Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 11.27.25 at 1:18 am - Events will be updated regularly.
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🎉 The Lodge at Chalet is now open! A new late-night home for good music and delicious drinks on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
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🎄 Nov 8 - Jan 5: Christmas Around the World | Museum of Science + Industry
⛸️ Nov 14 - Mar 8: Ice Skating Ribbon | Maggie Daley Park
🎭🎄 Nov 15 - Dec 31: Charles Dickens A Christman Carol (tickets) | Goodman Theatre
🎄 Nov 15 - Jan 3: Illumination: Tree Lights | The Morton Arboretum
⛸️ Nov 21 - Feb 2026: (weather permitting): Ice Skating at McCormick Tribune in Millennium Park (Free but reservations required) - Free skating lessons are available from 9am–10am on most Saturdays and Sundays through February 2
🎄 Nov 21 - Jan 4: Lincoln Park ZooLights Presented by Invesco QQQ and ComEd | Lincoln Park Zoo
🎄 Nov 22 + 23: Soul Holiday Market | Boxville Chicago
👠 RuPaul's Drag Race: The Experience | 2367 W. Logan Blvd. (Logan Square)
😂 Now until Mar 2026: This Too Shall Slap (improv) | Second City Chicago
🛷 Open now for booking starting Dec 20 | Snow tubing an hour from Chicago via BLK People Outside
Tue, Nov 25
🎶 The JuJu Exchange Live Performance + Music Discussion: Honoring the closing of The Promontory (tickets) | The Promontory
🎉 Brown Sugar Tuesdays w/ DJ Mustafa Rocks | Room 43
🎉 DND - Tuesdays Are For Drake | 401 N. Morgan St.
🍷🌍 TUFT HAUS Rug Making Immersive Upscale Experience (tickets) | Blank Canvas
🌍🎶 Chibration's Friendsgiving | Experimental Station
Wed, Nov 26
😂 The Spades Table | The Kickback - All black improv show | iO Theatre
🎶 Voodoo 25 - A Tribute to D’Angelo: A Benefit for Cancer Research (Join the Waitlist) | City Winery
🎉 Win6 Events | Black Wednesday All-Black Attire - 3 rooms + multiple deejays | Untitled Supper Club
🎉 Infamis Collective | Friday Jr.'s Blackout Wednesday | Signature
🎉 Black Homecoming: The Chicago Reunion | Rocbar
🍷🎶 Wine Down Wednesday: Holiday Social
Your Thanksgiving | Little Black Pearl
🍷🍽️🎫 Whiskey & Wine Fest | Frontier Chicago
🍽️🎉 Black Wednesday Brunch | The Duplex
🎉 Love Jones: Soulquarians Night (R&B + Soul) | The Duplex
🎉 A Night with Mochi: Black Wednesday Edition | The Whistler
🎉 Get ready for Girls Night Out: After Hours | MoneyGun
🎉 StixJams's Jamsgiving f/ Special Guests | The Promontory
Thu, Nov 27
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
🎉 Infamis Collective | Leftovers & Love Songs: A Thanksgiving Vibe w/ 90s + 2000s R&B (tickets) | DSTRKT
Fri, Nov 28
😂 Comedian Corey Holcomb (through Nov 30) | Improv Chicago (Schaumburg)
😂 85 South Show: Spin the Block Comedy Tour | Wintrust Arena
🎉🎶 The Art of Life Pop-Up Party celebrating Pastor John Hannah | The Geraghty
🍷🎶 Wine & Vinyl Room: Dilla Night - Black Friday Edition | etc. Chicago
🌍📸 The BLK.Friday Gala | The Blk Room
🌍 Cortez Cares Foundation | Cortez Smith's Black Friday Donation Mixer (from The CHI tv show) | TNT Rooftop Restaurant
🎶🎉 Shon C x Chi Rell x The Houe Chi | The Session Live Music | Noble Entertainment Center
🎶🎫 Ohana Bam | In Ohana We Trust: Ohana & Friends LIVE | Bookclub (2871 N. Lincoln)
🎶🎤 Stoviink | Art off the Wall: Unruled Open Mic Jam Night | Pen & Paper Collective
🎉 Ratio Chicago: Black Friday Edition - All Black Party | Bar Tabu
🎉 Win6 Events | Black Friday - R&B x Reggae | ROOF on theWit
🎉 Lights Out: An All-Black Afrobeats Experience | The Promontory
🎉 Sophistasocial + KMoon | Black Friday Unplugged - Happy Hour Experience | The View 1701
🎉 KMoon | Elegance Noir: Black Friday Edition - All Black Upscale Affair | Rebar Chicago
Sat, Nov 29
😂 Variants Network | The Funktion: Talk Show with Comedy + Musical Guests | The Pocket at Surge Billiards
😂 Comedian Learnmore Jonasi: Special Recording | The Den Theatre
😂 Ladies of Laughte: The Friendsgiving Edition f/ Tiera Oleary + Just Nesh + M'Reld Green + Delo Brown | 2551 Glenwood Lansing Road (Lynwood)
🎉 High Frequency Saturdays (tickets) | Foundation Room (House of Blues)
🎉 Sigma Chris | "Are & Be" Saturdays | Y Bar
🌍📸 Gallery Exhibition: Kenn Cook, Jr. + Jam Session by Chibrations (Fundraiser for The.BLKFriday Gala) | The Blk Room
🎉 Welcome to The PYNK: A P-Valley Inspired Party (Rated M for mature audiences) | The Promontory
📚🧁 Small Business Saturday Pop-up Collab w/ Bakery Sweet Syleste (black-owned) | Call & Response Books
👟 2 Deep Dance Company | Chicago Footwork Workshop w/ Jay Roc | Clinard Dance
🌍🛍️ Small Business Saturday Vendor Market | Silverroom
Sun, Nov 30
🎶🎉 The Ox Jam - R&B + Soul Live Music | Dearly Beloved (free)
🎶🎫 Monaleo: Who Did the Body Tour Live Concert | The Vic Theatre
🎶🎫 Keyon Dixon Live | Reggies Live
🎉 Keyon Dixon Official Afterparty | In Session
🌍🎶🎥 INDIGO SESSIONS: Jazz, Film, and Expression + A Screening | Dorothy
Mon, Dec 1
🎶🎫 Burna Boy Live Concert | United Center
🎉 Naija Nation: Concert After Party | The Promontory
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