Want to know what’s happening this weekend in Chicago? Look no further. There’s a whole calendar of exciting events, exhibits, and activities taking place all over the city this month in Chicago.
This weekend, don’t miss great dining deals during Chicago Restaurant Week, colorful Lunar New Year celebrations, plus cool concerts, jaw-dropping art exhibits, exciting comedy acts, live theatre, and so much more.
Check out just a few of the top things to do this weekend in Chicago, Jan. 27 – 29, 2023. Please note that all events are subject to change.
Lunar New Year Celebration
Chinatown Parade Chinese New Year falls on Sunday, January 22, 2023 (Year of the Rabbit, 4721), and the Lunar New Year parade will place on Sunday, January 29,…
Argyle Lunar New Year Celebration
Uptown will continue its annual tradition going back 40+ years of hosting its Lunar New Year Parade, featuring 20+ local community groups, cultural institutions, dancers, and performers!
Chicago Restaurant Week
Chicago Restaurant Week is a 17-day celebration of the city’s award-winning culinary scene. The 16th annual event brings together hundreds of the city’s top restaurants,…
Annual Chinese New Year Dumpling Making Dinner
Celebrate the Year of Rabbit at the 17th annual Chinese New Year dumpling-making dinner. There will be storytelling, lion dances, dumpling making, and a sumptuous dinner.
Navy Pier Global Connections: Lunar New Year
Enjoy performing artists from throughout Chicagoland’s Asian community keeping Chinese culture alive at this free Navy Pier event.
Wuthering Heights
Groundbreaking theatermaker Emma Rice returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater with an exuberant reimagining of Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. Live music, dance, puppetry, and…
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is the largest of its kind in North America and will return January 18-29, 2023 at venues large…
the ripple, the wave that carried me home
A family responds to injustice and a daughter reckons with her political inheritance in this new play by “a poet, a playwright to pay attention…
Sleeping Village Five Year Anniversary Celebrations
Since 2018, Sleeping Village has served as both a staple of Chicago’s music, arts, and culture community and the city’s top beer destination with its…
Toni Stone
Play ball! The sensational true story of the first woman to play professional baseball knocks it out of the park as a can’t-miss theatrical event.…
Tapestry Unraveled – The Music of Carole King
Hailed as one of the most successful and talented female pop artists, Carole King has carved out an iconic place in music history. Singer Tina…
Hansel and Gretel
When this universally cherished production debuted 20 years ago, it captivated Chicago audiences. It did the same in 2012, and this season it returns again…
Opening Reception: Deborah Simon: Embroidered Morphologies
From the artist: "My work walks the line between taxidermy, toy, and sculpture. Each sculpture is meticulously fabricated to create an unnervingly accurate, uncanny version…
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2023 P1Harmony Live Tour[P1ustage H : P1oneer] In USA
K-pop stars P1Harmony are bringing their brand-new Tour to The Chicago Theatre January 29, 2023. Tickets are on sale NOW - Use special code 1114RK15…
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: The Best of Duke Ellington
Versatile, spontaneous and hard-swinging as ever, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis presents an all-Duke Ellington program packed with masterpieces from throughout…
Maz Jobrani
Maz Jobrani is a comedian, actor and host of his own podcast “Back To School with Maz Jobrani” on the All Things Comedy Network. His…
Disney On Ice: Frozen & Encanto
Disney on Ice is bringing Frozen & Encanto to the United Center! For the first time, Disney On Ice invites families to step inside the…
tick…tick, BOOM!
Before RENT, there was TICK, TICK…BOOM! Written by the late Jonathan Larson and directed by BoHo Artistic Associate Bo Frazier, TICK, TICK…BOOM! tells the autobiographical…
SPEAK EASY: Will Armstrong
The Jackson Junge Gallery will be kicking off their 2023 season with a solo exhibition featuring the work of Will Armstrong. Armstrong is well known…
Chicago
After 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one…
The Chinatown Adventure Food Tour
Enjoy culture and cuisine during a Chinatown Food Tour every Saturday in January. Taste your way around one of Chicago’s best culinary neighborhoods, from Hong Kong dim sum to spicy Szechuan.
Clarke House Museum Tours
The Clarke House Museum is Chicago's oldest home. Tours of this 1836 Greek Revival-style house reveal what life was like for a middle class family…
36th Young Playwrights Festival
Pegasus Theatre Chicago is proud to announce the authors and plays being presented at the 36th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, Wednesday, Jan. 4 - Saturday,…
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Skating at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park returns November 18 through March 5 (weather permitting). Admission is free, but online reservation tickets…
The Chicago Food Stop
A new pop-up on The Magnificent Mile, The Chicago Food Stop offers an array of culinary items from restaurants and chefs across the city.
Winter Bryn Market
Come shop on Bryn Mawr where you’ll find makers and artists from across the city all gathered at The Winter Bryn Mawrkets! Shop everything for…
Harry Potter: Magic at Play
This fall, wizards and witches of all ages are invited to experience and celebrate a Wizarding World of their own at Harry Potter™: Magic at…
Cabaret ZaZou presents LUMINAIRE
Randolph Entertainment LLC, producer of the fan favorite Teatro ZinZanni Chicago, announced CABARET ZAZOU’s premier production, Luminaire will open on September 7, 2022. The new, groundbreaking,…
Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection shines a light on the work of one of the most respected photojournalists of his day. Born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw…
Drunk Shakespeare
Five classically-trained actors meet as members of "The Drunk Shakespeare Society." One drinks at least 5 shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a…
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