Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 9.10.26 at 3:26 am CT - Events will be updated regularly.
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Experiences
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Unique experiences from immersive art exhibits and candlelight concerts to food events, comedy shows, pop-up experiences, and more.
Events
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🎶 Sept 7 - Sept 12: Musiq Soulchild | City Winery
🛍️ Sept 10-13: SHEIN PopUp | Block Thirty Seven
🌿🌍 June 24 - Sept 30: Sunset Yoga | the Arts Lawn
🛍️🎫 Sept 12 - Sept 13: Printers Row Lit Fest | South Loop
🍽️🌿🌍 June 7 - Sept 27: Bronzeville's Farmers Market | The South Side Sanctuary
😂 Sept 12 - Sept 13: Mojo Brooks | Wintrust Arena
🎫 Sept 13 - Sept 20: Martini Expo Week
😂 Every Sat in Sept: The Spades Table
Tue, Sept 8
🎨 Captain Nia Gilliam Book Signing | Da Book Joint
Wed, Sept 9
🎶 Chicago Water Music | Riverwalk
🎶 Aja Monet | City Winery
😂🎉 Unpopular Opinion | House of Blues
Thu, Sept 10
🎶 Erykah Badu | Ravinia Festival
🎶 ONYX returns to Chicago | Bookclub Chi (2871 N Lincoln Ave)
🎶 Summer Music Series | Harper Court
🎨🌍 Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground | Columbia College Chicago’s Student Center
🎶 Unfamiliar Sessions | Dorian's
🎶 Meagan Mcneal |Tiny Tapp & Tiny Cafe
🎶🎉 17th session listening to Kanye West's studio album My beautiful dark twisted fantasy | Three Top Lounge
🎉🍹🍸 RHYTHM AND BOOZE Happy Hour Thursdays | ETC Chicago
🎉🌿🌍 Run The Night - 5K Walk/Run + Afterparty | Theater on the Lake (2401 N Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake)
🎉 Run Rave & After Party | Theater on the Lake
🎉 Free Will | Expat Chicago
Fri, Sept 11
😂 Rachel Hall Comedy Special | The Lincoln Lodge
🎶 NONAME Live in Concert | Park West
🎉 100 Black Men of Chicago | White Party | VU Rooftop
🌍🎉 Just For Fun Mixer | Hubbard Inn
🎉 Scarelet Sound System | Wild Hare
🎉 R&B Only Baseline HouseParty | Baseline
🎉 AfroRave | Outset
🎉 First Class Fridays | Hue
Sat, Sept 12
😂Desi Banks | The Vic Theater
🎶 Chief Keef | Huntington Bank Pavilion
🎶 Sounds of The City Artist Showcase Tour | IO Theater
🎶 The Timeless Experience | Experimental Station
🎶 Old School Hip Hop Reunion | Midway Plaisance Rink
🎨 Vanessa Miller Book Signing | Da Book Joint
🌍🎉🎶 79th Street Renaissance Festival | 79th Street & Racine
🌍🎉🎶 Vulnerability as Legacy | Green Line Performing Arts Center
🌍🎉🎶 Englewood Music Fest | 63rd & Halsted
🌍🎉Thift Denim Festival & Bear Down Patch Up Tailgate | Thrift LLC - 2517 W 59th St
🎉 Better Up Here | Joy District
🎉 Wine Down | Park Manor 75 - 600 E 75th St
🎉 The Whine Down After Dark | The Wild Hare
Sun, Sept 13
🌿🌍 A Community Conversation | Salt Shed
🚣🏾♀️🎉 Neon Paddle | Neon Sessions: Floating Party | Ping Tom Park
🎉 Da Bears Watch Party | The Chase House
🎉 Mint Condition | Whistler Chicago
Mon, Sept 14
🎶 First Monday Jazz | The Arts Lawn
🎨🌍🎉 Soulful Poetry | TBD