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558 events · Theater, Food & Drink, Nightlife, 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
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Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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
↻ RecurringSun · Sep 6 · 5:30 PM
Open Mic Night
aliveOne
Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
McPhee/Vandermark/Corsano, Halvorson/Courvoisier, 7 Poets Tr
Hungry Brain
↻ RecurringSun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
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Sun · Sep 6 · 8:00 PM
SOUL MESSAGE
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
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Sun · Sep 6 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
My Buddy's
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Sun · Sep 6 · 10:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Reed's Local
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 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 7 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
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Trivia Night
Fatpour Tap Works - Wicker Park
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
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Roscoe Village Pub
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Sheffield's Wine & Beer Garden
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Punch Bowl Social Chicago
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Jake Melnick's Corner Tap
Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Between the Lines book club
The Book Cellar
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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Open Mic / Blues Jam
Gallery Cabaret
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Butch McGuire's
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Timothy O'Toole's Pub Chicago
$16Tue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
Mouse Magazine Presents: Tragic Heroine Try A Dull Knife Plastic Peach
Cole's Bar
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 7:30 PM
Open Mic Comedy
Harrigan's
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Emerald Isle
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Tue · Sep 8 · 8:00 PM
CHICAGO CELLAR BOYS
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Vaughan's Pub
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
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Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Wed · Sep 9 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Robert Patrick Conlon, "Celtic Knot"
The Book Cellar
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Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM
Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Fado Irish Pub
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
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Commonwealth Tavern
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Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM
Whimsy Wednesday
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
Burwood Tap
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Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
ALFONSO PONTICELLI
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Free↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Comedy Open Mic
Cole's Bar
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Karaoke Night
Rabbit Hole Wrigley
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Wed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Karaoke Night
Sidekick's Entertainment Lounge
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
George Street Pub
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 8:00 PM
Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Dante's Tavern
↻ RecurringWed · Sep 9 · 9:00 PM
Karaoke Wednesdays
Replay Lakeview
Thursday, September 10
$15.77Thu · Sep 10 · 7:30 AM
Anne Helen Wells, Suroor, MaryMary!
Cole's Bar
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
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Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
ANDY BROWN
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Victor Ladis Schultz in conversation with Michael Welch, "The Book of the Jaguar"
The Book Cellar
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Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Whiskey Girl Tavern
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:15 PM
George Civeris
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 7:30 PM
Jeopardy! Bar League
Guthries Tavern
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Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
ALAN GRESIK'S SWING ORCHESTRA
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM
Trivia Night
Bucktown Pub
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Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM
PLANTASIA 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Friday, September 11
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Fri · Sep 11 · 1:00 AM
GREEN MILL JAM SESSION with MARQUIS HILL
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
↻ Recurring
Fri · Sep 11 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Fri · Sep 11 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Fri · Sep 11 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 11:00 AM
Children's Storytime!
The Book Cellar
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Fri · Sep 11 · 5:00 PM
Chris Foreman
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
Yosha Gunasekera, "Midnight Taxi" w/ conversation partner Mia P. Manansala
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
DNA: A Bountiful Harvest
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
O'Donnell's
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Fri · Sep 11 · 8:00 PM
MIKE JONES TRIO
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
$15.77Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM
Elijah Batson Waco Dogs Run Free
Cole's Bar
Fri · Sep 11 · 9:00 PM
Paul Asaro Quartet ft. Natalie Scharf
Hungry Brain
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Fri · Sep 11 · 9:00 PM
PLANTASIA 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Saturday, September 12
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Sat · Sep 12 · 1:00 AM
RIGHTEOUS ROOSTER ORGAN TRIO
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Passes are required. For more information, visit the Fees & Passes page.↻ RecurringSat · Sep 12 · 8:00 AM
Outdoor Adventure Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park
Free↻ RecurringSat · Sep 12 · 8:30 AM
Movie - Indiana Dunes: Nature's Masterpiece - Visitor Center
Indiana Dunes National Park
Sat · Sep 12 · 8:30 AM
Wellness Series at the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
Lincoln Park Conservancy
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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM
Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ Recurring
Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM
Artist’s Flower Pigments!
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:30 AM
U of I Extension Ask a Master Gardener
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sat · Sep 12 · 11:00 AM
Origami Open House
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Sat · Sep 12 · 11:00 AM
Budding Botanist
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor
Beverly Arts Center
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Peter Cunningham and the Bread and Butter Band
Hungry Brain
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Sat · Sep 12 · 8:00 PM
MIKE JONES TRIO
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge