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1,423 events · Music, Comedy, Parks & Outdoors · morning/evening
Saturday, September 12
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Emarosa w/ Veaux
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
anees
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Cult Member
Outset · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Ravinia · Highland Park
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
Chief Keef Live 2026
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with Boyce Hudson
Winter's Jazz Club
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
Sons of Legion
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
Robyn - The Sexistential Tour
United Center · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:30 PM
Black Label Society
Aragon Ballroom · Chicago
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Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:00 PM
Senorita x Garcia's End of Summer Party
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:00 PM
Madeleine Peyroux
Old Town School of Folk Music
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:00 PM
Binomio De Oro De America
Rosemont Theatre · Rosemont
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:30 PM
Hurray for the Riff Raff w. Free Range: Evanston Folk Festival Afterpresented by Bluegrass Situation
SPACE · Evanston
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:30 PM
The Waco Brothers, Trash Kickers
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:30 PM
Parlour Magic, Course, Nae
The Hideout
Sat · Sep 12 · 9:00 PM
JEMBAA GROOVE w/ Dark Canyon
Sleeping Village
$27.30Sat · Sep 12 · 9:00 PM
IVAN SINGH
Buddy Guy's Legends
$12Sat · Sep 12 · 9:30 PM
Billy Gray
Carol's Pub · Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 PM
Oskar med K (18+ event)
Radius - Chicago · Chicago
Sunday, September 13
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringSun · Sep 13 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringSun · Sep 13 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
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Sun · Sep 13 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sun · Sep 13 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sun · Sep 13 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sun · Sep 13 · 5:00 PM
The Phil Angotti Four: POWER POP!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
$18Sun · Sep 13 · 5:30 PM
Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Rico McFarland Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 5:30 PM
Bruce Henry Quartet with special guest Kevin King - The Great Male Voices of Jazz: Armstrong, Cole, Hendricks, Jarreau
Winter's Jazz Club
Sun · Sep 13 · 6:00 PM
Matt Torres
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Sequinox: A Ritual Cycle with Secrets of the Beehive and Mehtab Kirtan’s Death Songs
Elastic Arts
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Los Tigres del Norte
Ravinia · Highland Park
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Big Band & BBQ w/ SHOUT SECTION BIG BAND
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Bettye LaVette
Old Town School of Folk Music
Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM
Venjent
Outset · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Pitbull - I'm Back with special guest Lil Jon
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Lily Allen Performs West End Girl
The Chicago Theatre · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:00 PM
Joey Harkum, Zack Fedor & the Long Goodbyes, Russ Baum
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:30 PM
Chávez Ismaily Saunier
Constellation
Sun · Sep 13 · 8:30 PM
A Tribute to John Prine's Bruised Orange: Evanston Folk Festival Afterpresented by Bluegrass Situation
SPACE · Evanston
$16.99Sun · Sep 13 · 9:00 PM
MIXX COMPANY
Buddy Guy's Legends
Monday, September 14
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM
Trivia Night
City Winery Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years
Constellation
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Bikini Kill with Ganser
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Up Chicago
The Hideout
Mon · Sep 14 · 7:30 PM
Dominique Fils-Aimé
SPACE · Evanston
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Bob Log III
Beat Kitchen · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Industry Night Market
Sleeping Village
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Dirty Sound Magnet , Gran Moreno, Tombstone Eyes, Ricky Liontones
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Susanna Hoffs
Old Town School of Folk Music
Mon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Industry Night w/ Saggitari
Sleeping Village
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Riddles Comedy Club
Tuesday, September 15
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:00 PM
Stand-up for the Homeless
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM
BRENN! - AMATEUR AT BEST WORLD TOUR
Outset · Chicago
25Tue · Sep 15 · 7:00 PM
Tony Rogers & Friends - The Significant Birthday
Martyrs'
$27-$41Tue · Sep 15 · 7:30 PM
The 24th Annual Chicago Gypsy Jazz Fest
SPACE · Evanston
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Paul Cauthen w/ Ben Chapman
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Metro Presents… Avalon Emerson & the Charm w/ Lipsticism
Sleeping Village
$46-$611Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Paul Cauthen with Ben Chapman
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Jay Park with special guest LNGSHOT: Serenades & Body Rolls
Aragon Ballroom · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
LP - All Is Not Lost Tour
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM
Thomas Dollbaum, Glass Beagle
The Hideout
Tue · Sep 15 · 8:30 PM
Dead Pink Radio, the Charlie Berry Project
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · Chicago
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago
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Tue · Sep 15 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Subterranean · Chicago
Wednesday, September 16
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Wed · Sep 16 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
Abigail Riccards & Friends - A Night of Soul Jazz Blues Favorites
Winter's Jazz Club
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
$uicideboy$ Present Grey Day Tour 2026 W. Destroy Lonely & More
Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre · Tinley Park
Wed · Sep 16 · 6:30 PM
Claire Sundbye
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Tinlicker North America 2026
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Music Under Glass with Inti Illinois
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM
Tove Lo - ESTRUS TOUR
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
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Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Whimsy Wednesday
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Chicago Bonsai Club
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Bolokada Conde
Old Town School of Folk Music
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Ronnie Baker Brooks
North Theatre at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts · Skokie
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Kat and the Hurricane, Half Ivory, Dutch Cove, Naked Brunch
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Altin Gun (18+)
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Andy Irvine
Martyrs'
Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM
Melvin Taylor
SPACE · Evanston
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
Carol's Pub · Chicago
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
Carly Pearce – Honest Woman: Up Close – Presented by Conundrum Wines
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Wed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM
Grelley Dance Party
The Hideout
Wed · Sep 16 · 8:30 PM
Jazz in the Sidebar w/ Aval Stanley Zaucha Organ Trio!
FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR · Berwyn
Wed · Sep 16 · 9:00 PM
Metro Presents… upsammy & Valentina Magaletti * composuresquad * Mithra
Sleeping Village
$16.99↻ RecurringWed · Sep 16 · 9:00 PM
JIMMY BURNS – Host The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends
Thursday, September 17
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 17 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 17 · 11:30 AM
Beekeeping Demonstrations
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
$18Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Mike Wheeler Blues Band/Nicholas Alexander Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Liz Phair & Sleater-Kinney: The Flannel and The Fury 2026
The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
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Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
EcoStewards Workday
Lincoln Park Conservancy
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM
Jeremy Kahn Trio with special guest Julia Danielle - Voices of the Twenties: Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Ruth Etting
Winter's Jazz Club