Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 10.20.26 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 24 + 25: Chicago Ultimate Women's Expo (Speakers) | Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
🎥🎬 Now - Oct 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 20
🆓🐠 Free Shedd Aquarium Day
🆓🖼️ Free Museum of Contemporary Art Day
📚 Book Club Celebration (RSVP) | Harold Washington Library Center
Wed, Oct 21
🆓🏛️ Free DuSable Museum Day
🆓🏛️ Free Field Museum Day
Thu, Oct 22
🆓🎶 LIVE UNDER THE DOME (tickets) | Chicago Cultural Center
📚🎤 Rebuild Foundation | Huey Copeland celebrate the release of his newest book, Touched by the Mother - In Conversation with Theaster Gates (tickets) | The Land School
Fri, Oct 23
💬🎤 Thought Provoking Conversations | Conversations After Dark (tickets) | Bronzeville Winery
🍷🥂🎉 The Wine Down’s National Champagne Day Tour | Chez Event Venue
🎉🌃 Midnight Society Presents: International Leaders Part 2 (tickets) | The Wild Hare
Sat, Oct 24
🏢🛍️ Angela White (formerly blacchyna) at Ultimate Women's Expo | Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
🪵🔥 Boxville Bonfire (Rep your college) - Free s’mores, hot chocolate, and apple cider | Boxville Bronzeville (330 E. 51st Street)
🎨 Closing Reception of ‘Holding Space: Grounded’ (tickets) | Beverly Arts Center
🎨 Opening Reception - What Shall I Do With My Dead? by Raja'Nee + Jalen Hamilton (husband + wife) - tickets | Blanc Gallery Chicago (4445 S. King Dr)
🎨🪅🌃 Arts in the Dark Parade | Moves north on Columbus Drive from Balbo Drive to Jackson Boulevard
🎶🥞🍳🍽️🥂 The Heavy Rotation Presents a special Brunch Session: Anti by Rihanna (tickets) | City Winery
🎶🎫 Tank and the Banga: The Last Balloon Tour (tickets) | Thalia Hall
🎶🎫 Mobb Deep + Talib Kweli (tickets) | Ramova Theatre
🎶 Afrodjia Social Club (tickets) | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (4048 W. Armitage Avenue)
🎉🌃 Club 1BD Halloween (tickets) | Metro Chicago
Sun, Oct 25
🎶 R.W.S. Collective presents Millennial Nostalgia Part 2 (tickets) | Dearly Beloved Cocktail Restaurant
🎶🎫 A Bobby Senga Experience (tickets) | Thalia Hall
🎨 Black Girl Art Show - Artists | Zhou B Art Center
🎉☕️ Dennis Larance Goodbye Party (tickets) | Monday Coffee