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The 24th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FOBAB) Returns to Chicago
The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (ICBG) announces the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FoBAB), North America’s largest and most prestigious barrel-aged beer festival, competition,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Holiday Delight & Kodomo Matsuri
This signature community event hosted by JASC continues decades of history and tradition, bringing hundreds of attendees from across Chicagoland together at our Forever Home…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
22nd Annual Lycée French Market
The 22nd Annual Lycée French Market returns November 14-15, transforming Chicago’s premier international school into a vibrant Parisian marketplace. More than 65 local and French…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Before Midnight – A Cinderella Tea Experience at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago invites families and fairytale lovers to step into a modern Cinderella story with “Before Midnight: A Cinderella Tea Experience,” an enchanting afternoon…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Handmade Market
Handmade Market Chicago is a unique event to connect the makers of beautiful things to people who appreciate the unique and handmade. There are more…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions
City Civics Day 2026
Chicagoans can learn how to become more involved in creating positive change in their communities by attending City Civics Day, a free, day-long educational event…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Community Day: IAM a collector
Discover together through all-ages activities as you explore the Museum, learn about the art on view, and make your own unique artwork. Just like drawing…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: THREE BLACK MEN
November 14 | Can Blackness truly escape the historical violence of its origins? Seeking an answer, three Black men embark on a transformative, restorative pilgrimage…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: VOICES OF THE GODS
November 14 | A landmark work of ethnographic and cultural preservation, VOICES OF THE GODS foregrounds the Akan and Yoruba religious traditions as they are…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: MEMORY & STYLE: SOJOURN & CANDY PAINT
November 14 | MEMORY & STYLE: SOJOURN & CANDY PAINT brings together two formally inventive works that explore identity, memory, and the ways Black life…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING
November 12 & 14 | Through the intimate reflections of friends, former students, close collaborators, and fellow revolutionary artists, TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
North Branch Winter Market
North Branch Market is excited to host a Winter Market in Edgebrook on November 14 from 3pm-8pm. Ring in the season at this neighborhood favorite,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
22nd Annual Lycée French Market
The 22nd Annual Lycée French Market returns November 14-15, transforming Chicago’s premier international school into a vibrant Parisian marketplace. More than 65 local and French…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: FROM THE BLOCK
November 13 & 15 | SHORTS FROM THE BLOCK celebrates Chicago as both place and practice, a city continually shaped by its artists, organizers, institutions,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
analog market
The idea behind the market is in the name – ANALOG. Many of us are sick of tech bros forcing AI on us, and we’ve noticed…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: JUPITER PRESENTS FILMS BY FANTA RÉGINA NACRO, A STUDY BY AFI
November 15 | Presented in partnership with Jupiter Magazine, this special presentation celebrates the pioneering cinematic work of Burkinabè filmmaker Fanta Régina Nacro. The program…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Closing Night: SOLOMON NORTHUP’S ODYSSEY
November 15 | Adapted from Solomon Northup’s landmark 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, Gordon Parks’ powerful historical drama follows Northup, a free Black musician…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
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