Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 10.6.26 at 1:07 am CT - Events will be updated regularly.
🏢 Company (if different from venue) | 🎟️ Event + Ticket hyperlink | 📍 Venue
Experiences
Fall Experiences
🍂🎃 Now - Oct 31: Fall Fest on the Chicago Riverwalk (IG)
🍂🎃 Now - Nov 1: Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest 2026
🍂🎃 Now - Nov 1: Jack's Pumpkin Pop-up - Chicago's Largest Fall Fest | Goose Island / Downtown Chicago, IL
Fever Experiences
Unique experiences from immersive art exhibits and candlelight concerts to food events, comedy shows, pop-up experiences, and more.
Events
Multiple Dates
🎨 Oct 7 - 10: Spectrum Chicago (tickets) | Merchandise Mart
👟 Oct 7 - 11: Peace Runners | Chicago Marathon Week (Race Week Schedule) | Various Locations
👟 Oct 9 - 11: Southside Chicago Marathon Weekend | Muffy’s Lounge & Components + The Sidney Agency (Oct 9)
🆓🦋 Now - 9: Free Nature Museum Days
📚 Now - Oct 11: Midwest Books to Prisoners | Banned Books Week - Help fight censorship in prisons by buying a book for someone in prison
😂🎃👻 Now - Oct 31: Knock, Knock You There? - Comedy + Horror Sketch Show | iO Theater
🎬 Now - Nov 1: Detroit 67 | Pulse Theater
🎬 Now - Nov 1: Top Dog Underdog | Steppenwolf Theater
🎨🌍 Now - Dec 19: Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground | MoCP - Museum of Contemporary Photography
Tue, Oct 6
🏛️ Free Museum of Science and Industry
🐠 Free Shedd Aquarium Day
🖼️ Free Museum of Contemporary Art Day
🆓🍗 300 Free Dinners Giveaway w/Korporate (content creator) | Wilma's Famous Jerk
🎶 Kosine Live | Chemistry Steakhouse (Hyde Park)
Wed, Oct 7
🆓🏛️ Free DuSable Museum Day
🆓🏛️ Free Field Museum Day
🆓🏛️ Free Museum of Science and Industry
🎨 Spectrum Chicago Opening Night | Merchandise Mart
Thu, Oct 8
🎶 Tromblau & Friends | Dorian's
🆓🌍👢👗 Elevate V6 Chicago Fashion Social (Networking) | Expat
😂 Comedian Felicia Stokes | Zanies
🧥👢 A Night Before The Plot Fashion Mixer | Fine Arts Building (410 S. Michigan)
Fri, Oct 9
📚 Cuffing Season-Storytelling | Honey and Hue Bookstore
🎶🎫 Shaboozey: Outlaws Never Die Tour | Aragon Ballroom
🎶 Sofar Sounds | The Honey Trap Experience (tickets) | Hoste Cocktails
Sat, Oct 10
👟 Components Southside Shakeout Run | Muffy's Components + Lounge
👟 Peace Runners Shakeout Run (Chicago Marathon Week) | Gold Dome (100 N Central Park Ave)
🎶 Stevie Mackey's Taco Tuesday Tour (tickets) | iO Theater
🛍️👜 MARCHÉ PRIVÉ Luxury Pop-up: Fashion Week Edition (Luxury | Zhou B Art Center
🧥👢 Give A Sh*t Fashion Show Fundraiser (tickets) | 12 S Michigan Ave
🩷🌿 9th Annual Cocktails for the Cure Gala: Honoring Chris-Tia, Co-owner of TGIN | Venue West
🆓🎞️ Black Cinema: Exhibiting Forgiveness | Muse Coffee Studio
🎶🎫 Q Parker of 112 Live | City Winery
🎤🎶🎉 King Kheemer | Love Songs & Liquor - Brunch Karaoke with a Live Band (tickets) | Haymarket Brewery
☀️🎉 How A Sunset Sounds Tour (tickets) | Three Top Lounge
🌃🎉 Fine Ass Friends | Sip + Paint: The Art of Brunch (tickets) | Bronzeville Winery
🌃🎉 A Black Love Party Chi | Elston Electric (1357 N Elston Ave)
Sun, Oct 11
👟 Chicago Run Marathon | Various Neighborhoods
🎤 Black Poetry Experience + Open Mic | Silverroom
🎶🍷 Donald Lawrence & Co.: Revival (low ticket warning) | City Winery
🎉🖤🤍 Larenz Tate: Black and White Party | Garcia's Chicago
Mon, Oct 12
🎶🎫 Jai'len Josey: The Serial Romantic Tour | Schubas