Things to do in Chicago
2.2k+ things to do in Chicago this month
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Sat · Oct 31 · 8:00 PM
Sock Jock/ Turning Birds/ Birnaural Head/ Madeline Farr
Sock Jock +3
The Burlington · Chicago
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 17 · 10:30 AM
U of I Extension Ask a Master Gardener
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringFri · Oct 30 · 12:30 PM
Morning Glories
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sat · Oct 24 · 10:30 AM
A Bone-Shakin' Storytime
City Lit Books · Logan Square
Wed · Nov 4 · 8:00 PM
First Electric/ Jasper/ Rent Boy/ New Goo
First Electric +3
The Burlington · Chicago
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The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Oct 27 · 4:00 PM
Rhea Rahman - "Racializing the Ummah" - Eman Abdelhadi, Darryl Li
Author: Rhea Rahman
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
Tue · Dec 15 · 7:00 PM
CHOSEN SON: A Conversation with Adrienne Young!
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Nov 17 · 6:00 PM
Killing Radicalism: Anti-Rape Advocacy Reimagined
Author: Anti-Rape Advocacy Reimagined
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
↻ RecurringFri · Oct 30 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSun · Nov 8 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSun · Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Nov 4 · 4:30 PM
Amy Skjerseth - "Preprogrammed: How Electronic Presets Changed Music and Media" - Jennifer Iverson
Author: Amy Skjerseth
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
Fri · Nov 6 · 4:00 PM
R.P. Singletary - "Speak Softly Among Icebergs" - Elizabeth, or Ez, Pence
Author: R.P. Singletary
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
Tue · Feb 16 · 7:00 PM
February 2027 Book Club
Sandmeyer's Bookstore · Printers Row
Mon · Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Tiny City/ Sea of Cars/ CAMERON/ Miss Teen President
Tiny City +3
The Burlington · Chicago
Thu · Nov 5 · 4:00 PM
Steven B. Dolins & Gregory Donald Gay - "Can I Get a Witness?: Faith, Family, and Chicago Gospel Music"
Author: Steven B. Dolins & Gregory Donald Gay
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
↻ RecurringSun · Nov 8 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sun · Nov 15 · 5:00 PM
Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs with Michael D. Doan and Bill Ayers
Author: Michael D. Doan +1
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
Thu · Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
Violent Wave Launch
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
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U of I Extension Ask a Master Gardener
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringThu · Oct 29 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Fri · Nov 13 · 4:00 PM
Deirdre Loughridge - "The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" - Jennifer Iverson
Author: Deirdre Loughridge
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Thu · Nov 19 · 11:59 AM
Sara Geist/ State Alchemist/ Wellthen
Sara Geist +2
The Burlington · Chicago
↻ RecurringWed · Nov 4 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 11:00 AM
Budding Botanist
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Whimsy Wednesday
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
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Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sun · Oct 25 · 3:00 PM
Composting Demos
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Dec 15 · 7:00 PM
December 2026 Book Club
Sandmeyer's Bookstore · Printers Row
↻ RecurringWed · Oct 28 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Thu · Oct 29 · 8:00 PM
Blazers & Botanicals: Upcycling Workshop
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Wed · Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
Creatures of the Night
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Mon · Oct 26
Event 37852
Occult Bookstore
↻ RecurringFri · Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Nov 17 · 7:00 PM
November 2026 Book Club
Sandmeyer's Bookstore · Printers Row
Tue · Apr 20 · 7:00 PM
April 2026 Book Club
Sandmeyer's Bookstore · Printers Row
↻ RecurringSat · Nov 7 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Jan 19 · 7:00 PM
January 2027 Book Club
Sandmeyer's Bookstore · Printers Row
Thu · Nov 12 · 8:00 PM
Marie Ann Hedonia/ Simonne Wrath/ Anne Helen Wells/ h_dobrogica
Marie Ann Hedonia +3
The Burlington · Chicago
Sun · Nov 8 · 3:00 PM
Rooted in Place: Black Land, Memory & the Natural World | Film Screening + Community Conversation
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Tue · Nov 3 · 4:00 PM
Frances Ferguson - "Records of Reward: Essays on Literature and Value" - Heather Keenleyside
Author: Frances Ferguson
57th Street Books · Hyde Park
↻ RecurringWed · Nov 4 · 7:30 PM
Whimsy Wednesday
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sat · Nov 21 · 4:00 PM
Prison Hashtags
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
↻ RecurringFri · Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringThu · Nov 5 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Thu · Nov 19 · 6:00 PM
The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal about American Justice
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 31 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Sat · Oct 31 · 11:00 AM
Butterfly Fandango Performance
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSun · Nov 1 · 10:00 AM
Soul of the Stone
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSat · Oct 31 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
↻ RecurringSun · Nov 1 · 10:00 AM
The Oracle of Evergreen: A BLACK PLANT IT EXHIBITION 2026
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Thu · Dec 10 · 6:00 PM
Two Dollar Radio – Shelter is Necessary for Existence and Acid Green Velvet
Pilsen Community Books · Pilsen
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Budding Botanist
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Events in Chicago, IL
Concerts, comedy, theater, author readings and community happenings, collected straight from local venue calendars and updated daily. Chicago has the deepest improv and blues benches in the country — Second City and iO, Kingston Mines and Buddy Guy's Legends — plus Lincoln Hall, Thalia Hall, the Lyric and the CSO.