Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 7.7.26 at 11:18 pm CT - Events will be updated regularly.
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🛍️ 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 8 - 12: Taste of Chicago | Main Stage Lineup | Food
Tue, Jul 7
😂 Dustin Ross Live | City Winery Chicago
🎶 Tuesdays on the Terrace | MCA Chicago
🎉 Sigma Chris | DND | Bar Tabu
Wed, Jul 8
🩷🌍 The Pink Collar Club | Chicago Pink Hour: Founder's Bday Edition - (IG) | St. Regis
🍹 Wednesday Happy Hour | Wellsey Tavern
Thu, Jul 9
♠️🃏🌍 What the Girls are Doing | House Rules Game Night | Staley Chicago
🌍 What’s Good: The Birthday Block Party w/ Shari Currie and Naja Morris | Recycled Modern
🍗 Taste of Chicago | Keya Trammell - Goose Island Stage | Grant Park
🍽️🎉 Chicago Food Collective | Launch Party (IG) | After (West Loop)
📺🩷 What the Girls are Doing | Love Island Watch Party | KAMA
🍹 Love Jones Thursdays | Prive (Inside Provare)
🎶🌍 Harper Court Summer Music Series: Rich Medina | Harper Court (Hyde Park)
🎶For Music Lovers | Dine and Vibe | The Duplex Chicago
🚢🎉 BLVCKSCENE | First Wave (July 7th: Mandatory Float & Safety Plan) | Secret Downtown Chicago Location
🎶 DuSummer Music Series: Megean McNeal (IG) |
DuSable Museum Roundhouse Plaza
🎶 The Jenipher Jones Experiment (Reservations) | Lazybird
🥙🛍️🌍 Thursday Night Beats & Bites | Roosevelt Collection
🎉 Friday Jr. | Wellsey Tavern
Fri, Jul 10
🎨 Nyia Dela Sissac | Black. Black. Black. (Opening Reception) | Hoste
📒 Write About Now | Write About Now Poetry | Logan Square Auditorium
🍹 Love Jones Thursdays | Prive (Inside Provare)
🎶🎉 Motion Collective | Club Motion (IG) | Bookclub
🎶 Bronzeville Summer Nights (IG) | Cottage Grove (43rd- 45th)
🎶 Ella Mai | Do You Still Love Me? Tour | The Salt Shed (Outdoor - Fairgrounds)
🎶 The Session | R&B Jam Session | City Winery Chicago
🍸 Feelin' Good Fridays w/ Kickin' Kenny | Prive
🚢🎉 BLVCKSCENE | 10 Year Anniversary Weekend | Secret Northside Chicago Location
🎉 First Class Fridays | Hue
Sat, Jul 11
🎾 Love All Tennis Society | Matchas & Matches | Hyde Park
🎶 Saturday Soul Session w/ Mara Love | Afro Joe's Coffee & Tea
🎶🧺 Chosen Few DJs | Picnic & Music Festival f/ Guest DJ Jazzy Jeff (IG) | Jackson Park
🎶🍗 Babyface at The Taste of Chicago | Grant Park
🎶 Tom Swoope | Hip Hop + R&B Bingo (2 shows) | City Winery Chicago
🍸 Live Music Saturdays f/ Kristen Lowe | Prive
☀️🎉 A.M. Vibes P.M. Energy (IG) | Azul
🚢🎉 Icehaus Events | Pier Pressure Yacht Party (IG) | Anita Dee Charters
🚢🎉 BLVCKSCENE | Brunch Pre-Game | ETC Chicago
🎉 BLVCKSCENE | After the Lotus Party | BLVCKSCENE
🎉 Looking for Love 90s | Wellsey Tavern
🎉 Nile Nights | Sleeping Village
🎉 Darty Maxxing: With Frags and Matty - Afrobeats + Amapiano + Brazilian Funk | Hubbard Inn
🎉 Collective Unified | Drip Check - Best Dress Competition Blackout Edition | Urban Jungle
🎉 thesoireesociety773 | Soiree Saturdays: Pretty Girls Love Vibes & Music - IG | Chalet
Sun, Jul 12
📺🩷 What the Girls are Doing | Love Island Watch Party | Three Top Lounge (The Salt Shed)
🌍🩷 Church Girl | SL Wine Bar
🎉 Mike Fresh & Big C | Summer Bash 2K26 - BYOB (IG) | Cafe Latte (5811 W. Chicago Ave.)
🎉 Party Like This | Summers Like This Day Party (IG) | Expat
🎉 Club Yaya Day Party - Juke, House, and Ghetto tech to Hip Hop, R&B (IG) | Sunnygun
🚢🎉 BLVCKSCENE | Boat Day | Playpen Chicago
Mon, Jul 13
🎉 Afrobeats on the Beach | Pier 31 Restaurant, 3101 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive