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Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Filipino Restaurant Week – Chicago
The first of its kind, the Filipino Restaurant Week (FRW) will now let you taste mouth-watering, original Filipino dishes on October 6-21 from more than…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
55th Chicago International Film Festival
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival will bring more than 150 films from around the world to the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
DESTINOS – 3rd International Latino Theater Festival
The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is dedicated to help drive the local Latino theater community to a more prominent level, by amplifying Latino voices,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Hofbräuhaus Chicago’s Seventh Annual Oktoberfest Celebration
Hofbräuhaus Chicago will bring the “oompapa” of Oktoberfest back to the Chicago area with its seventh annual Oktoberfest celebration September 13 – October 31. Guests…
Northwest Suburbs
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Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Lit & Luz
Experience the Lit & Luz Festival, a one-of-a-kind series of events celebrating language, literature, and art and featuring renowned authors, visual artists, and musicians from…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns
More than 1,000 hand-carved, real pumpkins—some as large as 150 pounds—will light up the night. Using scalpels, knives, gouges, and power tools, artists from the…
North Suburbs
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Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism through the production of exhibitions and…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
For over 25 years, The Annoyance Theatre has created some of Chicago’s finest comedy. Home of the longest running musical Co-ed Prison Sluts, The Annoyance…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Art on theMART Fall Program
The Fall Launch of Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will take place on Saturday, September 21, unveiling new…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions
Belmont Theater District Celebrates October “Month of Theater”
The Belmont Theater District, Chicago’s Largest Theater District hosts a celebration of theater for the month of October including New Shows, Promotions and Events The…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bernhardt/Hamlet
High humor and human drama collide in a rollicking comedy “so clever it uplifts, so timely it hurts” (The New York Times). In 1899, legendary…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Bob Dylan: Electric
Bob Dylan: Electric spotlights Dylan’s writing – song, poetry, and prose – between his 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance and 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.…
Tours & Attractions
Brick-or-Treat
Things are about to get spooky with spell-binding scavenger hunts, giant Halloween models, and meet and greets with our LEGO Shark & Police Officer.
Northwest Suburbs
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Tours & Attractions
Chicago Water Taxi
Chicago Water Taxi is Chicago’s river transportation service with seven stops located on all three branches of the Chicago River. Hop on/ hop off at…
Tours & Attractions
Chicago’s Original Architecture Tour®
Be inspired by the captivating, visual art that is Chicago’s legendary architecture, and the exceptional architects who created this ever-changing, dynamic legacy for all to…
Music & Comedy
Comedians You Should Know
With its skillfully executed shows, cabaret-style seating, and comfortable and inviting lobby, The Public House Theatre has an experience for everyone! We offer only the…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
D-Day +75 Exhibit
D-Day + 75 is a flashback to June 1944, when the world waited with anticipation to learn the outcome of the invasion of France. Operation…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
The International Music Foundation presents the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. Enjoy free weekly classical music performances in Preston Bradley Hall located on the 3rd…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Destination Solar System
Destination Solar System is a live show that takes adventurous space explorers on an immersive tour of the Solar System. Set in the future, Destination…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hamilton
HAMILTON is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary…
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Inherit Chicago
Inherit Chicago is a month-long festival of intercultural art, ideas and performance at neighborhood heritage institutions. It is the first and only intercultural festival that…
Music & Comedy
Jeff Kier & The Grilly Brothers
This artisanal group of six musicians plays the highly crafted, exciting, original contemporary jazz compositions by pianist, Jeff Kier. The sextet also includes renowned percussionist…
Music & Comedy
Laugh Factory
Jamie Masada’s SoCal comedy club empire established a Chicago foothold in 2012, refurbishing the former Lakeshore Theater space. The club offers lineups of local comics…
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