Festivals Events & Things to Do
Near Chicago

Come and stop a family fun filled event. There will be a costume contest, face painting, pumpkin decoration, picture booths, haunted house.

Join us for a fun run course and great, local beer at Alarmist Brewing on Saturday October 1 at 11AM!

Join us the weekend of October 1st through October 2nd for the First Annual Oktoberfest! Prosted and Hosted at Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 708 W. Belmont Avenue, this action-packed weekend is one you won’t want to miss!

Come out to meet other Mijxs in the Chicago Chapter on Saturday, October 1st at 1PM

Oktoberfest is meant to be celebrated with all the zeal and zest. Do not forget to join us at Saunganash Community Church for the celebrations!!

Do you want to have the best time of the year? Come join us at the Oktoberfest in Lincoln Park with your friends and family. This will be a memorable festival.

Join us for a memorable Class get-together, proposed by Sue Weimar Wollschied. Class of 1970, you all are invited at the most enjoyable Oktoberfest at The Wollscheid Haus.

Brooks Wheelan headlines. Join us for some laughs at our new location off the Magnificent Mile!

Come learn how to wield a Lightsaber like a Master Jedi with professional Stage Combatants!

After a 3-year hiatus due to COVID, it is time! Join us for our Albanian Yacht Cruise event on October 2nd from 7-10 PM!

Join us for cleaning and weeding in the garden!

'Oktoberfest' at Time Out Market Chicago. We are dusting off our Dirndls and Lederhosen for Oktoberfest at the Market! We have partnered with Sam Adams to bring you a weekend full of Beer & events!

Happy Fall Y’all! Join us for Oktoberfest with your beloved family and friends on Friday, Oct 7 from 6PM-9PM here at Rewired! You will enjoy to the fullest!

Get ready for a night of fun and winning, all to help the animals! Bingo with cash prizes up to $100, raffles including a 50/50, food/drink

Sunday, October 9th   •    Be there by 8:00 a.m. - or come and go! The later you arrive, the harder to park and get around...

Join us for some laughs at our new location off the Magnificent Mile!

Join your host, Sean Flannery. and Chicago's best comedians for some laughs off Magnificent Mile!

Don't miss out on the best Oktoberfest in town! Buy your tickets today! Join us for our 2nd annual Oktoberfest celebration on Thursday October 13, 2022. Enjoy great food, live entertainment and a chance to reign supreme as our beer stein holding champion!

Join us for our annual Urban October lecture, featuring Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, the Chicago "Tik Tok" Historian!

Enjoy our last few nice days and get ready for fall with us at a garden clean up work day!

Nick Guerra Headlines.Join us for some laughs at our new location off the Magnificent Mile?

Please join us for Simone Green's tribute to Aretha Franklin with her 10pc Band, on Sunday October 16 2022 at The Sinclair, Downtown Chicago

Join us for some laughs at our new location off the Magnificent Mile!

Wednesday Night Trivia at The Den hosted by Patrick McCormack. Win tickets to shows, apparel, gift cards, and more!

SJF Oktoberfest is a well-known festival held in Chicago every year! Do not forget us to join with your loved ones!!

Join Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery for our inaugural Fall Lit Fest! We're closing off Division from Paulina to Wood, gathering all of your favorite authors, food trucks, hourly entertainment, and vendors, and having the time of our lives with fellow bookl

Chicago's LARGEST Halloween Bar Crawl Returns On October 10/22, 10/28, 10/29 & 10/31! Register Tickets To The Spookiest Event of The Year!

It's Halloween season baby! Join 1,000+ partygoers in Wicker Park (Chicago) for the area's most epic annual themed bar crawl. Featuring multiple venues, awesome specials, costume contest, and more! You will never regret joining in for this event!

If you missed the 1st Clemente Halloween Reunion don’t you DARE miss out Halloween Reunion II!!!!

Puzzling Adventures™ are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided tour.

You Are Invited to Put on Your Costume....And Come out to Party at the Emp 2nd Annual Halloween Bash! Tickets Are on Sell Now thru Midnight on Oct. 15.

Join us at the spookiest event of the year! This is the best way to celebrate Halloween with your family and friends!!

Join Party Goers at Chicago's Largest and Scariest Halloween Costume Party!

Halloween deserves to be celebrated with full spookiness. Come join us for a Halloween party that you will never forget!!

Illumination returns for its 6th year in person as a fully immersive event and light art display to celebrate Halloween and a cure for RVCL.

Chicago's Best Halloween Cruise, The Black Pearl, is on the Spirit of Chicago. The finest ship in CHI hosts: 2 DJs, 4 decks & amazing views! Put your best costume on and join us on the ultimate party cruise this Halloween.

Witches Ball Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Pole Parteeee, come in costume. Let's create community.

Red Velvet Entertainment is the #1 Chicago burlesque show in Chicago! With burlesque shows every week, the ultimate cabaret show!

Join us for a patriotic evening of fun, food, and music to support our military and veterans.

Come Vibe out with us on R&B Saturday’s! We have a Live Dj taking us down memory lane playing some of the hottest and Sexiest r&b jams

You're invited to the Veterans Virtual Job Fair! (Powered by HireX)

We’re returning to an old space (Uncharted) on a new night! Memorize a poem of any length, genre or language & come recite & make friends.

Israel’s premier livetronica band, G-Nome Project, returns to Chicago on November 10th for an electro-funky night at Bourbon on Division!

Through experiential art installations “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories” investigates the Partition of India in 1947.

Servicing the Community with Good Vibes Only for Professionals and Ever Lasting Memories! COME CHILL ENT. PRESENTS: A LUXURY DAY PARTY EXPERIENCE

Holiday Minis in the studio! (NO SANTA but lots of Holiday Cheer!)

A whiskey tasting experience like no other! *You may be turned away if you arrive more than five minutes late. We want to be sure every attendee gets the full experience. Trust us, it's worth it.

Open Mic Night Every 3rd Wednesday Come show your talents by blessing the mic with singing, rapping, comedy, etc... Sign up opens at 630pm

We are so excited to have you join us. We are also carefully watching for Stay at Home Orders and CDC guidelines for the legality and safety of running our business. Friendsgiving Snapshot Event at Bubbles 900 Shops, Michigan Ave

Join us as we giveback. The meaning of giving back is not always a monetary item. It is in the form of showing our Friends on the Street LOVE, HOPE, KINDNESS & JOY.

OVER $15,000 IN PRIZES! FRIENDSGIVING TRIVIA PUB CRAWL! VIP Includes: Free Shirt, Free Lanyard, Free Koozie, Free Cup, & Free Wristband

Come enjoy wine with us every Sunday at 4pm....because Why-ne Not?!

Drinksgiving Bar Crawl Join your friends for the biggest night out in the country on Drinksgiving the night before Thanksgiving!

A whiskey tasting experience like no other! Get ready to send your taste buds on a flavor tour!

Tix get you admission, dinner buffets, gift cards, & more! This is a bar crawl you do not want to miss! Buy NOW before prices increase!

The Spirits & Spice Tequila Experience is like taking a guided trip to Mexico. Although there are multiple events per day at Spirits & Spice Chicago, guests may only attend one per day.

We love THANKSGIVING!!! And to show our love for turkey day we are hosting our sixth annual Gobble Til You Wobble 1 Mile, 5K, 10K, 13.1

Are you ready for the most wonderful time of the year?!* Join us for Chicago's only BYOB Party Bus Holiday Lights Tour! It's that time of year again and what better way to enjoy it, then, with friends and family on a BYOB Party Bus Holiday Lights Tou

Learn about the regions and traditional distilling methods, and enjoy small samples of exquisite Tequila. This 30-minute 'tour' will wake up your taste buds and show you that there is much more to Tequila than shooters and cocktails.

Shop Til' You Drop! The One of a Kind Show and Sale ®, Chicago's not-to-miss annual shopping extravaganza, will return to THE MART, 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Thursday, December 1 through Sunday, December 4, 2022.

Breakfast with Santa at The Talbott Hotel.Join us on Saturdays December 3, December 10, and December 17 for Breakfast with Santa at The Talbott Hotel!

Champaign #1 FREE SantaCon Bar Crawl ?click HERE for more info Official Nationwide SantaCon! FREE! We are www.PubCrawls.com we know how to crawl! ? SantaCon Champaign ?It is time to fill the streets of Champaign with Santa's.

Chicago's 7th Annual Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl Returns On Saturday 12/3 & 12/17. Tickets On Sale NOW!

Come learn how to wield a Lightsaber like a Master Jedi with professional Stage Combatants!

TBOX, is the world’s largest, longest-running, and most spectacular holiday pub crawl! We can't wait to reveal the theme for this year and get tickets on sale!

Celebrate the holidays by creating a one-of-a-kind, reclaimed wooden Christmas tree!

IVY+ ALUMNI CHICAGO HOLIDAY HAPPY HOUR - In Person! Join the Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and UChicago Clubs of Chicago for a festive Holiday Party as we celebrate the end of 2022.

Need Christmas cash???Come out & set up your business generate sells & leads set yourself up for success…C-U’s wallstreet see you there

The Official Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl. Put on your best ugly sweater and join TopShelfCrawls.com for the best Ugly Sweater Party in town!

Cam Ezell Presents: A Very Bublé Christmas