Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 11.9.26 at 1:55 pm CT - Events will be updated regularly.
🏢 Company (if different from venue) | 🎟️ Event + Ticket | 📍 Venue
Experiences
Lincoln Park ZooLights opens November 20!
Goodnight Moon through January 3rd!
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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Multiple Dates
🎥 Nov 5 - 15: 32nd Black Harvest Film Festival (film schedule) | Gene Siskel Film Center
🪴 Sept 24 - Nov 15: Black Plant-It Exhibit | Garfield Park Consevartory & Gardens
Tue, Nov 10
🆓🏛 FREE Day MCA
🆓🏛🪐 FREE Day Alder Planetarium
Wed, Nov 11
🆓🏛 FREE Day Field Museum
🆓🏛 FRR Day Dusable Museum
🆓🏛🪴 FREE Day Chicago Botanic Garden
🆓🏛 FREE Day History Museum
🆓🏛🎨 FREE Day Art Institute
🌍🎶 Marvin Gaye's What's Going On? | Cafe Mustache
🎶💿 Jazz Night | Marc Nolan Store
🌍🎶 DJ Homies Link-Up: Bonfire Edition | 4015 W Carroll Ave
Thu, Nov 12
🎶 R&B Trivia Night | 4252 S Cottage Grove Ave
😂 312 Comedy Festival: Donnel Rawlings | Park West
🕹🌍 Good Company: Uno & Spades | 216 W Jackson Blvd
Fri, Nov 13
🎶 Bad Bunny Night | 3801 Lake St (Stone Park)
🎶 Y2K R&B Night | Expat
🍽 Fat Plate Fridays | Frontier
🎨🎫 Future Folk Festival |Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center
🎉 FRANCOPHONE NIGHT | 4810 N Broadway
🎬 Once Upon A Time In Harlem | 400 Theater
Sat, Nov 14
📸🌿👟 Black Girls Shoot Too |Photo Walk | Millennieum Park
🧰 Repair Fair | The Chicago Tool Library
🌿👟 Fall Flannel Walk | Sip & Savor
🛍 Illinois Vintage Fest | Oak Lawn
Sun, Nov 15
🎶🎨🕹 Sunday Browsing Friendsgiving Edition | Soho House Chicago
🕹🌍 Trivia Night | Time Line Theater
🌿👟 South Side Sweats x Nike | Nike South Chicago
Mon, Nov 16
🍽🎬 Chops & Cinema: The Best Man | The L Station