Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 10.26.26 at 6:54 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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😂🎃👻 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 27
🎉Til Death Do Us Party | Park Manor 75
🏙Planetarium FREE Day
🏙Shedd Aquarium FREE Day
🏙Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago FREE Day
🎬SHAPES THEATRE: Black Horror Club Edition | 2425 W 14th St
Wed, Oct 28
🏙Planetarium FREE Day
🏙Field Museum FREE Day
🍂🎃🎉Emergency Halloween Pregame | Cubby Bear
🍂🎃Pumpkin Carving Contest | Vaughan's Pub
Thu, Oct 29
🎉Ante Halloween Party | Moxy
🎨Theme Sip & Paint (Lil Durk & G Herbo) | 12001 S Halsted St
🎉WLW Halloween BASH: PRETTY BOY SWAG | HOSTE
Fri, Oct 30
🎉Death By Disco: A Halloween Pop-Up | Recess & City Hall
🎉Halloween Photoshoot Party | 4554 N Broadway
🎉That's So Y2K Halloween | 1402 W Randolph
🎨🏀Colin Kaepernick: The Perilous Fight — Book Signing & Author Talk | Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Sat, Oct 31
🎃🎉Nightmare on Halsted | Chug-A-Lug Pub & Grill
🍂🎃Upside Down Halloween Parade | Washington Park
🍂🎃🎉Nightmare on Wacker Drive: Dia De Los Muertos | London house Rooftop
🍂🎃🎉Huanted Halloween Ball | Congress Plaza Hotel
🍂🎃🎉Haunted House Party | Shedd Aquarium
🍂🎃🎉Lost & Found Halloween | Bassline
🍂🎃🎉AKAween | Maxey's Sports Lounge
🍂🎃🎉70's Players Ball | West Loop
🍂🎃🎉The Psychology of Micheal Jackson's Thriller Album | 1015 W Belmont
🍂🎃🎉Halloween at The Moxy | Moxy
Sun, Nov 1
📸🌍Portrait Party | Uptown Branch Library
🎉🍽️All Gas No Breaks - Beats N' Brunch Takeover | Cafe Mustache
🧥The Archive Clothing Expo | 1857 W 16th St
🎉Jam Session | The Bassment
Mon, Nov 2
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