Submit your Chicago event

The Choose Chicago events calendar showcases events and shows happening all around the city, including concerts, sports games, festivals, temporary exhibits, live theatre, and more.

Notice

We make every attempt to post an event that meets our criteria. Due to the volume of requests we receive, we may be unable to post your event in time if you’re submitting less than two days before your event date.

We do not post the following:

Happy hours and bar crawls
Dining specials
Retail sales
Runs/walks and fitness classes
Classes/workshops
Job/education/health fairs
Networking events
Fundraisers/benefits/galas
Film screenings (unless tied to a film festival)
Casting calls/auditions

- Industry conferences or meetings
- Permanent exhibitions/tours
- Suburban events (more than 25 miles outside Chicago)
- Open mics
- Links to third-party ticket resale sites
- Due to the volume of concerts in Chicago, we only post concerts at venues with capacities of 900+.

If you have any questions about these guidelines or your event submission, please contact marketingsupport@choosechicago.com.

Add New Event

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Your contact information

Your name: *

Your email: *

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Event details

Event Title: *

Event Description: *

Event Categories *

NEW: Now supporting virtual events and shows. Select the “Virtual Event” category.

Event Time & Date

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Start/End: *	Event Start Date YYYY-MM-DD Event Start Time HH:MM to Event End Time HH:MM Event End Date YYYY-MM-DD
	All Day Event

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Recurring Event:
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Recurrence Description:	Recurrence Description Use this field if you want to override the auto-generated descriptions of event recurrence

Event Image

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Recommended minimum image dimensions: 1800 x 800 pixels.
Image ratio: portrait.

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Venue Details *

For virtual events, please use your business or organization details.

Venue:

Organizer Details

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Event Website *

External link:

Additional Fields

Facebook URL:
Twitter URL:
Youtube URL:

Event Cost

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Cost:	Leave blank to hide the field. Enter a 0 for events that are free. If more than one ticket price, please add to the description field.

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