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The Improvised Movie: Summer Blockbusters
Are you ready for a cinematic showdown where your favorite song lyrics inspire completely improvised, never-seen-before, and never-seen-again summer movies? Join us Saturdays in July…
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
D.A.R.E Dropouts
The final bell just rang! You better get out of the classroom and get your ass to the iO Theater for After School Special brought to you…
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, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza
The Squirrels have decked the halls, and Elephant and Piggie are ready to celebrate the season. But will Pigeon join the festivities—or fly off to…
Music & Comedy
Rock and Roll Playhouse – The Music of Grateful Dead for Kids
The Rock and Roll Playhouse: The Music of Grateful Dead for Kids will take place live in Chicago on October 10 and November 22, 2026.…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza
The Squirrels have decked the halls, and Elephant and Piggie are ready to celebrate the season. But will Pigeon join the festivities—or fly off to…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Nemanja Radulović & Double Sens
Sparks fly when Serbian-French violinist Nemanja Radulović leads his chamber orchestra, Double Sens, in this beguiling program of Bach and Beethoven. Experience Radulović’s orchestral arrangement…
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…
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
Tyla – The A*POP World Tour
South African pop and R&B sensation Tyla will perform live in Chicago on Sunday, November 22, 2026, at 6:30 PM. Fresh off the release of…
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
Yung Gravy – Chicago, IL – The Joyrider Tour
Yung Gravy is bringing The Joyrider Tour to Chicago for a live performance at the House of Blues on Sunday, November 22, 2026. This massive…
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
DANNA – The Bedroom Sessions U.S. Tour
Mexican pop superstar DANNA (formerly known as Danna Paola) is bringing her newly announced “The Bedroom Sessions U.S. Tour” to The Vic Theatre in Chicago.…
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
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…
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…
Music & Comedy
Amorphis & Insomnium – Chicago, IL – 2026 North American Tour
Finnish heavy metal heavyweights Amorphis and Insomnium are bringing their co-headlining North American tour to the House of Blues Chicago. The performance is scheduled for…
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…
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