Things to do in Chicago this week

Today

• Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise Aboard First Lady

  Tue 6 Oct · Chicago Architecture Center - First Lady

  From Ticketmaster

• Filipino American History Month Introduction to Bookbinding

  Tue 6 Oct, 5:30 PM · North Pulaski

  From Chicago Public Library

• Sesiones de GED con UIC Center for Literacy

  Tue 6 Oct, 5:30 PM · Back of the Yards

  From Chicago Public Library

• Tabletop Game Night

  Tue 6 Oct, 5:30 PM · Northtown

  From Chicago Public Library

• Zoning and Land Use 101 with MPC

  Tue 6 Oct, 5:30 PM · Legler Regional

  From Chicago Public Library

• Bike Basics With Xail

  Tue 6 Oct, 6 PM · Back of the Yards

  From Chicago Public Library

• ESL Practice: English Conversation Group

  Tue 6 Oct, 6 PM · West Town

  From Chicago Public Library

• ESL Practice: English Conversation Group

  Tue 6 Oct, 6 PM · Albany Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Tuesday Night Bridge Club

  Tue 6 Oct, 6 PM · Logan Square

  From Chicago Public Library

• Tuesdays with Menopause: Menopause for Partners, Family and Friends

  Tue 6 Oct, 6 PM · Sulzer Regional

  From Chicago Public Library

• Bridgeport Knitting Circle

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport

  From Chicago Public Library

• Family Story Time

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Brighton Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Graphic Novel Book Club - Squad

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Logan Square

  From Chicago Public Library

• LEGO® Club

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Gage Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Palmistry 101: The Story in Your Hands

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · West Loop

  From Chicago Public Library

• Terror Tuesdays Week 1: Black and White on a Budget

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Sulzer Regional

  From Chicago Public Library

• The A, B, C & D’s of Medicare

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30 PM · Lincoln Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Hocus Pocus

  Tue 6 Oct, 7 PM · ChiTown Movies

  From Ticketmaster

• Craft & Yap Workshop - Art at Morgan Park SC

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:15 PM · Morgan Park Sports Center Park (Park No. 577)

  From Chicago Park District

• Chicago Fire FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:30 PM · Soldier Field

  From Ticketmaster

• JO1

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:30 PM · Copernicus Center

  From Ticketmaster

• Malcolm Todd: Do That Again Tour (MOVED TO THE SALT SHED OUTDOORS)

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:30 PM · The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds)

  From Ticketmaster

• Moony - Ages 17+

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:30 PM · Subterranean

  From Ticketmaster

• The Chicago Rock Exchange: The Music of 1967

  Tue 6 Oct, 7:30 PM · SPACE

  From Ticketmaster · Free

• Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

  Tue 6 Oct, 8 PM · Garcia's Chicago

  From Ticketmaster

• Giovannie & The Hired Guns

  Tue 6 Oct, 8 PM · Joe's on Weed Street

  From Ticketmaster

• Kelela

  Tue 6 Oct, 8 PM · Vic Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• Mind Enterprises with Fred Fancy

  Tue 6 Oct, 8 PM · Thalia Hall

  From Ticketmaster

• The Second City's: Pandemonium, Please Hold

  Tue 6 Oct, 8 PM · Second City-Chicago: Mainstage

  From Ticketmaster

• Post WDCB Blues in the SIDEBAR w/ NIGEL MACK BLUES ATTACK

  Tue 6 Oct, 8:30 PM · FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR

  From Ticketmaster · Free

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This weekend

• Happy Hour on the PATIO w/ HILLBILLY FROLIC!

  Fri 9 Oct, 5 PM · FITZGERALDS PATIO

  From Ticketmaster · Free

• Punchis Banda Rave

  Fri 9 Oct, 5 PM · Navy Pier

  From Ticketmaster

• Punchis Punchis: Banda Rave Experience

  Fri 9 Oct, 5 PM · Navy Pier

  From Ticketmaster

• Transilience: Chicago Trans Pride Festival at Eckhart

  Fri 9 Oct, 5 PM · Eckhart (Bernard) Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• Contra Dance to Baba Yaga's Stew at Pottawattomie

  Fri 9 Oct, 6 PM · Pottawattomie Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• The Heart of the Story at Douglass

  Fri 9 Oct, 6 PM · Douglass (Anna and Frederick) Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at FITZGERALDS Fright Nights!

  Fri 9 Oct, 6:30 PM · FITZGERALDS PATIO

  From Ticketmaster · Free

• Jazz City at Clarendon

  Fri 9 Oct, 6:30 PM · Clarendon Community Center Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• Campfire Horrors at Bosley

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · Bosley (William) Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• ChiTown Drive-In Presents - Hocus Pocus

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · ChiTown Movies

  From Ticketmaster

• Chicago Steel vs. Muskegon Lumberjacks

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · USG Arena at Blackhawks Ice Center

  From Ticketmaster

• Depaul Blue Demons Womens Volleyball vs. Villanova Wildcats Volleyball

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · McGrath Arena

  From Ticketmaster

• Drunk Shakespeare: Drunk Dracula (21+ Event)

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · The Lion Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• Jerry Seinfeld

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · The Chicago Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• Kokandy Productions Jekyll & Hyde (Chicago)

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place

  From Ticketmaster

• MUNA: Gets So Hot Tour

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds)

  From Ticketmaster

• Music Theater Works Presents: Escape to Margaritaville

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · North Theatre at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

  From Ticketmaster

• Operation Mincemeat (Chicago)

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · CIBC Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• Play On!

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · Chicago Shakespeare Theater

  From Ticketmaster

• Pre-Season: Chicago Bulls v Memphis Grizzlies

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · United Center

  From Ticketmaster

• Robby Hoffman

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · Vic Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• Scene Queen: METALICIOUS

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · House of Blues Chicago

  From Ticketmaster

• Toronzo Cannon Blues Band/Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band

  Fri 9 Oct, 7 PM · Kingston Mines - Chicago Blues Center

  From Ticketmaster

• Phil Hanley

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:15 PM · The Den Theatre

  From Ticketmaster

• BECK: RIDE LONESOME TOUR

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:30 PM · The Auditorium

  From Ticketmaster

• M??kel??, Petrushka & Belshazzar???s Feast

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:30 PM · Symphony Center-IL

  From Ticketmaster

• Shaboozey - Outlaws Never Die Tour

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:30 PM · Aragon Ballroom

  From Ticketmaster

• Vape! The Grease Parody

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:30 PM · Apollo Theater

  From Ticketmaster

• Davy Knowles

  Fri 9 Oct, 8 PM · SPACE

  From Ticketmaster · Free

• Eyehategod, BL'ast!, Luicidal, Cavity, Evil Army

  Fri 9 Oct, 8 PM · Reggies Rock Club

  From Ticketmaster

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Next 7 days

• Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise Aboard First Lady

  Wed 7 Oct · Chicago Architecture Center - First Lady

  From Ticketmaster

• AM Conf | PGY2 Morning Report [ZHamilton]

  Wed 7 Oct, 8 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Garden Harvest

  Wed 7 Oct, 8 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Mindfulness Meditation: Level 1

  Wed 7 Oct, 9 AM · Student Wellness Center

  From University of Chicago

• PHS Seminar: "Surrogate Endpoints for Cancer Clinical Trials: Opportunities and Challenges" by James J. Dignam, PhD

  Wed 7 Oct, 9 AM · Billings Hospital, Room W229

  From University of Chicago

• Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America

  Wed 7 Oct, 9 AM · Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society

  From University of Chicago

• 2026-27 BMB Academic Seminar Series | Shu-Bing Qian, Cornell University

  Wed 7 Oct, 9:30 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Claude Enterprise Hybrid Office Hours

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · TechBarSouth, Regenstein Library, room 160

  From University of Chicago

• Dominoes Game Day

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · Legler Regional

  From Chicago Public Library

• Drop-In Toddler Garden Hour at Gage

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · Gage (George) Park

  From Chicago Park District · Free

• Export Control Drop-In Hour

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Learn English/Aprende Inglés

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · Chicago Lawn

  From Chicago Public Library

• The 2026 Safadi Lecture: David J. Anderson, PhD

  Wed 7 Oct, 10 AM · David Rubenstein Forum Friedman Hall (3rd floor)

  From University of Chicago

• Preschool Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:15 AM · Jefferson Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Block Play

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport

  From Chicago Public Library

• Come, Stay, Play / Ven, Quédate, Juega

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · North Pulaski

  From Chicago Public Library

• Family Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Independence

  From Chicago Public Library

• Family Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Northtown

  From Chicago Public Library

• One Story Time, One Chicago

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Woodson Regional

  From Chicago Public Library

• One Story Time, One Chicago

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Douglass

  From Chicago Public Library

• One Story Time, One Chicago for Babies

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Lincoln Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• One Storytime, One Chicago

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · King

  From Chicago Public Library

• Preschool Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt

  From Chicago Public Library

• Preschool Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · King

  From Chicago Public Library

• Story Time in Commercial Park

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Commercial Club Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Story Time with Mrs. Dipsworth

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Roden

  From Chicago Public Library

• Storypalooza

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Edgewater

  From Chicago Public Library

• Toddler Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · Lincoln Belmont

  From Chicago Public Library

• Tots and Toddlers Story Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 10:30 AM · West Loop

  From Chicago Public Library

• ATS Autumn Office Hours

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Gage Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Computer Basics Class

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · King

  From Chicago Public Library

• Liver Cancer in the Latino Community: Spanish-Language Webinar

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Managing Money: Caregiving and Early Planning

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · West Town

  From Chicago Public Library

• Mother Goose on the Loose Story Time with Ms. My

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Uptown

  From Chicago Public Library

• Musical Jeopardy and Trivia

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Harold Washington Library Center

  From Chicago Public Library

• Research 101 (with CCRF)

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · University of Chicago

  From University of Chicago

• Story Time at Sputnik Coffee Company

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Sputnik Coffee Company

  From Chicago Public Library

• Toddler Time and Play Time

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Brighton Park

  From Chicago Public Library

• Tot Spot Learning

  Wed 7 Oct, 11 AM · Garfield Ridge

  From Chicago Public Library

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