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Tikka Masala: An Indian Improv Game Show
Tikka Masala: The Indian Improv Comedy Game Show. Get ready for a laugh-out-loud night of unscripted chaos, cultural flavor, and spicy twists! Tikka Masala is…
Saturday, October 4th
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueMusic & 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…
Saturday, October 4th
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury StMusic & Comedy
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show – Chicago, IL
The Dinner Detective is an interactive true crime mystery show set in the present day and based on real cold cases. Feast on a fantastic…
Saturday, October 4th
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
165 E Ontario StMusic & 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…
Saturday, October 4th
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
The Witch Project
Green skin. A flaming broom. Ruby slippers that won’t stay put. Click your heels and step into THE WITCH PROJECT–a spellbinding theatrical ritual tracing one…
Saturday, October 4th
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueMusic & Comedy
Ahamed Weinberg at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest Valid ID Required for Entry First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Ahamed Weinberg is a Los Angeles-based…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive
Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive is a solo show written and performed by Neo-Futurist Ensemble Member, Abby Pajakowksi. THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TICKS 89 SECONDS…
Saturday, October 4th
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.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…
Saturday, October 4th
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. RandolphFestivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions
Halloween Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tour: Explore Paranormal Activity with American Ghost Walks
Join the acclaimed Original Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tour by American Ghost Walks. Discover the city’s most haunted sites, including the tragic Eastland disaster location and…
Saturday, October 4th
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Meeting Point: Inside the bar at the Congress Plaza Hotel
520 S Michigan Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
Ashland Avenue
“You gotta start living your life right now. Because someday you’ll wake up and it’s over.” Pete’s TV and Video has served Chicagoland for 40+…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m.Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Clued In
After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second FloorTheatre & Performing Arts
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago, now in its 19th year! Join us for an evening of…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Improvised Shakespeare
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare
Theatre & Performing Arts
Gangsta Baby
The hit production from the London Pub Theatre scene – first production in the US Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640Theatre & Performing Arts
Things With Friends
World premiere by Kristoffer Diaz (Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist) Manhattan. Burt and Adele are hosting a dinner party. Steak is on the stove.…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln BlvdTheatre & Performing Arts
Ugly Lies The Bone
Jonathan Berry is BACK and he’s directing Shattered Globe’s powerful season opener UGLY LIES THE BONE. After three tours in Afghanistan, Jess returns home to…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Piccolo Play & Adagio for Strings
Overview Pergolesi’s sacred masterpiece, the Stabat Mater, is filled with gorgeous, spine-tingling music that explores the nature of grief, hope and healing. These emotions also course…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan AveFestivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy
Composer Showcase Featuring Quintet Attacca
Ear Taxi Festival presents a Composer Showcase. Join us as Quintet Attacca premiers new works by Shane Scott Cook, Marybeth Kurnat, John Dorhauer, Gillian Rae…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Logan Center Penthouse
915 E 60th StTheatre & Performing Arts
Mr. Wolf
12 years ago, Theresa was stolen from her parents. Now a precocious 15-year-old, she has been rescued and returned to a family that had nearly…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Big White Fog
Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the Federal Theatre Project, and influenced…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “Dream Hou$e”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company presents Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, September 12 – October 18, at the Den…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s “Wish You Were Here”
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s first production in its 30th anniversary season is Wish You Were Here, written by Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize winner for English…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Monstrous
written by Stephanie Lewis, directed by Rachel Borgo After a merciless punishment, Medusa loses her way—and her memory—traveling to the Underworld. She awakens at The…
Saturday, October 4th
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue

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