Things to do in Chicago, IL

347 events · morning/afternoon

Friday, October 2

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 2 · 10:00 AM

The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 2 · 10:00 AM

Soul of the Stone

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 2 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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Fri · Oct 2 · 1:30 PM

M??kel?? Conducts Mahler 9

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Saturday, October 3

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 10:00 AM

Soul of the Stone

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 10:00 AM

The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 10:30 AM

U of I Extension Ask a Master Gardener

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 11:00 AM

Budding Botanist

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 11:00 AM

Sensory Play Workshop with Luna Y Cielo Play Cafe.

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 3 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Sat · Oct 3 · 1:30 PM

26th World Music Festival Chicago

Beverly Arts Center

$56

Sat · Oct 3 · 2:00 PM

Pachanka Music Culture Presents: LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

FITZGERALDS PATIO · Berwyn

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 3 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sat · Oct 3 · 3:00 PM

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

Elastic Arts

Sunday, October 4

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 4 · 10:00 AM

The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 4 · 10:00 AM

Soul of the Stone

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 4 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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

Nightlife

Sun · Oct 4 · 4:00 PM

NEW MUSIC CONCERT

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Wednesday, October 7

Parks & Outdoors

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Wed · Oct 7 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 9 · 10:00 AM

Morning Glories

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 9 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Fri · Oct 9 · 4:00 PM

Emily Dufton - "Addiction, Inc."

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 10

Sat · Oct 10 · 10:30 AM

John Prine 80th Birthday Celebration

Old Town School of Folk Music

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 10 · 11:00 AM

Budding Botanist

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

$20

Sat · Oct 10 · 11:30 AM

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Grateful Dead for Kids

Thalia Hall · Chicago

Sat · Oct 10 · 12:00 PM

TenderFest @ East End Plaza at Navy Pier

Navy Pier · Chicago

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 10 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 10 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

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

Sun · Oct 11 · 11:30 AM

5th ANNUAL HONKY TONKTOBERFEST Hosted by WILD EARP

FitzGerald's · Berwyn

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 11 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Wed · Oct 14 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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

Parks & Outdoors

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Thu · Oct 15 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Thu · Oct 15 · 4:00 PM

Stephanie Soileau - "Should the Waters Take Us"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 16

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 16 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 17 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 17 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

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

$10

Sun · Oct 18 · 10:15 AM

Halloween Family Fun in the Club w/ TUNES WITH TIM

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB · Berwyn

Sun · Oct 18 · 11:00 AM

Little Miss Ann And Friends Halloween Concert!

SPACE · Evanston

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 18 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Nightlife

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Sun · Oct 18 · 3:00 PM

UPTOWN POETRY SLAM

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Wednesday, October 21

Parks & Outdoors

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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

Friday, October 23

Parks & Outdoors

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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

Saturday, October 24

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Oct 24 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 24 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

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

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Oct 25 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Wed · Oct 28 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Wed · Oct 28 · 4:00 PM

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

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 30

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Oct 30 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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Fri · Oct 30 · 1:30 PM

Brahms Requiem

Symphony Center-IL · Chicago

Sunday, November 1

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Nov 1 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Fri · Nov 6 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Sat · Nov 7 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

Sunday, November 8

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Nov 8 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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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

Parks & Outdoors

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Sun · Nov 15 · 1:00 PM

Daily Ranger Guided Tours

Pullman National Historical Park

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Sun · Nov 15 · 3:00 PM

The Hoyle Brothers

Martyrs'