00 PM (HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO MATCHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT). GOONERPALOOZA LIVE ARSENAL PODCAST | 11:00 AM @ The Raven Room — A live podcast with all proceeds benefitting charity (Gooners vs Cancer). All ages! Join a great crew of podcasters at the Raven Room! Please see the graphic for the line-up.
$20 for GA tickets and $50 for a limited number of VIP tickets (includes a drink ticket and also guaranteed table seating near the front of the room). All ages!
Purchase a ticket at the link HERE.
AFTERNOON, 1:30 PM - MATCHDAY! ARSENAL VS WOLVES AT 1:30 PM. Join us at either The Globe Pub (21+) or the Raven Room (all ages) for matchday! More information on matchday to follow.
Afterwards, no matter the result, we will take a group photograph at NorthCenter Town Square.
SATURDAY EVENING, 7:00-7:30 PM. CHICAGO FIRE MATCH AND/OR BREWERY CRAWL. Brewery crawl itinerary to be finalized soon, most likely meeting at Revolution Brewing (brewery not brewpub) on Kimball; once you register for Goonerpalooza, be a part of our Discord for in the moment information!
SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST - MORNING, 8:00 AM. MATCHDAY! ARSENAL WFC VS LEICESTER. The Globe Pub. Come and join us for a recovery breakfast!