Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 7.20.26 at 3:28 pm CT - Events will be updated regularly.
🏢 Company (if different from venue) | 🎟️ Event + Ticket hyperlink | 📍 Venue
🛍️ Marketplace 🎤 Open Mic 🎉 Party/Social 🏀 Sports 🎭 Theatre ✈️ Travel 🌿 Wellness; NB=NonBlack
Experiences
🎶 Candlelight Concerts | Candlelight: Tribute to Lauryn Hill (You must purchase early; next show - Sep 5) | Congress Plaza Hotel
Fever Experiences
Unique experiences from immersive art exhibits and candlelight concerts to food events, comedy shows, pop-up experiences, and more.
Events
Featured Event
Summer Neon Days
A day party/social mixer that brings good vibrations from across Chicago for an afternoon of music, live art, interactive games, cocktails, and genuine connection.
This season, we're choosing high vibrations and making memories with people who feel like sunshine. This day is a reminder that joy, too, is a part of life’s plan.
Multiple Dates
💒🌳 Jul 24 - 26: Chicago Gospel Music Festival | Millennium Park
🚦🚥🚦 Jul 24 - 25: DroneArt Show: Harry Potter is coming to Chicagoland
😂 Jul 24 - 25: Comedian Jess Hilarious | Improv Chicago
😂 Jul 24 - 26: Comedian Nephew Tommy | City Winery
🎨 Jul 24 - Aug 21: Revolutionary: The Exhibition | Viola Cafe and Events
Tue, Jul 21
🎉 Sigma Chris | DND on the Rooftop | Tetto Chicago
Wed, Jul 22
🍽️🍹🎶 Wellsey Unplugged: JAY-Z - Watch the Throne on vinyl with a live band | Wellsey Tavern
🎉 ASN Presents: Sip & Chill - Listening Experience (age 27+) | Trigger Chicago
Thu, Jul 23
🏀🎉 Women Ball Harder: A WNBA All-Star Pre-Kickoff Soirée | Brulee Chicago
😂🏀 Sam Jay’s Starting Lineup WNBA All-Star Comedy Jam | Thalia Hall
🏀🎉 Femme Haus | WNBA All-Star Weekend Happy Hour | Marc Nolan
🎉 Garment Radio | WNBA All Star Weekend Party | Expat Chicago
🏀🎉 Above the Rim returns All-Star Weekend | Chez Event Venue
Fri, Jul 24
😂 Single Living | 90s Black Sitcom Style Improv | iO Fest
🎨🎶 Slow Burn: R&B and Art experience | Private Location in Humboldt Park
🍸 Velvet: Elevated Happy Hour + Dinner Lounge | The L Station Chophouse
Stage Ready R&B + Comedy Showcase | Wellsey Tavern
🎉 LEISURE - A night of R&B + Hip-Hop | Wellsey Tavern
🎉 Experience 868: SUMMERMAXXED: A 360° stage experience | 868 Franklin Street
🏀🎉 Love & Basketball: All-Star Weekend Begins | The Pearl Club
Sat, Jul 25
🎶🌍 Saturday Soul Sessions | Afro Joe's
🎨 Obisoulstar The Boy Who Knew He Could / The Girl Who Knew She Could Exhibition | Electriqsoul Hideout Studios
🎨 Glow Up Walk: Pilsen Art Edition | 1852 W. 19th Street
⛳️ Windy City Women’s Open Celebrity Pro-Am - All-Star Weekend | Jackson Park Golf Course
🛼 THE RINK EFFECT - Part of the Nights Out in the Parks summer series | Garfield Park
💃🏾🕺🏾🎨🎉 Prime Time: Dancing the Revolution (IG) | Museum of Contemporary Art
🇬🇭🎫 37th Annual GhanaFest - Connecting Our Community Through Culture and Commerce | Washington Park
🎉 SOS: BABY BLUE SKIES: Summer Rooftop Series Dress Code: Shades of Blue (Theme Enforced) | Azul
🏀🎉 WNBA All-Star Game Watch Party | Level Sporting Club
🏀🎉 Sky Jam Day Party: A WNBA All-Star Weekend | Joy District Rooftop
🏀🎉 M.V.P. - WNBA All-Star Weekend | Hubbard Inn
Sun, Jul 26
📓📒📔 The Writer’s Room | The Lake (by Adler Planetarium)
🎶 Nolen Entertainment | Sunday Night Live: The JC & The ReUp Band | Reggie's Live
🏖️🏐 SUN-Days Beach Kickoff Summer Series | 57th St Beach
🎫🎶 T.I. x Domani King: The King Succession Tour | The Riviera Theatre
🎉 Blasé + All Girls Chi | Rookies and Legends (tickets) | Hubbard Inn
🏀🎉 A Few Good Men | VICTORY LAP: WNBA All-Star Weekend - An exclusive pop-up day party experience | Kashmir
Mon, Jul 27
🎉 Afrobeats on the Beach | Pier 31 Restaurant, 3101 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive