Tickets

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Purchase IllumiBrew tickets and member tickets online.

Event Ticket
Cost: $95
Member cost: $85

Designated Driver Ticket
Cost: $50
Member cost: $45

Become a member to get early access and the best price on IllumiBrew and Illumination tickets.

Each IllumiBrew ticket includes entrance to Illumination, 18 three-ounce tastings, and a green light-up tasting glass. Samples of beverages with a higher ABV (alcohol by volume), such as meads, may be less than three ounces.

All attendees must be 21 or older and present a valid ID at check-in.

No infants or children, including those in strollers, will be permitted.

Designated Driver Tickets

Designated driver tickets include entrance to Illumination, unlimited hot cocoa or hot cider, and a redemption ticket for one can of nonalcoholic beer from Go Brewing. Designated drivers must be 21 or older.

Vendors and Map

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Participating Vendors

Please note that vendors may change up until the date of the event.

Table 1  Wolfden Brewing Company
Game Trail (porter)
Rare Breed (red ale with vanilla)

Table 2  Prima Cider
Prima Most (German farmhouse-style hard cider)
Prima Verboten (cask- and bottle-conditioned unfiltered hard cider)

Table 3  Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Brownie Points (brown ale with vanilla)
Lounge Lager (American adjunct lager)

Table 4  Emancipation Brewing Co.
Heritage Lager (American lager)
Illumination (hazy IPA)
Kim’s Irish Red (Irish red ale)

Table 5  More Brewing Company
Tamas (black IPA)
Lil Mozie (hazy IPA)

Table 6  One Allegiance Brewing
Oreo Crawlspace (porter brewed with Oreo cookies)
Double Vacation (double hazy IPA)

Table 7  Penrose Brewing
Snow Boots (hazy winter IPA)
Apple Cider Donut Seltz-up (apple spice hard seltzer)
Huskie Seltz-Up (cherry lime hard seltzer)

Table 8  Coastal Cocktails
Cranberry Vodka (vodka cocktail)
Bourbon Spiced Apple Highball (bourbon cocktail)
Blackberry Bramble (gin cocktail)

Table 9  Riggs Beer Company
Hefeweizen (Bavarian-style wheat beer)
Schwarzbier (black lager)

Table 10  Crystal Lake Brewing
To All A Good Night (ale with ginger, cinnamon, and brown sugar)
Fox Rocker (American amber/red ale)
Dry Hopped Lager (American lager)

Table 11  Revolution Brewing
Cold Time (American lager)
Fistmas (red ale)

Table 12  Alarmist Brewing Co.
Le Jus (hazy IPA)
Pantsless (American-style pale ale)
Crispy Boy Pils (German-style pilsner)

Table 13  Boulevard Brewing Company
Nutcracker (winter ale)
Unfiltered Wheat (hazy American wheat beer)

Table 14  New Holland Brewing
Dragon’s Milk Emerald IPA (hazy imperial IPA)
Dragon’s Milk Reserve Oatmeal Cookie (bourbon barrel-aged stout with oats, raisins, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla)
Dragon’s Milk (bourbon barrel-aged stout)

Table 15  CARBLISS
Blackberry Moscow Mule (vodka cocktail)
Mango Margarita (tequila cocktail)
Apple Vodka (vodka cocktail)
Lemon Iced Tea (vodka cocktail)

Table 16  Misbeehavin’ Meads
Caramel Apple Cider (hard cider with brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom)
The Harvestmen (concord grape and black currant honey wine with spices)

Table 17  Scorched Earth Brewing Co.
Flipmode NEIPA (hazy IPA)
Beer Down APA (session IPA)
Doppelbock Dark Lager (German-style doppelbock)
OKT Märzen Lager (German-style Oktoberfest Märzen)

Table 18  Brother Chimp Brewing
Goodall Stout (oatmeal stout)
Schimpansenfest (German-style Oktoberfest Märzen)

Table 19  Noon Whistle Brewing
Aurora Beerealis (hazy IPA)
Festbier (German-style lager)
Raspberry Passionfruit Gummysaurus (fruited hazy IPA)

Table 20  Avery Brewing
White Rascal (Belgian-style white ale)
Ellie’s Brown (American brown ale)
Yuzilla (fruited golden ale with yuzu)

Table 20  Founders Brewing Co.
Mortal Bloom Hazy IPA (hazy IPA)
Easy Drinking Beer (Americangolden ale)
Porter (American porter)
Water Hazard Vodka Cocktail (vodka cocktail)
Imperial Centennial IPA (imperial IPA)

Table 21  Deschutes Brewery
Jubelale (winter ale)
Black Butte Porter (American porter)
Obsidian Stout (American stout)

Table 22  Cutwater Spirits
Espresso Vodka Martini (vodka cocktail)
Gingerbread White Russian (vodka cocktail)

Table 23  Church Street Brewing Company
Cranberry Vanilla Sour (sour ale with cranberry and vanilla)
Li’l Lucy Hazy (session hazy IPA)

Table 24  Go Brewing
Disarm Hazy IPA (nonalcoholic hazy IPA)
Toasty AF (nonalcoholic winter beer with cardamom and peppercorn)
Chester’s Coffee Stout (nonalcoholic coffee stout)
Cold Standard (nonalcoholic American light lager)

Table 25  Hopewell Brewing Company
Winter Lager
Going Places Bright IPA (American IPA)

Table 26  BuckleDown Brewing
Crackle & Pop IPA
Cactus Pants Mexican Lager (Mexican-style lager)

Table 27  Homewood Brewing Co.
2026 Ol’ Saint Nib (imperial double pastry chocolate stout)
Hazeologist (winter IPA)

Table 28  ERIS Brewery and Cider House
E-Phoria (Gala apple hard cider with vanilla)
Van Van Mogo (blueberry hard cider)
Pepper Jam (hard cider with sweet peach and chile de árbol)

Table 29  Black Horizon Brewing Company
Holiday Fist Fight (hazy IPA)
Fuller Fall Brown (American brown ale)

Table 30  Blind Corner Brewery
Booter (hazy IPA)
Nightbell Black IPA
Silk Slope (imperial stout)

Table 31  Pipeworks Brewing Co.
Forest Fauna (American IPA)
Rudolf vs. Unicorn (imperial pastry stout)

Table 32  Wild Blossom Meadery
Apple Cin Mead (apple honey wine with cinnamon and spices)
Prairie Passion Mead (sweet honey wine)
Cider Bochet Mead (bourbon barrel-aged apple honey wine)
White Honey Sangria Mead (honey wine with white wine and peaches)
Pirates’ Blood (honey wine with smoked chili pepper)
PB&J (honey grape wine)

Table 33  Energy City Brewing
Bistro Lemon Meringue Pie (fruited Berliner weisse sour ale)
Bistro Peach Crumble (fruited Berliner weisse sour ale)

Table 34  BubbleHouse Brewing Company
Cran Box (kettle sour with cranberry)
Get Yo Festy On (German-style Oktoberfest Märzen)
B.A. Drastically Unrealistic (imperial stout with cacao nibs, vanilla, and cherry)

Table 35  Duvel Moortgat USA
N’ice Choufee (Belgian dark ale)
Ommegang Everything Naughty (imperial stout)
Ommegang Pale Sour (sour ale)

Table 36  Goose Island Beer Company
BCS 2026 Chocolate Praline (imperial stout)
Hazy Beer Hug (hazy IPA)

Table 37  Foxes Den Meadery
Cranberry Spice: SESH (sparkling session mead)
Apple Pie: SESH (session mead)

Table 38  Foreign Exchange Brewing Co.
Mocha Moment (imperial stout)
Gratification (hazy IPA)

Table 39  Pilot Project Brewing
Brewing Punch Kissed Parasol (fruited sour ale)
Brewing Serpente (Italian pilsner)
Brewing Two Falls (hazy IPA)
Years Beer Belgian Wit (nonalcoholic Belgian-style wheat beer)
Years Beer Pale Ale (nonalcoholic American pale ale)

Table 40  Ike & Oak Brewing Co.
12 Ponter (golden stout)
Bog Berry Forest (fruited sour ale)
Ol’ Trigger (American red ale)
Hunter’s Moon (American wheat ale)

Table 41  Unpossible Mead
Sunlit Citrus (white grape honey mead with tangerine, honeydew, and lemon)
Tart Cherry Sesh (session mead with vanilla)

Table 42  Lake Effect Brewing Company
Midnight In London (English-style red lager)
Falcon Dive IPA

Table 43  93 Octane Brewery
Clown Car Snickerdoodle (cream ale)
Neon Lights Watermelon (fruited sour ale)

Table 44  Big Grove Brewery
Double Blackberry (fruited sour ale)
Real Nice Surprise (double IPA)
Easy Eddy (hazy IPA)
Citrus Surfer (American pale wheat beer)

Table 45  Off Color Brewing
Ten Crowns (Czech dark lager)
Apex Predator (farmhouse ale)

Table 46  Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling Company
Snowbathe (winter ale)
Lite Thinking (American lager)

Food and Drinks

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A concession tent along the Illumination trail will serve snacks, hot beverages, and alcoholic drinks. The concession tent will be open from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. during IllumiBrew.

A concession and bar menu will be available closer to the event date.

Ultimate Blizzard Hot Cocoa

Bring home memories of Illumination with this year’s signature hot cocoa—the Ultimate Blizzard Hot Cocoa—served in a limited-edition Morton Arboretum mug.

The Ultimate Blizzard Hot Cocoa features traditional milk chocolate hot cocoa, whipped cream, large house-made cocoa marshmallow, topped with a mini snowflake cookie, and finished with iridescent snow dust.

The Ultimate Blizzard Hot Cocoa will be available to purchase online in advance or inside the main concessions tent during your Illumination visit.

Ginkgo Restaurant

A full dinner and beverage menu, including freshly-made sandwiches, salads, burgers, and assorted alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, is available until 8:00 p.m. from the Ginkgo Restaurant, located inside the Visitor Center.

Accessibility

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The Illumination trail is a one-mile paved path that is ADA-compliant for those with limited mobility. The exhibition is not accessible by car.

The Arboretum has a small number of nonmotorized wheelchairs available for free loan in the Visitor Center on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests must leave a driver’s license or other photo ID to check out a wheelchair. Because the supply is limited, we recommend bringing a personal wheelchair to the Arboretum if one is needed. Personal mobility scooters may also be used on the trail.

Arboretum staff make their best efforts to clear the path of ice and snow.

Sensory Needs

Please be aware that Illumination features moving and flashing lights along the trail. There are no strobe lights in the exhibition. Laser features are directed away from guests and follow International Laser Display Association safety standards.

Service Animals

The Morton Arboretum welcomes visitors with task-trained service animals to Illumination. Please note that pets are not permitted at Illumination except on four specially designated Illumination Dog Admission Nights, December 2, 9, 16, and January 1.

Parking

Parking is available near the entrance for those with a disability placard on their vehicle. Please notify the parking attendant as you drive in. Otherwise, parking is first come, first served, and is directed by parking attendants.

Guests directed to a secondary lot (parking lot P-21), near the Thornhill Education Center on the Arboretum’s West Side, can take advantage of a shuttle bus that will transport them to the main event area. Please note that this is the only shuttle bus during Illumination and it only runs between parking lot P-21 and the Visitor Center. The bus does not have a wheelchair lift.

If you do not have a disability placard and someone in your party has mobility concerns, you are also welcome to drop off passengers in the circle drive adjacent to the Visitor Center before you park. Please notify the parking attendants and they will direct you accordingly.

Frequently Asked Questions

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