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102 events · Music, Comedy, Food & Drink · afternoon

Today · Saturday, September 5

Sat · Sep 5 · 12:00 PM

Evanston Folk Festival Labor Day Party

SPACE · Evanston

Sat · Sep 5 · 12:00 PM

BLUEGRASS BRUNCH ft. FOX CROSSING STRING BAND

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

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Sat · Sep 5 · 12:00 PM

ARC Music Festival

Union Park · Chicago

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Sat · Sep 5 · 2:00 PM

ARC Music Festival (18 and Over)

Union Park · Chicago

Sat · Sep 5 · 4:00 PM

Saturday afternoon on the Patio w/ SOUL MESSAGE BAND

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Tomorrow · Sunday, September 6

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Sun · Sep 6 · 12:00 PM

ARC Music Festival

Union Park · Chicago

$18-$97

Sun · Sep 6 · 12:00 PM

MARIACHI BRUNCH on the PATIO ft. MARIACHI SIRENAS!!

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

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Sun · Sep 6 · 2:00 PM

ARC Music Festival (18 and Over)

Union Park · Chicago

Sun · Sep 6 · 2:00 PM

Soca Junction - Vibes In The Sky

Three Top Lounge · Chicago

Sun · Sep 6 · 2:00 PM

NieR:Orchestra Concert 12026 [YoRHa]

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Sun · Sep 6 · 2:30 PM

House & Freestyle Affair with Sa-Fire

Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago

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Sun · Sep 6 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sun · Sep 6 · 3:00 PM

Washington State vs. Washington Watch Party

Burning Bush Brewery

Sun · Sep 6 · 4:00 PM

Oldies but Goodies: Labor Day Patio Party w. DJ Corey Bless

SPACE · Evanston

Monday, September 7

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Mon · Sep 7 · 12:00 PM

ARC Music Festival

Union Park · Chicago

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Mon · Sep 7 · 2:00 PM

ARC Music Festival (18 and Over)

Union Park · Chicago

$15

Mon · Sep 7 · 3:00 PM

No Stress

Three Top Lounge · Chicago

Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM

Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, September 11

Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM

ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy

Burning Bush Brewery

Saturday, September 12

$166

Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM

Evanston Folk Festival 2026 (2-Day Pass)

Dawes Park · Evanston

$51-$66

Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM

PRAVDAFEST @ FITZGERALDS!

FitzGerald's · Berwyn

$94

Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 PM

Evanston Folk Festival 2026 - SATURDAY

Dawes Park · Evanston

Sat · Sep 12 · 3:00 PM

&Rise Presents – Comedy for a Cause

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago

$7-$46

Sat · Sep 12 · 4:00 PM

Dusty Soles Band

Nellie's Gastropub & ConcertHub · Palatine

Sunday, September 13

$116

Sun · Sep 13 · 12:00 PM

Evanston Folk Festival 2026 - SUNDAY

Dawes Park · Evanston

Sun · Sep 13 · 12:00 PM

BLUES BRUNCH ft. The Nigel Mack Acoustic Duo

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

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Sun · Sep 13 · 12:30 PM

World Famous Gospel Brunch at House of Blues (CHI)

House of Blues Chicago · Chicago

Sun · Sep 13 · 1:00 PM

"quiet as it's kept" Visual Gallery Exhibition Closing Reception

Elastic Arts

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Sun · Sep 13 · 2:00 PM

Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour

Allstate Arena · Rosemont

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Sun · Sep 13 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sun · Sep 13 · 4:00 PM

Hugel at Navy Pier Open Air

Navy Pier · Chicago

Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15 · 4:00 PM

Valena Beety - "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" - Nathan Maxwell

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 1:00 PM

Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose" @ Music Box Theater

The Book Cellar

Thu · Sep 17 · 4:00 PM

Michael E. Sawyer - "The of No Return: Being-As-Black"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, September 18

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Fri · Sep 18 · 1:30 PM

Petr Popelka & Hilary Hahn

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Saturday, September 19

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Old Town Ale House

The Book Cellar

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Serena Solin - "A Barer Sky" - Rob Macaisa Colgate, Lisa Low, and Leah Flax Barber

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sunday, September 20

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Sun · Sep 20 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sun · Sep 20 · 4:00 PM

Nick Warren - Ages 21+

Castaways · Chicago

Tuesday, September 22

Tue · Sep 22 · 4:00 PM

Jeremy Simmons - "Sea of Treasures" - Derek Kennet

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, September 25

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Fri · Sep 25 · 1:30 PM

M??kel?? Conducts Sibelius & Shostakovich

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Saturday, September 26

Sat · Sep 26 · 12:00 PM

Chicago End-Of-Life Expo

Sleeping Village

Sat · Sep 26 · 3:00 PM

Ian Rosenberg - "Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody" - Samantha Chatman

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Sep 26 · 4:00 PM

Saturday afternoon on the PATIO w/ NEW EARTH FARMERS (Record Release !) + ANDON DAVIS TRIO

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Sunday, September 27

Sun · Sep 27 · 12:00 PM

Burning Bush Fall Fest '26

Burning Bush Brewery

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Sun · Sep 27 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Friday, October 2

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Fri · Oct 2 · 1:30 PM

M??kel?? Conducts Mahler 9

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Saturday, October 3

$56

Sat · Oct 3 · 2:00 PM

Pachanka Music Culture Presents: LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Sat · Oct 3 · 3:00 PM

AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: Xavi burgos staged reading and talkbalk [offsite in humboldt Park]

Elastic Arts

Sunday, October 4

Sun · Oct 4 · 3:00 PM

AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: africlassical futures presents Autophysiopsychic Millennium’s ‘White Flowers’ (Detroit), BSA Gold [offsite at bronzeville’s blanc gallery]

Elastic Arts

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Sun · Oct 4 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

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Sun · Oct 4 · 3:00 PM

M??kel?? Conducts Mahler 9

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Wednesday, October 7

Wed · Oct 7 · 4:00 PM

Garrison Lovely - "Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — And How to Stop It"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 9

Fri · Oct 9 · 4:00 PM

Emily Dufton - "Addiction, Inc."

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 10

Sat · Oct 10 · 12:00 PM

TenderFest @ East End Plaza at Navy Pier

Navy Pier · Chicago

Sat · Oct 10 · 4:00 PM

Julian Hattem - "Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change is Creating a New Era of Migration

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sunday, October 11

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Sun · Oct 11 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sun · Oct 11 · 3:00 PM

Third Coast Symphony: Rhapsody in Blue & A World Premiere

George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center · Skokie

Wednesday, October 14

Wed · Oct 14 · 4:00 PM

Martha C. Nussbaum - "The Republic of Love" - Douglas Baird

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thursday, October 15

Thu · Oct 15 · 12:00 PM

East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Julia Alekseyeva

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thu · Oct 15 · 4:00 PM

Stephanie Soileau - "Should the Waters Take Us"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 16

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Fri · Oct 16 · 1:30 PM

Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Fri · Oct 16 · 4:00 PM

Charlotte de Witte at East End at Navy Pier

Navy Pier · Chicago

Fri · Oct 16 · 4:00 PM

Ruth Bloch Rubin - "Divided Parties, Strong Leaders"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 17

Sat · Oct 17 · 12:00 PM

FUNK BRUNCH in the CLUB w/ Greg Jacks & Brother Help

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

Sat · Oct 17 · 2:00 PM

Anastasia Klimchynskaya - "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for the Spacefaring Age" - Jordan Bimm & Katherine Buse

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Oct 17 · 4:00 PM

Josh Joplin - Matinee

The Hideout

Sat · Oct 17 · 4:00 PM

deadmau5 at Navy Pier Open Air

Navy Pier · Chicago

Sunday, October 18

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Sun · Oct 18 · 12:30 PM

World Famous Gospel Brunch at House of Blues (CHI)

House of Blues Chicago · Chicago

$60

Sun · Oct 18 · 1:00 PM

Club Romo Presents George Lamond, TKA, and The Jets!

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

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Sun · Oct 18 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sun · Oct 18 · 3:00 PM

Thibaudet, Batiashvili & Capu??on

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Wednesday, October 21

Wed · Oct 21 · 4:00 PM

Russell P. Johnson - "Beyond Civility in Social Conflict" - Marvin Wickware

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 23

Fri · Oct 23 · 4:00 PM

Jonathan González - "Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars" - Anna Martine Whitehead

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 24

Sat · Oct 24 · 3:00 PM

Rowenna Miller - "The Dancer and the Dream Thief"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Oct 24 · 4:00 PM

The Wrecks - Finally : OUTSIDE Tour

House of Blues Chicago · Chicago

Sunday, October 25

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Sun · Oct 25 · 3:00 PM

Sleeping Beauty & Dvor??k Cello Concerto

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

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Sun · Oct 25 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Wednesday, October 28

Wed · Oct 28 · 4:00 PM

Gautham Rao - "White Power: Policing American Slavery" - Alison L. LaCroix

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 30

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Fri · Oct 30 · 1:30 PM

Brahms Requiem

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Sunday, November 1

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Sun · Nov 1 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

$17-$33

Sun · Nov 1 · 3:00 PM

Chicago 1971 - Afternoon

Carol's Pub · Chicago

Friday, November 6

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Fri · Nov 6 · 1:30 PM

Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Fri · Nov 6 · 4:00 PM

R.P. Singletary - "Speak Softly Among Icebergs" - Elizabeth, or Ez, Pence

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, November 7

Sat · Nov 7 · 12:00 PM

Chicago Sound Collective

Reggies Music Joint · Chicago

Sunday, November 8

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Sun · Nov 8 · 3:00 PM

Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

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Sun · Nov 8 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sunday, November 15

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Sun · Nov 15 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

$35-$68

Sun · Nov 15 · 3:45 PM

Rockin' for Heroes: A Veteran's Day Tribute Featuring 7th Heaven & Friends

Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont

Saturday, November 21

Sat · Nov 21 · 12:45 PM

Symphonic Superheroes

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Sunday, November 22

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Sun · Nov 22 · 12:30 PM

World Famous Gospel Brunch at House of Blues (CHI)

House of Blues Chicago · Chicago

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Sun · Nov 22 · 2:00 PM

Wagner: Myth & Music

Civic Opera House · Chicago

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Sun · Nov 22 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Saturday, November 28

Sat · Nov 28 · 1:30 PM

Vienna Boys' Choir

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

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Sat · Nov 28 · 2:00 PM

Mariachi Herencia de México

Old Town School of Folk Music

Sunday, November 29

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Sun · Nov 29 · 3:00 PM

Mariachi Herencia de México

Old Town School of Folk Music

Sun · Nov 29 · 3:00 PM

Third Coast Symphony: The 007 Days of Christmas

George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center · Skokie

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Sun · Nov 29 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sunday, December 6

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Sun · Dec 6 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'

Sunday, December 13

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Sun · Dec 13 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'