Things to do in Chicago, IL
Music, Comedy, Theater, Food & Drink, Parks & Outdoors · morning/evening Clear
Area
1,466 events · Music, Comedy, Theater, Food & Drink, Parks & Outdoors · morning/evening
Today · Sunday, September 6
National Park pass required. Visit the Fees & Passes page.
Sun · Sep 6 · 5:30 AM
Photography Sunrise Great Marsh
Indiana Dunes National Park
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringSun · Sep 6 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringSun · Sep 6 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
Pass required. Visit fees page.
Sun · Sep 6 · 9:00 AM
Bike Ride Geology of the Region
Indiana Dunes National Park
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.
Sun · Sep 6 · 9:00 AM
Bog Gone Wild Pinhook Bog Open House
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sun · Sep 6 · 5:00 PM
The RON LAZZERETTI BAND on The PATIO STAGE!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
Passes are required. For more information, visit our Fees & Passes page.
Sun · Sep 6 · 5:00 PM
Mount Baldy Sunset Open House
Indiana Dunes National Park
Sun · Sep 6 · 5:30 PM
Mad-Good - The Music of Stevie Wonder
Winter's Jazz Club
$18Sun · Sep 6 · 5:30 PM
Nicholas Alexander Blues Band/Gerry Hundt Blues Band
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 6:00 PM
Chad Gray playing songs from Mudvayne and HELLYEAH
Outset · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 6:00 PM
Brian Bates
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 6:30 PM
O.A.R. Three Decades Tour
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
R.I.Y.L. LIVE! w. Adam Voith in conversation with Josh Terry
SPACE · Evanston
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
Squeeze w/ Adam Ant
Ravinia · Highland Park
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
Big Band & BBQ: CHICAGO GRANDSTAND
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
↻ RecurringSun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
Joan Shelley, Otto Benson, David Moore
Constellation
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:30 PM
The Rasmus, Saint Agnes, Death Valley Dreams
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 8:00 PM
October Noir, Creepy Little Things, the House Flies
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 8:00 PM
Fast Preacher, Jack Brereton, G'Nite
The Hideout
$16.99Sun · Sep 6 · 9:00 PM
CARLOS ERS
Buddy Guy's Legends
Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 PM
ANYMA - Ages 18+
Radius - Chicago · Chicago
Sun · Sep 6 · 11:00 PM
Wankdat: Crankdat B2B Wooli
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Tomorrow · Monday, September 7
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
Mon · Sep 7 · 10:00 AM
Labor Day Open 10-5
The Book Cellar
Free↻ Recurring
Mon · Sep 7 · 11:00 AM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 6:30 PM
Trivia Night
City Winery Chicago
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
Mon · Sep 7 · 7:30 PM
Henry Moodie - Ages 17+
Beat Kitchen · Chicago
Mon · Sep 7 · 8:00 PM
Creeping Death
Avondale Music Hall · Chicago
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Riddles Comedy Club
Mon · Sep 7 · 8:30 PM
Danny Elfman
Aragon Ballroom · Chicago
Mon · Sep 7 · 10:00 PM
ARC After Dark: Kloud
Outset · Chicago
Tuesday, September 8
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
PRESIDENT
Riviera Theatre- IL · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
PRESIDENT: North American Campaign 2026
Riviera Theatre- IL · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM
NAOMI ASHELY'S OTHER BAND Live on the PATIO!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Between the Lines book club
The Book Cellar
$27-$54Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
Nduduzo Makhathini
SPACE · Evanston
Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
TLC & Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue - IT'S ICONIC
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Nate Sib (18+ Event)
Lincoln Hall · Chicago
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Radio Outernational, Dark Canyon
The Hideout
Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Childish Gambino - The New World Tour
United Center · Chicago
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago
$31Tue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM
Wiki The Park Bench Tour
Three Top Lounge · Chicago
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · Chicago
↻ Recurring
Tue · Sep 8 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Subterranean · Chicago
Wednesday, September 9
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
Maddi Mays – Special Event
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
Politico’s Illinois Playbook Live! with Shia Kapos & special guest Rep. Lauren Underwood
The Hideout
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
The CHRIS GREENE QUARTET on the PATIO!
FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn
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
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:15 PM
WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME PRESENTS: COMEDY GRAB BAG W/ ALZO SLADE!
The Den Theatre
$21-$34Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Mr. Chair
SPACE · Evanston
↻ Recurring
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'
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
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
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 10 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 10 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Thu · Sep 10 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ 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 · 7:15 PM
George Civeris
The Den Theatre
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