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World Music Festival Chicago: Global Peace Party
The free, all-ages celebration runs from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 4th at the Humboldt Park Fieldhouse and features performances by the Mary…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 9
Mahler’s last completed work, the Ninth Symphony, opens with a sighing farewell, but that’s just the start. The composer takes you on a journey through…
Music & Comedy
Stand Up For Parkinsons
Comedians Affected by Parkinson’s Disease Give Laughs and Give Back at STAND UP FOR PARKINSON’S Zanies Chicago Renowned comics bring laughs to benefit the Parkinson’s…
Music & Comedy
Marquee: Musical Improv
Musical theatre and improv collide as Marquee presents you with an hour of fully improvised musical comedy, spontaneously creating entire scenes, songs, and stories based…
Music & Comedy
Kevin Williams at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Valid ID Required at Entry Kevin D Williams has been performing…
Music & Comedy
Legs Will Be Broken: A Play, Improvised
Leg’s Will Be Broken: A Play, Improvised is a one act improvised play performed by the ensemble, Wet Pizza. Wet Pizza has performed on numerous…
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UFO Case Files
A strange object in the sky. A cursed gas station hot dog. A llama with government clearance. Our performers create a brand new story influenced…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pandemonium, Please Hold
The Second City’s 114th Mainstage Revue Pandemonium, Please Hold is a loud, fast, and gloriously unhinged night of comedic mayhem. The Second City’s six-person cast…
Music & Comedy
Bill Burr Live Tour 2026
Bill Burr will perform live in Chicago on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at The Chicago Theatre.
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Vape! The Grease Parody
Vape! lovingly pokes fun at all of the wonderful moments, sexual innuendos, outrageous characters, rivalries and secret romances from the original musical. The hair products may…
Music & Comedy
Harold Night
See the show that started it all, and experience the iO Theater’s groundbreaking, signature improv form: The Harold! This long-running, weekly improv tradition is double-headlined…
Music & Comedy
Demola – The Violinist
Demola (The Violinist) is performing at Park West in Chicago on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Music & Comedy
Bright Eyes Live In Concert
Bright Eyes will perform a headline show in Chicago at the legendary Metro on Sunday, October 4, 2026. The newly reunited indie band Lullaby for…
Music & Comedy
Deep Schwa
Chicago’s longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO’s signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes…
Music & Comedy
Justin Whitehead at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Valid ID Required at Entry Justin Whitehead is a rising American…
Music & Comedy
Hazlett – 2026 Tour
Australian indie-folk singer-songwriter Hazlett will perform live in Chicago on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Music & Comedy
Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Tour
Brand New will perform live at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Music & Comedy
The Chicks – Taking The Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour
The Chicks are performing live in Chicago for a special two-night stand on Saturday, October 3, 2026, and Sunday, October 4, 2026, as part of…
Music & Comedy
Fuerza Regida – Tinley Park, IL – This Is Our Dream Tour
Fuerza Regida will perform live at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, on October 4, 2026. The Música Mexicana chart-toppers are bringing…
Music & Comedy
The 11pm Show
Continuing the rich tradition of late night improv, join the veteran cast of THE 11PM SHOW every Friday at 11PM as they perform late night, artistic improv…
Music & Comedy
The Armando Diaz
It’s the best comedy show in the city. Created in 1995 by iO alum Armando Diaz, Armando is a historic improvisational form where actors improvise a series…
Music & Comedy
Best of the Second City
Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the…
Music & Comedy
Late Nite Mic with Vik Pandya at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Valid ID Required at Entry Vik Pandya is a nationally touring…
Music & Comedy
Late Nite Mic at The Comedy Bar
Vik Pandya is a nationally touring stand up comic based in Chicago. Known for his sharp self-deprecation, observational humor on dating, & hilarious crowd work,…
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