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1,545 events · Music, Comedy, Food & Drink, Parks & Outdoors · afternoon/evening
Wednesday, September 9
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Robert Patrick Conlon, "Celtic Knot"
The Book Cellar
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Michael Lerich Quartet - Swingin’ the Great American Songbook
Winter's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM
Music Trivia with Brendan and Sean: Evanston Folk Festival Edition (Space Patio)
SPACE · Evanston
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM
Plein Air Painting in the Artist’s Garden
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
$21-$34Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Mr. Chair
SPACE · Evanston
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Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Whimsy Wednesday
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
¿Qiensave?
Old Town School of Folk Music
12Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Chirp Radio Presents...First Time: First Light
Martyrs'
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Trivia Night
Carol's Pub · Chicago
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Added Color, Lavisher
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Elastro: Hunter Brown, chelliah, Stereotypewriters
Elastic Arts
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Shadowgrass
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
$24-$190Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
CHA WA Returns to FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB w/ special guest The Hurtin' Kind
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
LITTLE HOPES @ FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 9 · 8:30 PM
Lara Somogyi: a [time] patterned (Chicago premiere)
Constellation
$16.99↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 9:00 PM
BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends
Thursday, September 10
Free↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 10 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM
Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up
Burning Bush Brewery
$114Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
Plantasia TWO DAY PASS
Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 5:30 PM
Plantasia - Day 1 with Helado Tropical (Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical) James K Gigi Masin Elori Saxl and Henry Solomon +more
Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM
Featured Players
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
$18Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM
TBD/Joanna Connor Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 6:30 PM
Paul Marinaro Quartet
Winter's Jazz Club
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Zeruel
Avondale Music Hall · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Erykah Badu
Ravinia · Highland Park
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Victor Ladis Schultz in conversation with Michael Welch, "The Book of the Jaguar"
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Volumes, Until I Wake, Catsclaw, Outrun the Sunlight
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
And I, You, Sung Drone, Hell of a Life, Funeral Plain
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
Rainbow Girls w. Jordan Smart
SPACE · Evanston
20Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
CC & The Madman: Fall of '86 (2 Sets!)
Martyrs'
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
JUNGLE - World Tour 2026
United Center · Chicago
$60Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Jam For Good Presents - Niko Moon
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
CFS Presents: Caligari's Cure
Constellation
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Nai Palm (of Hiatus Kaiyote), with Cazeaux O.S.L.O.
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Niko Moon
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Shadowgrass
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM
Thursday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ BLUE ROSE
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
$30-$221Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM
TERRANCE SIMIEN & The Zydeco Experience at FITZGERALDS Nightclub
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM
Improvised Music Series: Gregor Samsa & Karlo Rossmann, Tyler Damon/Jacob Fawcett/Andrew Scott Young
Elastic Arts
Thu · Sep 10 · 8:30 PM
Spiral Galaxy, Bobby Conn, SiP, DJ Fiendish Thingys
The Hideout
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Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM
PLANTASIA 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
$16.99↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM
CHRIS O’LEARY
Buddy Guy's Legends
Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM
Facing w/ Laliberté, baby
Sleeping Village
Friday, September 11
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.Fri · Sep 11 · 12:00 PM
Ranger Camp 3-Day Expedition
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ Recurring
Fri · Sep 11 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM
ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy
Burning Bush Brewery
Fri · Sep 11 · 5:00 PM
Happy Hour on the PATIO w/ HILLBILLY FROLIC!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
Fri · Sep 11 · 5:30 PM
Plantasia - Day 2 with Makaya McCraven Green-House Precious Renee Tucker Chee Shimizu +more
Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 6:00 PM
Two Nights at Navy Pier: Friday (18+ Event)
Navy Pier · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 6:30 PM
Mandala Makers Fest, Arushi Mudgal: Odissi Classical Dance
Constellation
Fri · Sep 11 · 6:30 PM
Yacht Rock Revue - Primetime
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
Yosha Gunasekera, "Midnight Taxi" w/ conversation partner Mia P. Manansala
The Book Cellar
$45Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
The Matches
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
The Matches, Crooked Teeth
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
$23↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
Joanna Connor Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
Friday Night on The PATIO w/JOE PRATT & SOURCE ONE BAND!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
$14Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
Of Your Own Making w/ T. Maguire, Miss April, Rios Trios
Cubby Bear · Chicago
$46-$80Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary ft El Michels Affair, Brainstory, and Thee Heart Tones
Thalia Hall · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
Better Together - Music to Move Your Soul!
Winter's Jazz Club
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
Eric Clapton
United Center · Chicago
$19-$108Fri · Sep 11 · 7:30 PM
HAIRBANGERS BALL
Nellie's Gastropub & ConcertHub · Palatine
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Coat of Many Colors: LGBTQIA+ Songwriter's Circle: Evanston Folk Festival Afterpresented by Bluegrass Situation
SPACE · Evanston
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods Tour
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago
15Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Soul Daddy, Booti Grooviani
Martyrs'
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Noname (17+ Event)
Park West · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Ricardo Montaner - El Ultimo Regreso
Rosemont Theatre · Rosemont
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
JAMA! Afrorave: Juls
Outset · Chicago
$27.30Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
MIKE DANGEROUX
Buddy Guy's Legends
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Condition Critical, Raider, Scarsin, Carnotura
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Los Gallos, Meg and The Wheelers
The Hideout
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Troop's Finest
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
$22Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Wade Forster - The Aftermath Tour
Carol's Pub · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
The Wilder Blue
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
CLEAT Series: Steve Reidell & Tim Kinsella, Alexander Panos, Squonk
Elastic Arts
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Punch Brothers
Cahn Auditorium · Evanston
Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM
Friday Night in the SIDEBAR w/ Lydia Cash and special guest The Devil Said Jump!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
$18-$128Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM
THE GROOVELINER'S Debut @ FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Fri · Sep 11 · 9:00 PM
Metro Presents… Com Truise (DJ Set) * Merrick Brown * AVA
Sleeping Village
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Fri · Sep 11 · 9:00 PM
PLANTASIA 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
$60-$93Fri · Sep 11 · 9:30 PM
Amplify, Pink & RenRod Present: Elefante - 30 Anniversary Tour
Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont
Fri · Sep 11 · 11:00 PM
Container, easygoingtech, Anti-Soul Organization, 11111111111
The Hideout
Saturday, September 12
$166Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM
Evanston Folk Festival 2026 (2-Day Pass)
Dawes Park · Evanston
$51-$66Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM
PRAVDAFEST @ FITZGERALDS!
FitzGerald's · Berwyn
$94Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM
Evanston Folk Festival 2026 - SATURDAY
Dawes Park · Evanston
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ Recurring
Sat · Sep 12 · 1:00 PM
Chellberg Farm Open House
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ Recurring
Sat · Sep 12 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
Sat · Sep 12 · 3:00 PM
&Rise Presents – Comedy for a Cause
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
$7-$46Sat · Sep 12 · 4:00 PM
Dusty Soles Band
Nellie's Gastropub & ConcertHub · Palatine
Sat · Sep 12 · 5:00 PM
The Outreach Program: Naydja Bruton's Rhythm Ninjas, udochukwu anidobu, Amari Amai
Elastic Arts
Sat · Sep 12 · 6:00 PM
Two Nights at Navy Pier: Saturday (18+ Event)
Navy Pier · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 6:00 PM
Gregory Porter
Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana · Gary
Sat · Sep 12 · 6:30 PM
Sam Barber with Josiah and The Bonnevilles - The American Route Tour
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
$32Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Emarosa presents: High Horse Heaven Tour w/ special guests: VEAUX, and dreamfone
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Extermination Dismemberment, Mauled
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Maudlin House, Long Day Press, and Always Crashing present: Devils in the White City, a Printers Row Offsite
Elastic Arts
$23↻ RecurringSat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Joanna Connor Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Dan + Shay: The Young Tour
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park