Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 6.16.26 at 6:16 pm CT - Events will be updated regularly.
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Black News
HAPPY BLACK MUSIC MONTH!
🏛️ Jun 18: Watch the Obama Presidential Center's Grand Opening Ceremony - IG - Livestream
🍜 Jun 20: Soul Ramen Grand Opening
Experiences
Fever Experiences
Unique experiences from immersive art exhibits and candlelight concerts to food events, comedy shows, pop-up experiences, and more.
🛥️ The Luxe Yacht Club (IG) | Enjoy a 3-hour cruise for only $63 per person!
12 Guests Max
🛥️ Sigma Chris | The R&B Cruise | Island Party Hut (Downtown)
🚤🎉 Party Boat Cruise - Private Boat Charters on Lake Michigan (NB)
🚤🎉 Knot My Boat Charters (NB)
Discover more experiences on our Featured Experiences page.
Events
Black Girl Wellness Fest by Black Girl Vitamins
🧘🏾♀️ Black Girl Wellness Fest returns to Chicago for a two-day celebration of health, movement, education, and community. Powered by Black Girl Vitamin, this immersive experience brings together fitness classes, wellness experts, doctor-led conversations, inspiring speakers, a curated marketplace, and interactive activations designed to help Black women prioritize their well-being, joy, and longevity.
Key Event Information:
- Dates & Times: Friday, June 26 starting at 5:00 PM (featuring a Weekend Fitness Party), and Saturday, June 27 (Wellness Fest).
- Tickets: A Day 2 Pass is available for $65. Registration and details can be found at www.blackgirlwellnessfest.com.
- Featured Speakers: Panelists and guests include Dr. Contessa, Val Warner, Abena Boamah-Acheampong, Dr. Christy Russell, and Pamiya Opoku.
Multiple Dates
Fireworks on the Terrace (Wednesdays + Saturdays) | Miru (Reservations)
Jun 4 - 30: Night Beats & Bites (every Thursday) - IG | Roosevelt Collection
🎨 Jun 5 - Jul 26: Diasporal Rhythms | From Memory to Movement: Emmett at 85 (IG) (more info) - A group exhibition | Blanc Gallery (black-owned gallery)
Jun 6 - Jun 30: Spades Table Is Back (every Saturday in June) - IG
Jun 7 - Sep 27: Bronzeville Farmers Market - every Sunday in partnership with the Southside Sanctuary |
Tue, Jun 16
6th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Market (IG) | The Salt Shed
Black Yacht Weekend Safety Meeting & Happy Hour (IG) | Tetto Rooftop
Wed, Jun 17
🎨 Black Art Love Affair (IG) | Little Black Pearl Art And Design Academy
🎶 🌍 12th Listening Session - Childish Gambino‘s second studio album “Awaken, My Love” (IG) | Blind Barber
🎶 Kandi Live: I Do. I Did. I’m Done. A One-Woman Show (waitlist) - IG | City Winery
🎶 Tukkiman: World Music Wednesdays | Old Town School of Folk Music
🍷🎶 OASIS Chicago: All Summer '16 Sounds (IG) | Bronzeville Winery
🍷🎶 Midnight Sun: Juneteenth Mixtape - The Soundtrack for Emancipation | City Winery
Thu, Jun 18
😂 Get Ready to Laugh Out Loud w/ Marco Lavell | Riddles Comedy Club
😂 The Kevin Langue Show: Live! | The Chicago Theatre
📚 Book Signing Event: Darrin Dewitt Henson | Beyond the Book (Homewood)
🌍🍸 Official Summer Black Alumni Mixer: UIC's Umoja: Black Legacy Alumni Coalition & UIUC Black Alumni Network | Hue Chicago
🎤🌍 God Has Spoken: Christian Hip-Hop Invitational + Open Mic | Prazbar
🎤 Christian Hip-Hop Invitational + Open Mic |1757 N. Kimball #105, Chicago
🎶🥨 Thursday Night Beats & Bites (IG) | Roosevelt Collection
🎶 Collective View: Souled Out (IG) | Epiphany Center for the Arts
🌈🎉 FTG: For The Gays (Black Yacht Weekend 2026 Event) | YBar
🍽️🎉Icehaus | Haus 57: Dinner Socials | Prime 57
🎉 Moor’s Beer Emancipation Ball 2026 (IG) | CineCity Studios
🎉 Club 90s Present BTS Night | House of Blues
🎉 Functions Like This: South Meets Midwest (IG) | Bar Tabu
🎉 Afrobeats vs Amapiano | Galeria
Fri, Jun 19
😂 Guy Torry Juneteenth Weekend | Riddles Comedy Club
🏛️🎉 Juneteenth Celebration (IG) - The Museum’s largest community event of the year | DuSable Black History Museum
🌍🎉 Juneteenth Block Party | Fellowship
🌍🎤🎶 Unruled: An Open Mic Jam Night - Juneteenth Edition (IG) | Pen & Paper: A Joint Creative
🎶 The Alèc Trio present: A Tribute to Herbie Hancock | Epiphany Center for the Arts - The Sanctuary
😂 If You Don't Know Me, Now You Do Comedy Tour w/ Myron Jewell (IG) | Comedy Bar
🎷🍲Jazz + Gumbo 'Soulquarians Tribute (IG) | Sophy Hotel
🎉 RGB - A Elevated Juneteenth Experience | Blue Leopard Lounge
🎶🎨🌍From the Low End With Love | Love Unlimited Juneteenth Celebration | Undisclosed Location (free)
🍽️🎉🍸 VELVET - An Elevated Dinner Experience (IG) | The L Station Chophouse
🎉 For Di Gyal Dem | The Black Summer Kick Off (IG) | Lemon
🌈🎉BLACKOUT: A BLASÉ FIFI - Black lesbians and sapphics | Chalet
🎉 The Play Hooky Experience Chicago Black Yacht Weekend Kickoff (IG) | Utopian Tailgate
🎉 Juneteenth X Black Yacht Weekend Rooftop | The Vu (22nd Floor) Chicago
🎉 Swimsuits & Suya Black Yacht Weekend | etc. The Harbor
🎉 Elevate Social x Kevin White: Juneteenth Celebration ft. New Percent | Joe's on Weed Street
Sat, Jun 20
😂 Juneteenth Comedy Festival: A Celebration of Black Comedians (IG) | iO Theater
🍪 The Struggle can be Sweet: Juneteenth Bake & Sip | StruggleBeard Bakery
🎶 Next Showcase USA Juneteenth Weekend Day Party (IG) | The Embassy Cigar Lounge (Flossmoor)
🎶 Rahsaan Patterson (2 shows) | City Winery
🎫🎶 Juneteenth Jubilee Jam Presented by B-EATS | The Salt Shed
🍽️🎉 Love Jones R&B (IG) | The Duplex
🎫🎶 R&B Music Experience: Tyrese + Tank + Silk + Tamar Braxton + H-Town (IG) | Wintrust
🎉 RNB at 9AM | House of Blues
🎉 Elevate Social x Kevin White: AfroRave | House of Blues
🎉 Swimsuits & Suya: Darty at the Dock | etc. | The Harbor
🎉 10th Annual South Loop Black Bar Crawl | Bellagio
Sun, Jun 21
🎶🎉 Jam Session: A Live Music Party Experience | The Bassment
🍎🥦🥚 Bronzeville Farmers Market (open every Sunday) | 4700 S Martin Luther King Drive
🎶 Blues Singer Demetria Taylor (IG) | Epiphany Center for the Arts (free admission)
🎉Solar with Lyric Le'son + Ryan Moses + Cashera | Sunnygun
🏖️🎉 Friends Only x Jerk & Jollof (IG) | Whispers Beach
☀️🎉 Girls Night Out | Girls Day Out (IG) | Kashmir
🛥️🎉The Movemakers | Blacknificent Yacht Cruise Chicago | Chicago
🛥️🎉Black Yacht Weekend Finale (few tix left) - IG | Reserv
🎉 Sunday Funday (IG) | VU Rooftop