Chicago Black History Month Events

Black Creativity Career Showcase

Griffin Museum of Science and Industry 14 Feb 2026

Thank a Black Woman Comedy Show

The Lincoln Lodge 7 Feb 2026

Commemorative Day | Black History Month

Chicago History Museum 28 Feb 2026

PlayLab PlayDates

1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605 11 Feb 2026

My Momma’s Era: The Musical - Black History Month Community Arts Experience

Kennedy King College Theatre 7 Feb 2026

Celebrate Black History Month with Jewel-Osco!

Jewel-Osco 15 Feb 2026

The Shops - Black History Month Edition

Water Tower Place (Level 3 Next to JJill and White House Black Market) 22 Feb 2026

Transcendence: A Black Trans Variety Show!

The Newport Theater 19 Feb 2026

PARIS IN BLACK: Curator-led exhibition tour

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 7 Feb 2026

Soulful Chicago BLACK HISTORY Book Fair

Little Black Pearl 15 Feb 2026

A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton &Darius Bost

Women & Children First 15 Feb 2026

Against the Current Film Screening - Chicago

Malcolm X College 18 Feb 2026

Throw Black: Trivia & Game Night

3521 S King Dr 21 Feb 2026

Roots Rhythm & Resilience Black History Vendor Fair

5335 S Kenwood Ave 20 Feb 2026

REST AS RELEASE: DJ Set — Jus.Be House Collective Dance Party for Sudan

2464 N Clybourn Ave 28 Feb 2026

INOMA Night-Out | A Black History Celebration

191 North Wacker 27 Feb 2026

Black Film Club Collective Presents: Matinee + Mimosas at Three Cities

Three Cities Social Club - Wicker Park 18 Jan 2026

Black History Month Museum - Black Art Collectors: Preserving Our Legacy

Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation 1 Feb 2026

Black History & Black Love: A Reality Dating Show Experience!

Virtue Restaurant 1 Feb 2026

Black Love Paint & Sip — Inspired by New Edition

Art Center of Englewood 22 Feb 2026

Lit Fest

Gary Comer Youth Center 28 Feb 2026

Treat Yo'self Galentine's Day Samba class

Goose Island 14 Feb 2026

Excellence: Proven

Mt Calvary Baptist Church 8 Feb 2026

Black History Fair

Murray Language Academy 20 Feb 2026

Black Queer Histories “A Conversation with Author Darius Bost”

Center on Halsted 26 Feb 2026

The Solo Exhibit of Al Burts The Fabric of Us!

Gallery Guichard 20 Feb 2026

REST AS REMEMBRANCE: Sudanese Film Screening + Mental Health Q&A

2464 N Clybourn Ave 21 Feb 2026

Carter G. Woodson: Our Father, Who Art a Negro

Timothy Center 28 Feb 2026

"Waves of Innovation: 100 Years of Black Excellence in STEM and Water

100 E Erie St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60611 26 Feb 2026

Brotherhood in the Civil Rights Era

Pullman Exhibit Hall 28 Feb 2026

Silhouettes Of A King

ELECTRIQSOUL HIDEOUT STUDIOS 7 Feb 2026

ArteSana Workshop: Black Pride Buttons & Muñecas Abayomi

18th Street Casa de Cultura 11 Feb 2026

REST AS REGULATION: Nervous System Reset Class by Licensed Therapists

2464 N Clybourn Ave 7 Feb 2026

ArteSana Workshop: Máscara de la Danza de los Diablos

18th Street Casa de Cultura 25 Feb 2026

D77 Community Meetups

Momentum Coffee - South Loop 17 Feb 2026

Revoke Your Black Card Black History Month Game Night

Simpletreasures@Tanya's 15 Feb 2026

Black History Month tours with Chicago Historian Dilla

DuSable Museum of African American History 7 Feb 2026

My Best Friend Is Black

City Winery - Chicago 23 Feb 2026

Black History Month Concert and Conversation

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Branch, Chicago Public Library 14 Feb 2026

Abundant Housing Illinois Feb Happy Hour - Celebrating Black History Month

Long Room Chicago 25 Feb 2026

REST AS RECLAMATION: Sudanese Valentine’s Day Poetry Workshop

2464 N Clybourn Ave 14 Feb 2026

Black Metropolis Emerging Black Artist Exhibitors Series with Keith David Conner at Mariano's

Mariano's, South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, IL, USA 7 Feb 2026

ArteSana Workshop: Estampillas Africanas

18th Street Casa de Cultura 18 Feb 2026

Civil Rights on Screen & Page: Black History Month

Downtown Islamic Center 7 Feb 2026

Black Writers Weekend 2026 The Pop Up Experience - Chicago

6900 S Stony Island Ave 23 May 2026

The 100 West Side Women of Wisdom Celebrates A Century of Black History

1140 N Lamon Ave 12 Feb 2026

1619: The Journey of a People, the Musical

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 2 Nov 2025

Chicago's Black American historical bus tour

2233 S Martin Luther King Dr 3 May 2024