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 during Memorial Day weekend. This weekend, don’t miss exhilarating live sports, major concerts, jaw-dropping art exhibits, the start of festival season, and so much more.
Check out just a few of the top things to do this weekend in Chicago, May 27 – 30, 2022. Please note that all events are subject to change.
Chicago Friday Night Flights – Gallagher Way
Kick off your Memorial Day weekend with Chicago Friday Night Flights! Our sixth season starts with our largest event of the year featuring 36 breweries…
Sueños Chicago
This Memorial Weekend on May 28th & 29th, the first-ever Sueños Chicago will take place at the historic Grant Park. With over 15+ Reggaeton &…
Mole de Mayo
ART, MUSICA, LUCHA LIBRE, & MUCHO MOLE Being held at Ashland and 18th Street in Chicago’s historic Pilsen neighborhood, the 13th annual Mole de Mayo festival will feature…
Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival
Celebrate the beginning of summer in the city at the 37th annual Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, on Sheffield Avenue between Roscoe and Belmont, May 28-29 from…
Chicago Dance Month Kick-Off Celebration
Chicago Dance Month kicks off with an opening celebration featuring a variety of performances from Chicago’s dance community. Featuring performances by Chicago Tap Theater, Chicago Repertory…
Chicago Red Stars Pride Game
The Chicago Red Stars, the city's women's professional soccer team are hosting their annual Pride Game on May 28th.
South Loop
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Chicago Cultural Center Building Tours
Building Tours reveal the storied history of the landmark Chicago Cultural Center – offered year round on Thursdays and Fridays at 1:15pm. Tours are FREE…
Carry us forward: new works by Banks Performance Project and Winifred Haun & Dancers
Winifred Haun & Dancers and Banks Performance Project will present a shared dance concert of new works at the Hamilton Park Cultural Center in Englewood…
Michelle Wolf
The Den Theatre is pleased to present Emmy Award-nominated comedian Michelle Wolf. On the heels of her most recent Netflix special, Michelle Wolf: Joke Show, Wolf is hitting the…
Deftones & Gojira
Deftones & Gojira will perform live at Huntington Bank Pavilion on May 27, 2022.
The World Within: Dazzling Interiors™ Tour of the Loop
Everyone does a boat tour when they visit Chicago. But as fun as that is, it’s a very tiny sliver of what Chicago has to…
Coldplay & H.E.R.
Coldplay, the Grammy-winning band, will embark on a big world tour in 2022 to promote their new album, 'Music of the Spheres.' The North American…
Paint Like van Gogh at Immersive Van Gogh
Lighthouse Immersive presents Paint Like van Gogh at Immersive Van Gogh. Learn from local artist and art studio owner Talia Prilutsky and paint your own…
New Found Glory, Four Year Strong & Be Well
New Found Glory, Four Year Strong & Be Well will perform live at Riviera Theatre on May 28, 2022.
Salonen Conducts Ravel & Stravinsky
Esa-Pekka Salonen takes listeners on a voyage through astonishing terrains, from Ravel’s exquisite setting of Perrault’s fairy tales to Stravinsky’s 1940s “war symphony,” with its…
Ray LaMontagne at The Chicago Theatre
Ray LaMontagne, a folk singer-songwriter, has scheduled a massive U.S. tour for 2022 to promote his new album 'Monovision.' The 24-date trek takes place in…
The Magnolia Ballet
Ezekiel is a Black teenager with a secret that threatens to destroy his already broken home. He’s haunted by the ghosts of racism, homophobia, and…
Nick Cave: Forothermore
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (American, b. 1959), an artist celebrated for…
To Kill A Mockingbird
All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD…
Teatro Zinzanni
It has been a long couple of years of dreams delayed and hopes dashed, but it’s time to move from “What if?” to “Let’s find…
Cézanne
The new exhibit, curated with London’s Tate Modern, celebrates the expansive works of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne. The exhibit will feature 90 oil paintings, 40 works on paper, and sketchbooks from the artist, who is regarded as a source of influence for later greats like Monet and Picasso.
Flourish: The Garden at 50
The Chicago Botanic Garden has experienced extraordinary growth over the last five decades and it is marking its 50th birthday in 2022 with Flourish: The…
North Suburbs
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