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1,479 events · Music, Food & Drink, Parks & Outdoors · afternoon/evening
Sunday, October 18
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World Famous Gospel Brunch at House of Blues (CHI)
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
$60Sun · Oct 18 · 1:00 PM
Club Romo Presents George Lamond, TKA, and The Jets!
Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont
Free↻ Recurring
Sun · Oct 18 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
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The Hoyle Brothers
Martyrs'
Sun · Oct 18 · 3:00 PM
Thibaudet, Batiashvili & Capu??on
Symphony Center-IL · Chicago
$18↻ RecurringSun · Oct 18 · 5:30 PM
TBD/TBD
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Sun · Oct 18 · 6:00 PM
MOVEMENTS - HAPPIER NOW USA TOUR
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Sun · Oct 18 · 6:00 PM
TWISTED SISTER Featuring Sebastian Bach on Lead Vocals
Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana · Gary
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No Bother
Martyrs'
Sun · Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
French Police (18 and Over)
Ramova Theatre · Chicago
Sun · Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
Jon Lampley
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Sun · Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
Frank Bang and the Secret Stash, Millie Grace Band
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
$30-$43Sun · Oct 18 · 7:30 PM
May Erlewine and Packy Lundholm
SPACE · Evanston
Sun · Oct 18 · 8:00 PM
JOHN SCOFIELD’S “ELECTROSPECTIVE” featuring OTEIL BURBRIDGE, LARRY GOLDINGS & ADAM DEITCH
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Sun · Oct 18 · 8:00 PM
Olivia and the Lovers, Stefan Weiner, Devil Said Jump
The Hideout
$32Sun · Oct 18 · 8:00 PM
Chinese Football
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
$16.99Sun · Oct 18 · 9:00 PM
ELEVATION BAND – LITTLE WALTER FOUNDATION
Buddy Guy's Legends
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Subtronics (18 and Over)
Radius - Chicago · Chicago
Monday, October 19
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Trivia Night
City Winery Chicago
Mon · Oct 19 · 7:00 PM
Disney Descendants, ZOMBIES & Camp Rock: Worlds Collide Concert Tour
United Center · Chicago
↻ RecurringMon · Oct 19 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
↻ RecurringMon · Oct 19 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
Mon · Oct 19 · 7:30 PM
Albert Cummings
SPACE · Evanston
Mon · Oct 19 · 8:00 PM
Eggy: The Final Tour (of 2026) - A Special Acoustic Performance
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Mon · Oct 19 · 8:00 PM
Episodic Memory, Prisoner, Binary Star, Viz Chambers
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
Tuesday, October 20
Tue · Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
The Black Keys: PEACHES 'N KREAM
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Tue · Oct 20 · 7:30 PM
An Evening With Richard Shindell - All Acoustic
SPACE · Evanston
Tue · Oct 20 · 8:00 PM
LowDown Brass Band & Fonville x Fribush
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
↻ RecurringTue · Oct 20 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Cubby Bear · Chicago
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Tue · Oct 20 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Subterranean · Chicago
Wednesday, October 21
Free↻ Recurring
Wed · Oct 21 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
Wed · Oct 21 · 4:00 PM
Russell P. Johnson - "Beyond Civility in Social Conflict" - Marvin Wickware
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Wed · Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
The Army, The Navy
Chop Shop · Chicago
Wed · Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The Black Keys: PEACHES 'N KREAM
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Wed · Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Disney Descendants, ZOMBIES & Camp Rock: Worlds Collide Concert Tour
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
DJ Shadow (18+)
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
Furious Desire
Old Town School of Folk Music
Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
Beat
Copernicus Center · Chicago
$21-$34Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
The Lowest Pair w. The Spine Stealers
SPACE · Evanston
$30-$221Wed · Oct 21 · 8:00 PM
JEFFREY FOCAULT @ FITZGERALDS HISTORIC NIGHTCLUB
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Wed · Oct 21 · 8:00 PM
Herakleion, Wraith, Morbidity
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
↻ RecurringWed · Oct 21 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
Carol's Pub · Chicago
Wed · Oct 21 · 8:00 PM
Pain of Truth, 100 Demons, Shattered Realm, Killing Pace
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Wed · Oct 21 · 8:00 PM
2026-27 TAEMIN WORLD TOUR <LiMiNaL> in Chicago
Wintrust Arena · Chicago
$16.99↻ RecurringWed · Oct 21 · 9:00 PM
BROTHER JOHN – Host The Jam
Buddy Guy's Legends
Wed · Oct 21 · 9:00 PM
Eleventh Dream Day
The Hideout
Thursday, October 22
Free↻ Recurring
Thu · Oct 22 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
$18↻ RecurringThu · Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
TBD/TBD
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
Conservatory After Dark ft. Meadowlark
Lincoln Park Conservancy
$24-$190Thu · Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
SCOTT LIGON'S ALL STAR FREAKOUT w/ special guests CHRIS LIGON & The Problems and RAMI & The Reliables
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn
Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Jonas Brothers: The Burning Up Tour All Over Again
Allstate Arena · Rosemont
Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Maher Zain - USA Tour 2026
Cahn Auditorium · Evanston
Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Buena Vista Orchestra
Vic Theatre · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Whitney w/ Greg Mendez
Metro · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Every Avenue x In Her Own Words - Perfectly Unfamiliar Tour
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
↻ RecurringThu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Sleeping Beauty & Dvor??k Cello Concerto
Symphony Center-IL · Chicago
15Thu · Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
The Unknown Pleasures - The Music of Joy Division, Matt North - Record Release!
Martyrs'
$41-$134Thu · Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Maggie Rose: Half Moon Tour
SPACE · Evanston
Thu · Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Houseplant
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Sylvan Esso presented by Jack Daniel's
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Isabel LaRosa
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
Thu · Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
Clever
Subterranean · Chicago
$16.99↻ RecurringThu · Oct 22 · 9:00 PM
TBA
Buddy Guy's Legends
Friday, October 23
Free↻ Recurring
Fri · Oct 23 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
Fri · Oct 23 · 4:00 PM
Jonathan González - "Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars" - Anna Martine Whitehead
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Fri · Oct 23 · 6:00 PM
This Wild Life w/ Nate Bergman
Chop Shop · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
This Wild Life
Chop Shop · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
Rebecca Black - Exhibitionism on Tour
House of Blues Chicago · Chicago
$23↻ RecurringFri · Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
TBD/TBD
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Oct 23 · 7:30 PM
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Future Soul 2026 Tour
The Chicago Theatre · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
William Elliott Whitmore, Meg & the Wheelers
Reggies Rock Club · Chicago
↻ RecurringFri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Judy Collins
Old Town School of Folk Music
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
La Diosa
George Van Dusen Theatre at North Shore Center · Skokie
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Maggie Rose
Garcia's Chicago · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Austin Snell - Colors Tour 2026
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Gilla Band
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Fort Frances
The Hideout
$32Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Gilla Band, Piss
Bottom Lounge · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Vincent Neil Emerson
SPACE · Evanston
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
PLAYGRND SERIES CHICAGO
Thalia Hall · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Silvis, Everyday Fantastic, Om In Gold
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Menudo 50
Rosemont Theatre · Rosemont
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Austin Snell (21+ Event)
Joe's on Weed Street · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 8:00 PM
Sammy Rae & The Friends with special guest Melt
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) · Chicago
$17Fri · Oct 23 · 8:30 PM
The Ron Burgundy's
Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont
Fri · Oct 23 · 9:00 PM
¥ØU$UK ¥UK1MAT$U: Autumn 2026 Tour
Aragon Ballroom · Chicago
$27.30Fri · Oct 23 · 9:00 PM
RAY FULLER
Buddy Guy's Legends
Fri · Oct 23 · 9:00 PM
MJT the Band, Desmond Jones, When We Was Kids
Reggies Music Joint · Chicago
$8Fri · Oct 23 · 9:30 PM
The Messengers
Carol's Pub · Chicago
Fri · Oct 23 · 10:00 PM
Grabbitz
Outset · Chicago
Saturday, October 24
Free↻ Recurring
Sat · Oct 24 · 1:00 PM
Daily Ranger Guided Tours
Pullman National Historical Park
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
Sat · Oct 24 · 6:30 PM
Badluv, Dan Vallejo, KR!S Cortez, Freshman
Reggies Bananna's Shack · Chicago
$23↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 7:00 PM
TBD/TBD
Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center · Chicago
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 7:30 PM
Sleeping Beauty & Dvor??k Cello Concerto
Symphony Center-IL · Chicago
Sat · Oct 24 · 7:30 PM
Shane Dawson Live!
Vic Theatre · Chicago
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 7:30 PM
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Future Soul 2026 Tour
The Chicago Theatre · Chicago
Sat · Oct 24 · 8:00 PM
Mobb Deep x Talib Kweli (18 and Over)
Ramova Theatre · Chicago
$20-$33Sat · Oct 24 · 8:00 PM
Emo Night LIVE with All American Throwbacks
Joe's Live Rosemont · Rosemont