Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 2.03.26 at 11:50am - Events will be updated regularly.
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GENERAL KEY: 🎨 Art + Culture 😂 Comedy 🌍 Community 🎬 Film 🎫 Festival 🍽️ Food 🧥 Fashion 🎶 Live Music 🛍️ Marketplace 🎤 Open Mic 🎉 Party / Social 🏀 Sports 🎭 Theatre ✈️ Travel 🌿 Wellness NB=NonBlack
Black News
Jan 28 - Mar 17: 14-Film African Cinema Lecture Series starts this Wednesday!
Feb 5 - Feb 15: Chicago Theatre Week in Chicago has over 100 participating shows and you can find tickets here!
Last day Mar 1: Connecting Threads: Africa Fashion in Chicago - Interview Pt1 | Interview Pt2 | Tickets
Experiences to Book in Advance
FEVER Experiences
🎻🕯️ Candlelight Concerts: A Tribute to Drake
🎻🕯️ Candlelight Concerts: Neo-Soul Favorites
🎻🕯️ Candlelight Concerts: 90s Hip-Hop
🎺 The JAZZ Show: A Tribute to Soul
🔢🎉 Bingo Loco: The Ultimate Bingo Party
🍽️🚢 Dinner Cruise on the Chicago River
🖤 Black History & Black Love: A Reality Dating Show Experience! | Virtue Restaurant
💲 Mar 12 (high demand): The Price is Right | Hard Rock Live (Rockford, IL)
Multiple Dates
🍽️ Now - Feb 8: 19th Annual Chicago Restaurant Week
🎭 Now - Feb 28: Short Shakespeare! Hamlet | Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
🎭 Now - Mar 1: Collaboraction | Trial In The Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till | Kimball Arts Center
🌎 Now - Mar 1: Goodman's 100 Free Acts of Theater | Goodman Theatre
🎈 Now - Apr 6: Balloon Museum - EmotionAir: Art You Can Feel | The Fields Studios - Gate 1
🎭 Feb 5 - Aug 22: The Quiet Parts Out Loud | Harold Washington Cultural Center
💐Feb 7 - Mar 22: The Orchid Show | Chicago Botanical Garden
😂Feb 26 - 28: Comedia Ian Lara | Zanie’s Chicago
😂Feb 27 - Mar 1: Comedian Shuler King | Improv Chicago
Tue, Feb 3
🎉 Touch Tuesday | Da Touch (Bellwood)
🎉 Harold’s BHM Trivia Night | Harold’s Timeout Bar & Grill (Olympia Fields)
🌮 $1 Taco Tuesday (Every Tuesday) | Chalet Chicago
🎶 Elijah Blake Live | City Winery Chicago
Wed, Feb 4
🌎 A League of Their Own | National Girls & Women In Sports Day | BreakThrough Familyplex
🧠 Black Men, Black History, Black Health | Coffee Hip Hop and Mental Health
🌎🎨 Meet The Artist: Eddie Santana aka EDO | Sophy Hotel
Thu, Feb 5
📚Da Book Joint | Da Brat & Judy Book Signing | Pen & Paper
🎉 Friday Jr.: &B + Slow Jams (Every Thursday) | Signature
Fri, Feb 6
🌿🎨West Town First Friday | Yoga & Art for Healing | West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce
🎮🍻 Moors Brewing Company | GAME NIGHT: Black History Month Kickback | The Game Room
🎉 Me And Somebody Son | A Black Love Party: For The RnB Lovers | Broken Shaker
🎥 FourtuneHouse | Double Feature Film Night SINNERS (Every Friday in February) | Fourtunehouse Art Center
Sat, Feb 7
🎉 FreeMind Global | ChiTown Mardi Gras | Icon Bar & Lounge
🎶 Ghostface Killah w/Philmore Green (tickets) | Ramova Theatre
🌿 Sofia Moves | Galentine‘s Pilates Giveaway | SZNL Pilsen
🎉 All Aboard: The MardiGras Express hosted By @ChickenandChampagne & Leira Knows | Nobody’s Darling Bar
🎨 Silhouettes of a King | ElectriqSoul Hideout Studio
🎤 What The Girls Are Doing | Karaoke & Galentine’s Party (tickets) | South Loop
🎥 Black Harvest Encore: From the Block Shorts (tickets) | Siskel Film Center
Sun, Feb 8
🎨 MahMudTheMedium | Onion City Memories 2 Part Event | Connect Gallery
💕 Junky Little Moments | Galentine’s Social | Studio C (Frankfort)
🎉 Chicago Cultural Arts | 312 Music Awards Nomination Party
🏈 Big Stage Global | Afrobeats Superbowl Watch Party | VU Rooftop
Mon, Feb 9
🌎 BACA | Chicago’s Black Art Organizations… What Can We Do? (RSVP) | Location disclosed following reservation
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