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October 16, 2025: Oct16
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Teatro Zinzanni
Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…
Loop
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Oct16
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy
Coco in Concert Live to Film
Join Lyric for Disney and Pixar’s Coco in Concert Live to Film, the story of Miguel, a young boy who dreams of being an accomplished musician,…
Loop
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
7:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Oct16
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dumb and Drummer
Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…
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Thursday, October 16th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Oct16
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique
Overview Love, witchcraft, murder — it’s all packed into Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s thriller about a lovesick artist obsessed with a young actress. Zell Music Director Designate…
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Thursday, October 16th
7:30 p.m. – 9:40 p.m.
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Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Oct16
Music & Comedy
Neko Case: Fall Tour 2025
Singer-songwriter Neko Case will perform live at The Salt Shed Indoors on Oct. 16, 2025.
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
The Salt Shed
1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
Oct16
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Improvsed DCOM
Dive into the nostalgia of Disney Channel Original Movies with the cast of Improvised DCOM! This All Star cast is bringing screen to stage every…
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Thursday, October 16th
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Oct16
Music & Comedy
Elvis Costello and The Imposters
Elvis Costello and The Imposters with Charlie Sexton, will bring “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello” tour to The Chicago Theatre on October…
Loop
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
Oct16
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy
Composer Showcase Featuring Lakeshore Rush
Ear Taxi Festival presents a Composer Showcase. Lakeshore Rush premieres new works by Illinois composers. Natasha Bogojevic writes a meditation on the effects of gun…
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave
Oct16
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Sketch Playlist
Sketch Playlist is a weekly sketch show on Thursdays at 9:30pm at iO Theater (1501 N Kingsbury Street, Chicago 60642) that will feature brand-new material…
Lincoln Park
Event details
Thursday, October 16th
9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
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iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
October 17, 2025: Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Teatro Zinzanni
Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…
Loop
Event details
Friday, October 17th
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Infinite Wrench
Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…
Andersonville
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
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The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
ComedySportz Chicago
Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…
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Friday, October 17th
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Malarkey Comedy
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
ComedySportz Chicago
Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Oct17
Music & Comedy
Lainey Wilson: Whirlwind World Tour
With special guests Muscadine Bloodline & Maddox Batson
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Allstate Arena
6920 Mannheim Road
Oct17
Music & Comedy
Morgan Jay – The Goofy Guy Tour
Comedian Morgan Jay will perform live at The Chicago Theatre on Oct. 17, 2025.
Loop
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Improvised Shakespeare
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare
Lincoln Park
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique
Overview Love, witchcraft, murder — it’s all packed into Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s thriller about a lovesick artist obsessed with a young actress. Zell Music Director Designate…
Event details
Friday, October 17th
7:30 p.m. – 9:40 p.m.
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Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Oct17
Music & Comedy
Devil’s Daughter
The hottest show in town Devil’s Daughter features a cast of seasoned comedians who have performed together in Chicago and around the country for over a decade.…
Lincoln Park
Event details
Friday, October 17th
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Missed Call Sketch Comedy Show
Missed Call is a premier Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday — inspired by the audience’s suggestion!
Lakeview
Event details
Friday, October 17th
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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The Annoyance Theatre
851 W. Belmont Ave.
Oct17
Music & Comedy
Sarah Millican – Late Bloomer Tour
When Sarah Millican was a child, she wouldn’t say boo to a goose. Quiet at school, not many friends, no boobs ‘til she was 16. Now? NOW she…
Loop
Event details
Friday, October 17th
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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Auditorium Theatre
50 East Ida B. Wells Drive
Oct17
Music & Comedy
An Evening With Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes will perform live at The Salt Shed Indoors on Oct. 17, 2025.
Event details
Friday, October 17th
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
The Salt Shed
1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Trapped in a Musical – an improvised musical
Trapped in a Musical is a completely improvised Broadway-style show created before your very eyes. It’s the opening and closing night of a brand new…
Lakeview
Event details
Friday, October 17th
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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Malarkey Comedy, Home of ComedySportz Chicago
929 W. Belmont Ave.
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Voila: The Improvised Musical
iO Chicago presents: a fully made-up, off-off-off Broadway style musical every Friday at 10pm in the Fremont Theater. Spend your Friday night with us. See…
Event details
Friday, October 17th
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
Oct17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Hitch*Cocktails
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an audience suggestion, the cast weave together…
Lakeview
Event details
Friday, October 17th
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.

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