Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 9.28.26 at 11:54 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
Fall Experiences
🍂🎃 Now - Oct 31: Fall Fest on the Chicago Riverwalk (IG)
🍂🎃 Now - Nov 1: Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest 2026
🍂🎃 Now - Nov 1: Jack's Pumpkin Pop-up - Chicago's Largest Fall Fest | Goose Island / Downtown Chicago, IL
🍂🍎🥧 Oct 2 - 4: Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest (IG) | Giddings Plaza in Lincoln Square
Fever Experiences
Unique experiences from immersive art exhibits and candlelight concerts to food events, comedy shows, pop-up experiences, and more.
Events
Multiple Dates
🌿🌍 Now - Sep 30: Sunset Yoga | Arts Lawn
🎬 Now - Oct 4: Black Girl From a White Suburb | American Blue Theater
🎬 Now - Nov 1: Detroit 67 | Pulse Theater
🎬 Now - Nov 1: Top Dog Underdog | Steppenwolf Theater
🎨🌍 Now - Dec 19: Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground | MoCP - Museum of Contemporary Photography
🩰🎭 Oct 1 - 3: Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar (tickets | IG) | Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University
🌍🎨🎶🎟️ Elastic Arts: AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 2026 (tickets) | Various Locations
🫂💌💞Oct 3 + 4: Pleasure Power Portal: A Progressive Performance Experience - The Aperitif (click "Tickets" on site for all dates) - IG | Location disclosed upon ticket purchase
😂🎃👻 Oct 3 - Oct 31: Knock, Knock You There? - Comedy + Horror Sketch Show | iO Theater
Tue, Sept 29
📽️🎞️ Shorts from the Block: Black Harvest's Chicago Stories (tickets) | Obama Presidential Center
🎶🎫 Arlo Parks: DESIRE TOUR w/ Baird | Thalia Hall
🌃🎉 DND - Tuesdays Are For Drake | Bar Tabu
Wed, Sept 30
🎶🎛️🎚️ DJ Homies Link-up | The.BlkRoom
🎶🎫 Steve Lacy: Oh Yeah Tour | Aragon Ballroom
🌃🎉 Sukigeez | Moneygun
🌃🎉 DJ Slot-A | The Best Wednesday of Your Life | Punch House Chicago
Thu, Oct 1
🎨🍒 Cherry Mountain Arts Grand Opening: Before Our Stars Fall (Art Goods | Film) | 1726 W. Chicago Avenue
🎶 The Jenipher Jones [Music] Experiment | Wellsey Tavern
☀️🎉 Here & Home: Naija Independence Day Celebration | Cafe Jon
🌃🎉 Nigerian Independence Day Hosted by Victony (tickets) | ROCBAR Chicago
🌃🎉 Reggae Gold on the rooftop w/ Dj Papa G | VU Rooftop
Fri, Oct 2
🎶🎉 Here & Home: Panel & Listening Session | Soho House Chicago (The Allis - Mezzanine
🌍🎶🎉 AFROFUTURIST Dance Party - Duane Powell, CTRLZora, Harlem West | 4622 S. King Drive (Bronzeville)
🌃🎉 FNL (Friday Night Live) | ICON Bar
🌃🎉 Nigerian Independence | Juliana (3001 W. Peterson Ave)
Sat, Oct 3
🌿👟🌃 Curbside Stride (Chicago Adult Walking Club) - Lakefront after dark for an Old School/RnB Sing-a-long Experience | Oak Street Beach (100 E. Lake Shore Dr.)
🎶 The Bean Banger - Fall House Music Experience (tickets) | Millennium Hall underneath Cloud Gate
🌍🎤🎞️🎟️ AFW 2026: Mike Monford J Dilla Tribute; Rap Panel & J Bambii Film | Elastic Arts
😂 ShaCorey with the Facts: A Standup Comedy Show (tickets) | The Crib Comedy Playspace (2715 W. Madison)
🌿 Afrofusion Sculpt Class (tickets) | We The People Fitness Studio (1229 N North Branch St, Chicago)
🌃🎉 Strictly Vibes | Lasgidi Live | 868 Experience
🌃🎉 Afrobeats to the World | Ramova Theatre Chicago
🌃🎉 The Naija Experience (RSVP) | The Origin
🌃🎉 Nigerian Independence Day Weekend (tickets)| ROOF on theWit
🌃🎉 The Whine Down After Dark: Nigerian Independence Day Weekend (tickets) | The Wild Hare
Sun, Oct 4
🎶🎫 Demola the Violinist: D Fearless Tour (tickets) | Park West Chicago
🌍🎨🎶🎟️ Elastic Arts/Africlassical Presents: "White Flowers" (Detroit), BSA Gold at Afrofuturist Weekend | Blanc Gallery
☀️🎉 RNB Rooftop Party (indoor/outdoor) | Utopian Tailgate (Chicago)
🌃🎉 Golden Hour | UNPLUGGED:the phone-free experience | The Bassment
🌃🎉 BNXN FKA BUJU: Nigerian Independence Day Weekend | ELA
🌃🎉 Sunday Funday Neon Palm | Hue Chicago
Mon, Oct 5
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