Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 10.12.26 at 11:11 pm CT - Events will be updated regularly.
🏢 Company (if different from venue) | 🎟️ Event + Ticket | 📍 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
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🎥🎬 Oct 14 - 25: The 62nd Chicago Film Festival - Black Perspectives 30th Anniversary - Free Events - North America’s longest-running competitive international film festival | Various Locations
😂🎃👻 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 13
🆓🐠 Free Shedd Aquarium Day
🆓🖼️ Free Museum of Contemporary Art Day
🆓🏛️ Free Museum of Science and Industry
🎶🎫 Tiana Major9: November Scorpio Tour (Ages 17+) | Beat Kitchen
Wed, Oct 14
🆓🏛️ Free DuSable Museum Day
🆓🏛️ Free Field Museum Day
🆓🏛️ Free Museum of Science and Industry
🎶 The Anchorage & ChiBrations | TIMELESS: The Music Of Nat “King” Cole, Reimagined (tickets) | BandWith Chicago (148 S California Ave)
Thu, Oct 15
🆓🏛️ Free Art Institute of Chicago Day
🎬🎥 Finding Your Laughter by Dir. Arlieta Hall + Brittany Also (film website) | 2 Locations
🏀🎤 Numbers on the Board Podcast Live Show | Park West (322 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago)
Fri, Oct 16
🌐🫱🏿🫲🏾 Garden Grown Social | FRESH Networking (tickets) | Epiphany Center for the Arts - Chase House
🌃🎉 KAYTRA’NIGHT | Bassline
🌃🎉 Aced Spade x Slot-A | Scarlet Sound System (tickets) | The Wild Hare
🌃🎉 DJ Corleone & DeVohn White | LEISURE (tickets) | Chalet
Sat, Oct 17
🆓🌍🎊 Loop Arts Fest - Arts + culture + Chicago pride (Schedule) | On State Street from Jackson to Madison (Downtown) - Parking
👖👟 Chicago Streetwear Expo (tickets) | 3600 W Potomac Ave, Chicago
🌍🎨 Okrika | Cultural Caretaking: Archives as a Living Resource, a study series for artists + cultural workers | RSVP for location
🧥👢🎶 People of Culture | BIG6: Culture Xchange 2026 - Fashion + Music (tickets) | VJOSA Cafe & Events (1010 W 35th St, Suite 102, Chicago)
Sun, Oct 18
📕♥️🍂 BOOKISH BAKERY: FALL IN LOVE (Book Swap) | Struggle Beard Bakery
📚 Book Club - Reading The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir | SilverRoom
🎶 Kodie Shane Obsession Album Listening Party (tickets) | KING KTV (2002 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago)
👟🍹 Sneakerhead University: Kicks and Cocktails (RSVP) | 17 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
🎶🎫 Rapsody: GOD GOTTA AFRO & GOLD HOOPS (tickets) | Park West Chicago
🎶🎫 Black Coffee at the Navy Pier Open Air Show (tickets) | Navy Pier
🎶🎫 Jon Lampley (trumpet) | Garcia's
🎶🎫 Digable Planets (tickets) | Metro Chicago
🎉🥍🏓🎳🏎️ GH x MYN Sunday Funday - Unlimited Play! (tickets) | WhirlyBall Chicago
☀️🎉 Rooftop Sessions - Techno / House Day Party w/ Sheefy Mcfly, CTRLZORA, Ariel Zetina, and D. Strange | Three Top Lounge
🎉 Acting My Age 30+ Only w/ DJ Oreo (tickets) | Kashmir
Mon, Oct 19
🎬🎥 Chicago Film Festival | In Conversation w/ Comedian Marlon Wayans + Moderated by Actor Omar Epps | Logan Center for the Arts at UChicago