Chicago Festivals Events

Chicago Pickle Fest: Live Bands, Beer and Everything Pickle!

Wrigleyville's Best Bars TBA 12 Apr 2025

Godfrey Wine Fest - Wine Tasting at I|O Godfrey Rooftop! Early Bird Tix on Sale NOW!

IO Godfrey 12 Apr 2025

Chicago Chamoy Fest - $10 Early Bird Tix - Flamin' Hot, Pica, & Everything In-Between!

Moe's Cantina River North 3 May 2025

Chicago African Restaurant Week 2025

Chicago 10 Jul 2025

Chicago Food Truck Festival, Season 12, "Summer of the Chicago Style Hot Dog"

2300 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616-2402, United States 28 Jun 2025

Golden Hour featuring Patrixia

201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607 29 Mar 2025

Espresso Martini Fest at Hubbard Inn - Tastings Included

Hubbard Inn 5 Apr 2025

Saturday Night at the Zoo - An Adults Only Evening at Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo 10 May 2025

BBFF, Black & Brown Poetry Festival

1637 W 18th St #18th 24 Apr 2025

Blues at the Bean 2025

Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts 6 Jun 2025

2025 Chicago Summer Tequila Tasting Festival (July 26) AE

Downtown Chicago 26 Jul 2025

Jeremy Piven: Live Stand-Up Tour

The Vic Theatre 6 Jun 2025

Chicago Margarita Festival

2300 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616-2402, United States 28 Jun 2025

Passport Vibes Street Festival 2025

The Promontory 12 Jul 2025

The Almost-Summer Stand-up Comedy Bash

The iO Theater 5 Apr 2025

Hanami - Cherry Blossom Festival

Garden of the Phoenix 26 Apr 2025

ARC Music Festival - Saturday

Union Park 29 Aug 2025

Prohibition Smoke Fest 2025

Prohibition THC Cafe 20 Apr 2025

Lake Effects: Drown in Sound Festival at Reggies Music Joint

Reggies 19 Apr 2025

Saturday Night Fireworks Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

Sightseer Boat located at Monroe Harbor (See map and directions at bottom of page for exact location) 7 Jun 2025

Expo Chicago 2025

Navy Pier 24 Apr 2025

'Single-Use Planet' @Institute of Cultural Affairs

Institute of Cultural Affairs 25 Apr 2025

Golden Hour featuring Fiesta Cuba

Epiphany Center for the Arts 19 Apr 2025

Saturday Night Fireworks Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

Sightseer Boat located at Monroe Harbor (See map and directions at bottom of page for exact location) 24 May 2025

DJ Ca$h Era at Dorothy

Dorothy 11 Apr 2025

Eva Coyle Live EP Launch

The Galway Arms 5 Apr 2025

Chicago Mayfest

1000 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614-4126, United States 16 May 2025

Riot Fest 2025

Douglass Park 19 Sep 2025

Thaddeus Tukes Quintet

Jazz Showcase 19 Apr 2025

Amulet (DC) Sapphira Vee: Lilac Lament: DJ Veganinblack & Mode Brutale

Bourbon on Division 29 Mar 2025

'Single-Use Planet' @The Plant in partnership with Whiner Beer Company

The Plant 25 Apr 2025

STAY HIGH: Trinket Fest!

The Dome 30 Mar 2025

Volleywood 2025 |Chicago

North Avenue Beach 19 Jul 2025

Saturday Night Fireworks Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

Sightseer Boat located at Monroe Harbor (See map and directions at bottom of page for exact location) 28 Jun 2025

2025 Latino Travel Fest

Chicago 20 Jun 2025

Chicago Arte Agave Tequila and Mezcal Festival

Sarabande Chicago 2 May 2025

Subhumans w/ FEA, Blind Adam & The Federal League

Reggie's Music Joint 6 Apr 2025

Thaddeus Tukes Quintet

Jazz Showcase 20 Apr 2025

Hyde Park 78th Annual 57th St Art Fair

57th Street Beach 7 Jun 2025

'Single-Use Planet' @Alt Space Chicago

5645 W Corcoran Pl 25 Apr 2025

EARLY BIRD EASTER EGG SCRAMBLE

Awaken Chicago Church 12 Apr 2025

AfroWave Fest: A Cre8ive Sessions Music Show

Le Nocturne Chicago 20 Apr 2025

Catbite / Rodeo Boys

235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607, USA 16 May 2025

Free Throw: Those Days Are Gone 10 Year Anniversary Tour

Metro Chicago 11 Apr 2025

Sound of Silent Film Festival 20th Anniversary

Music Box Theatre 2 Apr 2025

DAY 1 | Lawscapes: Theater and the Anthropocene

Gallery 400 17 Apr 2025

Chicago Artopia Presents: Laura Snowden

West Lawn Branch, Chicago Public Library 30 Mar 2025

BYNX at Sound-Bar

226 W Ontario St, Chicago, IL 3 May 2025

Englewood Culture Tour with Mahogany Chicago

Truth Restaurant 29 Mar 2025

Patchbent Sessions: Visualizing Audio with VCV Rack & TouchDesigner

Experimental Sound Studio 6 Apr 2025

DAY 2 | Lawscapes: Theater and the Anthropocene

Gallery 400 18 Apr 2025

SATURDAY APRIL 5: BRADY MATTHEWS & STEVEN BRIGGS

The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage 5 Apr 2025

Lifted Brunch: A 420 Culinary Elevation

Prohibition THCafe 20 Apr 2025

CMTF 2025 | The Muses

Chopin Theatre 5 Apr 2025

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet

Jazz Showcase 11 May 2025

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Stranger Eyes 默視錄 - Singapore

AMC NEWCITY 14 29 Mar 2025

Rejected: A Show of Rejected Acts

The Newport Theater 4 Apr 2025

Q & A and Book Signing with Becca Mann

Three Avenues Bookshop 11 Apr 2025

The CBASO & the CBA Chorus in Concert at St James Cathedral

65 E Huron St 10 May 2025

BWiFF 2025 Beyond • Traumnovelle

Facets 12 May 2025

Amirtha Kidambi+Angel Bat Dawid feat Eva Supreme & Discussion + Womens Jam

The.BlkRoom 30 Mar 2025

OTV Social Hours: Open House & Co-working Day

OTV Studio 3 Apr 2025

Craft Brews at Lincoln Park Zoo

N Cannon Dr at W Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60614 28 Jun 2025

WILDCARD EXPERIMENTS IN CIRCUS

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago 4 Apr 2025

Chase Petra / Small Crush / Sorry Mom

235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607, USA 19 Apr 2025

COAL CHAMBER w/ Fear Factory, Twiztid, Wednesday 13, and Black Satellite

Concord Music Hall 13 Apr 2025

The Wrecks - Inside : Outside Tour

Concord Music Hall 4 May 2025

Chicago Vintage - Spring Cleaning

1008 S Canal St 19 Apr 2025

Free Blues Friday featuring Nick Moss Band

201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607 18 Apr 2025

Castor and Pollux

222 West Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654, United States 25 Apr 2025

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Sunday Special - India

AMC NEWCITY 14 29 Mar 2025

CMTF 2025 | Man of the People: The Trials of Huey Long

Chopin Theatre 4 Apr 2025

Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few

Jazz Showcase 29 Mar 2025

Developmental Differences Resource Fair 2025

Wolcott College Prep Arts & Athletics Center 27 Apr 2025

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: The Glassworker شیشہ گر - Pakistan

AMC NEWCITY 14 30 Mar 2025

Phat Phunktion + Soul Daddy at Martyrs'

3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60613 10 May 2025

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Teki Cometh 敵 - Japan

AMC NEWCITY 14 11 Apr 2025

YarnCon 2025

Local 130 Plumbers Union Hall 5 Apr 2025

Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few

Jazz Showcase 30 Mar 2025

FRIDAY APRIL 4: BRADY MATTHEWS & STEVEN BRIGGS

The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage 4 Apr 2025

Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival

3200 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657-2211, United States 23 May 2025

YVETTE SEGAN LIVE AT THE LINCOLN LODGE - JULY 12

The Lincoln Lodge 12 Jul 2025

Ben Paterson Trio

Jazz Showcase 13 Apr 2025

The Bi Wives Club: a comedy showcase

Dorothy 6 Apr 2025

Mucca Pazza International Tuba Day w/Saxsquatch Unit at Martyrs'!

Martyrs' 2 May 2025

The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective

201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607 3 Apr 2025

Leonkoro Quartet

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts 4 Apr 2025

PERREOLAND | Chicago

Patio Theater 26 Apr 2025

Opening Night: On the Past, Present, and Futures of Chicago Theatre

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 14 Apr 2025

Cameron Keys presents…For Know Reason: LIVE in Chicago

The Lincoln Lodge 30 Mar 2025

D-Compressed: Activating the Archives of Black Hull-House Theatre

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 18 Apr 2025

Thaddeus Tukes Quintet

Jazz Showcase 18 Apr 2025

Legions of Metal Fest VII at Reggies

Reggies 2 May 2025

Seeds of Change: Power the Movement

Malcolm X College 4 Apr 2025

Transviolet

235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607, USA 29 Mar 2025

Ben Paterson Trio

Jazz Showcase 11 Apr 2025

Care · Connect · Growth 2025 | A Celebration of Queer Muslim Faith

UIC Student Center West 26 Apr 2025

Ben Paterson Trio

Jazz Showcase 13 Apr 2025

Elevate & Meditate: A 420 Pre-Celebration

Prohibition THCafe 20 Apr 2025

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: The Uniform 夜校女生 - Taiwan

AMC NEWCITY 14 12 Apr 2025